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Letting Agents are not agreeing to move me to a Periodic Tenancy agreement
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SyedHussain wrote: »So a deposit for the increased amount.
And thanks.
Do you mean like say for example rent is £400, you paid a deposit for £400, rent is now £420, they want an extra £20?0 -
Yes. Exactly. They want me to pay £50 as a deposit.0
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Tough. There is no obligation for deposit to be in line with monthly rent payment.0
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You all have been great. Thank you. Your advice has calmed my nerves
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1) re the deposit. You and the LL agreed a deposit amount when you originally signed the tenancy. That cannot be changed unless you agree. Your choice.
2) Landlords address 'for serving notices'. This is where you must send official notices to the LL. It can be anywhere he chooses (in England /Wales ) so can be his mum's address, or the letting agent, or ... wherever -see Landlord and Tenant Act 1987S48.
3) you have the right to ask for the LL's actual address. Failure to give it to you is a criminal offence - but this is hard to enforce in practice. See Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 S1.
4) the agent does not have to agree if you want a periodic tenancy. Just ignore the agent and.... bingo! you ave a periodic tenancy. See
* Ending/renewing an AST: what happens when a fixed term ends? How can a LL or tenant end a tenancy? What is a periodic tenancy?
5) if the LL wants to increase the rent he can only do so in one of several ways: see
* Rent increases: when & how can rent be increased?0 -
In that situation I would just amend my standing order to pay the increased rent and ignore the letting agent.
By paying the increased rent the landlord will be happy and so the letting agents won't really be able to make any trouble for you, afterall, they work for the landlord.Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0 -
In that situation I would just amend my standing order to pay the increased rent and ignore the letting agent.
By paying the increased rent the landlord will be happy and so the letting agents won't really be able to make any trouble for you, afterall, they work for the landlord.
I would be careful with that. I would suggest putting it in writing that the OP doesn't agree with the tenancy renewal, but is happy to agree to the rent increase.
It's possible that just starting to pay the increase on it's own could be implying that the tenant has mutually agreed to the tenancy renewal.*Assuming you're in England or Wales.0 -
They could just evict and get the fee from a new tenant with the security of a 12 month contract.
A lot of LL's leave everything to the agents so may never know what's happening.
The fees will be illegal soon enough as England is trying to move to a similar scheme that Scotland has, until then they can do what they want.0 -
Given a letting agent cannot, unless they're a qualified solicitor, evict a tenant that would be a neat trick.They could just evict and get the fee from a new tenant with the security of a 12 month contract.
A lot of LL's leave everything to the agents so may never know what's happening.
The fees will be illegal soon enough as England is trying to move to a similar scheme that Scotland has, until then they can do what they want.0
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