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Unfairly treated as a tenant, do I have rights?

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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    You pay rent to your boyfriend.
    He shares the property with you.

    He is your landlord and you are his lodger.
    Your boyfriend/landlord has asked/told you to leave.
    His reasons for doing so (eg mother's instructions?) are irrelevant - as a lodger you have minimal rights.

    As there is no agreed notice period (either written or verbal) notice must be 'reasonable'. After that you can be kicked out and the locks changed.
  • Moon.cat
    Moon.cat Posts: 104 Forumite
    Ah ok. So technically he is the landlord even though the mother owns the house and the rent is ultimately being paid to her?
  • Red-Squirrel_2
    Red-Squirrel_2 Posts: 4,341 Forumite
    AnotherJoe wrote: »
    (didnt you go back to parents house???)

    I thought I remembered that too, presumably a lie, probably it all is.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Moon.cat wrote: »
    Ah ok. So technically he is the landlord even though the mother owns the house and the rent is ultimately being paid to her?
    Nothing 'technical' about it.
  • Honeylife
    Honeylife Posts: 255 Forumite
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    edited 4 September 2018 at 6:10AM
    This is straight forward. Leave. It makes no difference what your status is. There is no deposit to be returned. In fact not sure what the query actually is except to tell us that the landlady and/or her son/daughter are robbing the tax man/VAT man, stealing electricity or whatever, we can just make it up

    A slightly complicated story of living with a partner and having no paperwork even though paying rent. Lesson here methinks. Don't do it again. Even if you live with a lover, sister or bff, get the paperwork in joint names and do every thing properly to protect yourself.

    You have been given reasonable notice to leave dont quibble about 2nd Sept or 8th September. It could have been two weeks or the locks could have been changed.

    Now just move on.
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  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    Moon.cat wrote: »
    We are only moving out because she kicked me out. Not necessarily out of choice.
    Moon.cat wrote: »
    I have mentioned were moving out.
    I'm only looking for a tenant/landlord perspective on this. She is nothing more to me as far as I'm concerned.
    Moon.cat wrote: »
    Correct in all the things you've asked.
    Although I didn't pay a deposit as.i said I won't pay one without a written agreement anyway so they told me.to not worry about it.
    Please USE THE QUOTE BUTTON!
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,006 Ambassador
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    Not sure I'd want a long term partner who listens more to his mother than me to the point of evicting me from our home.
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  • bouicca21
    bouicca21 Posts: 6,726 Forumite
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Not sure I'd want a long term partner who listens more to his mother than me to the point of evicting me from our home.

    And who would rather sleep with his sister than his girlfriend, plus expect said girlfriend to pay rent while he doesn't.
  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    It's mad that this is STILL going on. Who has so little self respect?!
  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    Moon.cat wrote: »
    Ah ok. So technically he is the landlord even though the mother owns the house and the rent is ultimately being paid to her?

    Why is this a shock to you? I'm sure I explained this to you on your other thread which has since disappeared.

    It's not a technicality it's the legality of the situation.
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