Landlord wanting his house back, various problems- advice needed please

brianposter

swingaloo wrote: »

My friend is actually suspecting that the 'daughter' is actually the landlord bluffing as the emails are in the vein of 'he is ill', 'its nothing to do with me' etc apart from a slip up on one of them where it says 'Im not' when it should say 'He's not'.

Also as far as my friend is aware his eldest child is only about 12!

Sounds like the landlord needs to get a PAYG mobile and a separate email address simply to facilitate the sale of his house.
He could probably get away with using his old postal address.

tealady

Swingaloo.

G_ M has given you some great advice.
The tenants hold all the cards.

Reading between the lines I suspect the landlord may be on the fiddle, so stop enabling him.

swingaloo

Thank you for all the replies which I have passed on to my friends. they are a little over the initial shock now and have been reassured by the replies.

I now have a new query which they could do with some clarification on.

They received a letter yesterday telling them that the landlord is arranging for an estate agent to call within the next 7 days to take photographs and put a 'For Sale' sign up.

Im assuming they do not have to let the agent into the property, is that correct?

AdrianC

swingaloo wrote: »

They received a letter yesterday telling them that the landlord is arranging for an estate agent to call within the next 7 days to take photographs and put a 'For Sale' sign up.

Im assuming they do not have to let the agent into the property, is that correct?

Correct.

And it might be wise to change the locks, if they haven't already.

jimbog

swingaloo wrote: »

Thank you for all the replies which I have passed on to my friends. they are a little over the initial shock now and have been reassured by the replies.

Have they changed the locks?

swingaloo

Yes, they have changed the locks.

Thank you foe the replies.

swingaloo

another issue now is that the landlord has messaged them telling them he can get round the Section 21 by issuing s form 6A.

Can anyone advise if this is possible as Ive looked briefly at the 6A form and it says it can be used by a landlord when he has failed to protect the deposit etc/

G_M

The landlord/agent must serve either
* S21(1)(b) (tenancies pre 1/10/15) or

* Form 6a (tenancies since 1/10/15)

Both must give 2 calendar months notice, ending on or after the end of the FT.


For more detail,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?

swingaloo

Thank you G_M. Whats confusing them (and me) is that they have been going on the advice that a Section 21 is invalid because their landlord hasn't complied with the deposit protection, safety certificates etc but looking at the 6A it appears that that advice is all irrelevant if he just uses the 6A. Is that correct?

Marvel1

swingaloo wrote: »

another issue now is that the landlord has messaged them telling them he can get round the Section 21 by issuing s form 6A.
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Curious, did they let the landlord know a section 21 will not be valid due to not doing first to ensure it will be valid in the first place?