Problem with letting agent

MrDoola

Hello,

So basically 3 month ago I moved into a house share on a 6 month contract. Long story short the room I moved into has damp and mould. I mentioned this to the agent and he told me he'd be in for an inspection, which never happened. I've now got a job somewhere else and want to leave, I'm fine with paying the relet fee but the no one is going to want to move into the room purely based on the damp, mould and the size of the room. I'm wondering if there was anyway I could refuse to pay rent until the room is sorted or something. As nothing was done about the damp or mould when I mentioned it.

Thanks,

Harry

Comms69

Nope.

Most mould is caused by lifestyle. Even if not; it’s stil habitable

diggingdude

What was it like when you viewed?

System

Hi,

Obviously if you are in a 6 month contract than you are liable for the rent until you or your landlord gives notice and this is dependant on your AST agreement.
Now there is some obligations which your landlord has to do in relation to disrepair and damp being one, this is something you can raise to the Housing Association if you want to.
In relation to a disrepair claim and damp it is something that you would have to flag with environment health that the damp is actually caused by the landlords negligence and not for example you not opening windows and causing damp yourself. You can potentially raise a disrepair claim if you are wanting to but if you don't pay rent the landlord can make a counter-claim against you for this. If you are wanting to end the tenancy agreement I would ask your landlord if he is willing to surrender the tenancy and get this in writing.

Hope this helps!

G_M

You can leave after 6 months. No notice needed.

You can offer to surrender the tenancy early. The landlord may agree, or may not. Or may agree subject to conditions.

The repairing issues can be enforced.


* Repairing Obligations: the law, common misconceptions, reporting/enforcing, retaliatory eviction & the new tenant protection (2015)


https://www.thetenantsvoice.co.uk/advice_from_us/what-you-can-do-about-damp/

Cakeguts

Damp can be caused by people never opening windows and drying clothes in doors. If there wasn't any damp in the room when you moved in then it is very possible that something you are doing is causing it.

Comms69

Kennor wrote: »

Hi,

Obviously if you are in a 6 month contract than you are liable for the rent until you or your landlord gives notice - actually the tenant is due to pay rent until either his notice expires, or a court order for possession expires and this is dependant on your AST agreement.
Now there is some obligations which your landlord has to do in relation to disrepair and damp being one, this is something you can raise to the Housing Association if you want to. - nothing suggests a HA is involved
In relation to a disrepair claim and damp it is something that you would have to flag with environment health that the damp is actually caused by the landlords negligence and not for example you not opening windows and causing damp yourself. You can potentially raise a disrepair claim if you are wanting to but if you don't pay rent the landlord can make a counter-claim against you for this. If you are wanting to end the tenancy agreement I would ask your landlord if he is willing to surrender the tenancy and get this in writing.

Hope this helps!

otherwise agreed

System

Yes this is what I put above you just repeated me.

I'm just trying to help, no need to jump down my throat. Thanks

G_M

Obviously if you are in a 6 month contract than you are liable for the rent until you or your landlord gives notice - actually the tenant is due to pay rent until either his notice expires, or a court order for possession expires

Kennor wrote: »

Yes this is what I put above you just repeated me.

I'm just trying to help, no need to jump down my throat.

No. Comms was right to correct you and did not repeat what you had said.

To be clear, you said the tenant is liable for rent till... the landlord gives notice.

Comms rightly said the tenent is liable for rent till a court order for possession expires, which is likely to be some time after the landlord's notice.

No jumping down throats - just correcting of mis-advice so that the OP, and others, do not get wrong information.

System

No I said YOU or YOUR LANDLORD gives notice.

Normally 1 month if tenant gives notice. Depends on notice given by landlord, could be up to 2 months with S21 or different depending on S8.
Possession order normally granted by court quicker with accelerated possession order with S21 but can be up to 6 weeks extra to discretion of the judge. Sorry for the confusion but i clearly did write you or your landlord gives notice, if client wanted explaining of possession procedure I could have helped but possession and eviction would not normally happen with disrepair cases as revenge eviction could be argued depending on what is in disrepair.

baldelectrician

If this is in Scotland the tenant gives 28 days notice on any tenancy made after December 1st 2017.

They can move in on the 1st, give notice on the 2nd and be out by the end of the month- and the landlord cannot change this