Renting

onwards&upwards

00ec25 wrote: »

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?

What’s that got to do with the price of fish?

If the landlord wanted to put the rent up at any time there are processes to do just tha5, he’s apparently chosen not to.

buggy_boy

It sounds like it may have been a mistake. My thoughts are you have not had a rent rise in 7 years so you have a pretty good landlord, you could argue it and try to take it to court, this would likely cost a lot and with no guarantee you would win.

If you did the above you would likely !!!! your landlord right off and he is unlikely to continue with his thought process of you are a good tenant so I wont raise the rents at best, at worst you could be out on your ear.

Has your landlord would you say been pretty good and fair to you? Does he deal with any issues promptly, has he protected your deposit, if the answer is yes then it would seem a bit cheeky to try it on...

00ec25

onwards&upwards wrote: »

What’s that got to do with the price of fish?

If the landlord wanted to put the rent up at any time there are processes to do just tha5, he’s apparently chosen not to.

ask yourself why OP has taken 7 years to notice ?

perhaps OP should take a lesson from the LL and let sleeping dogs lie given his alleged "overpayment" after 7 years amounts to less than 3 months rent

the price of fish is knowing when to fight over it, and when to walk away instead of escalating to an outcome that you may be counter productive

lookstraightahead

00ec25 wrote: »

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?

Our rent never went up - a bird in the hand as our landlord said. Now he was astute and we were all fair.

Paddy39

I'm an NHS worker. Maybe you work out how many pay rises I've had over the last 7 years. Your post is irrelevant!:eek:

Paddy39

Thanks to all the posts that were constructive, much appreciated!

AdrianC

onwards&upwards wrote: »

What’s that got to do with the price of fish?

If the landlord wanted to put the rent up at any time there are processes to do just tha5, he’s apparently chosen not to.

Or perhaps the landlord did increase the rent after that first six month period, to £750/mo?

So we're talking about just 6 x £20 = £120 overpaid in total, outside the period for which debts can be reclaimed anyway...

Mr.Generous

buggy_boy wrote: »

It sounds like it may have been a mistake. My thoughts are you have not had a rent rise in 7 years so you have a pretty good landlord, you could argue it and try to take it to court, this would likely cost a lot and with no guarantee you would win.

If you did the above you would likely !!!! your landlord right off and he is unlikely to continue with his thought process of you are a good tenant so I wont raise the rents at best, at worst you could be out on your ear.

Has your landlord would you say been pretty good and fair to you? Does he deal with any issues promptly, has he protected your deposit, if the answer is yes then it would seem a bit cheeky to try it on...

I agree, I think 1st thing that happens will be a rent increase of at least £50 - £75 because they have forgotten to do anything.

00ec25

Paddy39 wrote: »

I'm an NHS worker. Maybe you work out how many pay rises I've had over the last 7 years. Your post is irrelevant!:eek:

your post is a perfect example of why it has taken you 7 years to notice "overpaying", it takes seconds to "work it out"

NHS pay was frozen in 2011 and 2012
between 2013 - 2018 you got a 1% rise each year
in 2018 you got a 6.5% pay rise over 3 years

my post is not "irrelevant", it is reminding you that starting a fight with the LL for a payment difference may be counter productive if the LL is then reminded he has not increased it for 7 years

are you looking to move out? you may soon have to...

Marvel1

Summary: if looking to move out, reclaim the overpayments.