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Legalities of landlord selling house without infor
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You have met the nice old lady but is she the one who has served notice on you?0
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Doesn't anybody else find this advice worrying? With similar advice from others here. What happened to being a fair and reasonable person? Not leaving at the end of your tenancy is militant. It has implications for you if you want to ever rent again and you probably will incur the landlords costs in evicting you with S21.The 2 months notice is an invitation to leave.
You do not HAVE to leave when it expires...
Have they issued an S21? Is your deposit protected?
I'm glad I'm not a landlord!!! Just wondering is this the Jeremy Corbyn effect here kicking in with this sort of behaviour?0 -
MiserlyMartin wrote: »Doesn't anybody else find this advice worrying? With similar advice from others here. What happened to being a fair and reasonable person? Not leaving at the end of your tenancy is militant. It has implications for you if you want to ever rent again and you probably will incur the landlords costs in evicting you with S21.
I'm glad I'm not a landlord!!! Just wondering is this the Jeremy Corbyn effect here kicking in with this sort of behaviour?
You need to do a little more reading on what socialism actually is.0 -
The OP, who has apparently taken umbrage, asked what the legal position is, so it seems only right that people supply it.MiserlyMartin wrote: »Doesn't anybody else find this advice worrying? With similar advice from others here. What happened to being a fair and reasonable person? Not leaving at the end of your tenancy is militant. It has implications for you if you want to ever rent again and you probably will incur the landlords costs in evicting you with S21.
I'm glad I'm not a landlord!!! Just wondering is this the Jeremy Corbyn effect here kicking in with this sort of behaviour?
What the other consequences are of waiting till eviction depends on the OP's circumstances, which they haven't shared.
With some tenants, their only hope of help in dire circumstances is the council, but many councils will not assist until the point when bailiffs carry out an an eviction and hand over that important piece of paper.
I don't see what this has to do with Jeremy Corbin.(Edit....or even Jeremy Corbyn.)0 -
MiserlyMartin wrote: »Doesn't anybody else find this advice worrying? With similar advice from others here. What happened to being a fair and reasonable person? Not leaving at the end of your tenancy is militant. It has implications for you if you want to ever rent again and you probably will incur the landlords costs in evicting you with S21.
I'm glad I'm not a landlord!!! Just wondering is this the Jeremy Corbyn effect here kicking in with this sort of behaviour?
No I don't find it in the least bit worrying that someone pointed out to the OP that a Section 21 does not end a tenancy. It is factually correct since a tenancy can only be ended by the tenant or a court.
What implications does not leaving by the date on a Section 21 have on someone who ever wishes to rent again? It's not like that information is recorded anywhere and a landlord who needs a tenant to leave because they are selling a property is hardly going to make life more difficult for themselves by providing a bad reference.
It takes time to get a court date so a tenant would have time to serve their own notice and leave before it gets that far.
If you have difficulty accepting that a Section 21 does not end a tenancy then I think it's just as well you are not a landlord. You mention fairness and being reasonable, do you think it is either fair or reasonable for a landlord to allow a tenant to shell out £££ in letting agency fees and moving costs whilst trying to sell the property? Perfectly legal but it was poor not to tell the OP that the place was up for sale before (s)he agreed to rent it. I don't doubt that the letting agent made out that the landlord was looking for a long term tenant.0 -
Yes, of course it is. You have already been told this, though, so why are you asking again?fortunegreen wrote: »Why do you doubt the property is sold? Very bizarre when I've just said it is. Anyway, I'm not here to argue.
I just want to know whether it is LEGAL to not inform a tenant that a property is up for sale BEFORE they move into it.0 -
MiserlyMartin wrote: »Doesn't anybody else find this advice worrying? With similar advice from others here. What happened to being a fair and reasonable person? Not leaving at the end of your tenancy is militant. It has implications for you if you want to ever rent again and you probably will incur the landlords costs in evicting you with S21.
I'm glad I'm not a landlord!!! Just wondering is this the Jeremy Corbyn effect here kicking in with this sort of behaviour?
I find your behaviour more rude and worrying, sounds like you could use a dose of Corbyn’s pacifism.0 -
Clearly you don't realise there are registers of bad tenants available to landlords.No I don't find it in the least bit worrying that someone pointed out to the OP that a Section 21 does not end a tenancy. It is factually correct since a tenancy can only be ended by the tenant or a court.
What implications does not leaving by the date on a Section 21 have on someone who ever wishes to rent again? It's not like that information is recorded anywhere and a landlord who needs a tenant to leave because they are selling a property is hardly going to make life more difficult for themselves by providing a bad reference.
It takes time to get a court date so a tenant would have time to serve their own notice and leave before it gets that far.
If you have difficulty accepting that a Section 21 does not end a tenancy then I think it's just as well you are not a landlord. You mention fairness and being reasonable, do you think it is either fair or reasonable for a landlord to allow a tenant to shell out £££ in letting agency fees and moving costs whilst trying to sell the property? Perfectly legal but it was poor not to tell the OP that the place was up for sale before (s)he agreed to rent it. I don't doubt that the letting agent made out that the landlord was looking for a long term tenant.
As the tenant has been there over 6 months the landlord may not have even intended to sell the house when it was rented. In fact having a tenant in situ reduces desirability and price of the house. In reality the landlord probably found out about Section 24 and decided it is no longer economically viable to continue as a landlord with that property.0 -
pinklady21 wrote: »Why are some posters choosing to turn nasty? This is quite unnecessary. It's a public forum where folks come for advice and assistance. The question was perfectly reasonable and polite. Some of the replies are really quite rude.
Bad manners and nastiness will simply put people off posting in future, and we will all be the poorer for that.
It costs nothing to be nice!
No replies were rude, nasty, in fact the replies were helpful, the reply from Slithery (reply number 10) was polite yet he was called a troll, work that 1 out.0 -
shirlgirl2004 wrote: »Clearly you don't realise there are registers of bad tenants available to landlords.
What do these registers of bad tenants that you claim to exist have to do with a tenant who leaves once the tenancy is legally ended by themselves or a court? These registers which you claim to exist won't be official records and it's a bit of a stretch to call a tenant who leaves when the tenancy is legally ended "bad."shirlgirl2004 wrote: »As the tenant has been there over 6 months the landlord may not have even intended to sell the house when it was rented. In fact having a tenant in situ reduces desirability and price of the house. In reality the landlord probably found out about Section 24 and decided it is no longer economically viable to continue as a landlord with that property.fortunegreen wrote: »Basically, my landlord has had the house i am in up for sale via a different estate agents before I moved into it and didn't tell me.
Clearly someone didn't read the OP properly.0
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