Rent increase after repiars

Larry9999

Hi all,

Writing this on behalf of my daughter but essentially she's been in her rented property for about 3 years now and since then has had a number of issues with the house that the landlord has ignored despite her asking them to fix these things numerous times. These are things such as gaps in the exterior doors and so she cannot keep the house warm even with the heating on full blast all day and night, a hole in the roof caused by a tree falling on it in bad weather. Holes in the floor that has been a trip hazard and things like that.
Due to the damp from the hole in the roof there has been a MASSIVE outpouring of mould in the upstairs and so at the end of her tether she got the environmental health involved who came around with the landlord and let slip that this isn't the first time they've had to come around to sort this house out and ended up forcing the landlord to get these fixed which they are finally doing this week. She has now received a letter stating her monthly rent is to go up by £75 a month which is clearly in an attempt to offset the repairs so in effect my daughter is paying for repairs to THEIR house ?
We are going to write a letter to the landlord disputing this rent increase but i suspect they will turn around and give her an eviction notice so after the letter what is our best course of action or do we just have to put up with it and either pay it or leave ?
Thanks all in advance
Ian

Lokolo

£75 of what?

And has she had any rent increases over the past 3 years?

Maxwell007

If you don't like the rent going up just MOVE sorry but you don't have to stay do you . .

need_an_answer

I would imagine if the repairs needed are as bad as you say £75 per month is going to fall a lot short of the total cost.

The fact is once the repairs are carried out your daughter should be living in a far better maintained property than she was previously.


How does the new rental payment compare with other properties in the area that are of a similar standard?

Cakeguts

I am sorry but I cannot see why anybody would rent a house in this condition in the first place never mind stay after the initial 6 months? Did she not view it before deciding to rent it? Then she stayed on after tree fell on the roof. I think most people would have been waiting to move by then.



She doesn't have to pay the extra £75 a month she could always do what she should have done two and a half years ago which is to move and find something in better repair.

Gary123456790

What kind of contract does she have in place? If it is a yearly contract with the amount of rent stated, then the landlord would not simply be able to write and inform her of a rent increase.

Larry9999

Thanks all, yes it's easy to say "just move" but there is such a large amount of charges that she's been unable to and the property was ok when she moved in. Along with the fact that she's been promised these repairs time after time when she's threatened to leave she's stayed thinking they'll be sorted.

parkrunner

With the increase will the rent be in line with similar proerties in the area?

G_M

Read:


* Rent increases: when & how can rent be increased?



* 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?

diggingdude

how much is her rent currently?