Landlord telling me I need to renew tenancy on a fixed term

theartfullodger

Tell Landlord, copy agent you "require" them to sign a fixed term AST of 1month. That will confuse them for a bit, have some fun.

For even more fun, require a 1 week AST.

Both entirely legal. If they feel free to require you to do something they must think it fair you to require likewise

diggingdude

Guessing they want to charge you a nice renewal fee at the same time

Owain_Moneysaver

diggingdude wrote: »

Guessing they want to charge you a nice renewal fee at the same time

Hopefully not, under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 most tenant fees have been abolished.

Wanderingpomm

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Hopefully not, under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 most tenant fees have been abolished.

Only for new tenants. Fees for existing tenants can be charged for another year

steampowered

Often this "requirement" is driven by letting agents, who want to get a renewal fee.

Simply respond stating that you are not willing to sign up to a new fixed term and are happy for the tenancy to continue on a periodic basis in line with the current terms.

Euphoria1z

tom9980 wrote: »

Although you will likely have to pay court costs.

Who will have to pay court costs?


The tenant?

tom9980

Euphoria1z wrote: »

Who will have to pay court costs?


The tenant?

The Landlord will pay initially, however when he inevitably wins in court costs can and often are awarded and the tenant picks up the bill.

Euphoria1z

tom9980 wrote: »

The Landlord will pay initially, however when he inevitably wins in court costs can and often are awarded and the tenant picks up the bill.

I see. I wasn't aware of this.


And if the tenant leaves before the court date? Will the tenant still have to pay the court fees?


Or at what point can the tenant safely stay before he has to pay any court fees?


thanks