Renting

Paddy39

Hi,
I've been renting a house for exactly 7 years. It's a private landlord and he deals with it through an Estate Agent. I've just checked my contract and I've realised I've been paying too much rent. Am I able to claim the overpayments back?

G_M

Yes.


But please provide some fuller details.


What exactly doea your tenancy agreement say?
Has it been renewed regularly, or gone periodic?
What does it say, if anything, about rent increaes?
How much have you been paying, how often, since when, and why?


please quote accurately and in full.

Paddy39

I have been paying £750 per month and the tenancy agreement says the rent is £730 per month " for the term of 6 months". The first payment of £750 was paid on the 12th May 2012 and nothing has ever changed since. I've received nothing verbally or in writing to inform me of any rent increases in the whole 7 years Ive lived here. I cant see anything
on the agreement that states anything about rent increases.

Slithery

What did it say in the original advert for the property?
Was the rent of £750 talked about at all before you started the tenancy?
How is the rent paid?

Paddy39

I'm not sure what the original advert was and I can only assume I thought the rent payable was and still is £750. The rent is paid by standing order through my bank

Slithery

So you have been paying the correct amount of rent, it's just a typo in the contract.

No, you can't claim it back.

G_M

Slithery wrote: »

So you have been paying the correct amount of rent, it's just a typo in the contract.

Not sure how you come to assume that.


I agree it's strange the OP has paid the extra all this time. Unusual for a tenant to pay more than their contract says.


But if the contract say £230, then the Op should write to the landlord, at the address for servig notices, explaining why he will not be paying rent for the next X months, where X is the number of months pre-paid by the extra £20 per month over 7 years.


(do the maths!)

agrinnall

G_M wrote: »

... £230...

Those typos are very easy to make aren't they? :rotfl:

G_M

agrinnall wrote: »

Those typos are very easy to make aren't they? :rotfl:

:T


Though in my defense there's a difference between a rushed response to a forum post and a careful pre-sign reading of a contract.


At least there should be!

00ec25

I wonder how many pay rises Paddy's had over the last 7 years and why therefore he considers his expenditure to be exempt from inflation?

Marvel1

Slithery wrote: »

So you have been paying the correct amount of rent, it's just a typo in the contract.

No, you can't claim it back.

How so? I'm confused.