Landlord withholding rent

Marvel1

OP, if you decide to come back and reply, may be best to state what exactly what was said in the text.

G_M

AdrianC wrote: »

Depends on the exact wording of the texts, of course.

Of course. But my responses and advice were based on what the OP had told us here.


Naturally if the OP inaccurately paraphrased, then the advice would no longer be valid.

Red-Squirrel_2

DXW059 wrote: »

Once the completion date on our new property was confirmed (mid December) I informed the landlord that we would be moving out then and asked if it would be possible for us to only pay the rent up until vacating the property (i.e. half of December rather than the whole month). He replied in a text saying that that was fine.

We paid the rent in advance prior to knowing the completion date, as we would do each month. So I messaged the landlord asking if he could refund the rent for the second half of December as he previously agreed to in a text.

I admit its very unclear!

To me though, it sounds like they gave a rough date of mid December with about a month's notice. Then only gave an exact date after they had paid their December rent (which I assume was no earlier than the 1st December.)

If they had known the exact date before paying the last rent payment, they would have reduced it pro rata if they thought they had an agreement that rent wasn't due after that, wouldn't they?

Red-Squirrel_2

ginashamz wrote: »

All I want is my rental income for December and January for now. The letting agent keeps telling me they will pay but have not to date.
Hopefully they will provide me with the contract!

I think you've posted on the wrong thread!

diggingdude

DXW059 wrote: »

No longer need advice
Thanks

Very poor form to remove the original message. Hopefully you got the advice you needed although it can't now help anyone else