Landlord is selling his property and wants an estate agents to take photos

binns76

Landlord is selling the house I rent from him and wants an estate agent
to enter the property to take photos. Am I within my rights to not agree to this as I don’t want photos of my personal possessions for everyone to see?

moneysavinghero

It is your home, you get to choose who enters and doesn't enter.

hannah021

is this a fixed term contract? and when will it end?

or did it run into a periodic tenancy?

greatcrested

Yes, especially in these Covid days.

* What type of tenancy do you have?

* has he said he's planning to sell to an invester and let the tenancy continue?

* or has he indicated he will want to end the tenancy? Has he served a S21? Exact dates?

* do you want to stay, or prefer to leave?

binns76

We have a fixed term agreement and have been here for over 3 years with no issues.  No he needs to sell to save his business. Yes he has issued the notice and it states 2 months.  I can’t leave as there or no properties available at present.

Yahoo_Mail

binns76 said:

We have a fixed term agreement and have been here for over 3 years with no issues.  No he needs to sell to save his business. Yes he has issued the notice and it states 2 months.  I can’t leave as there or no properties available at present.

If you refuse to let them come in and take photos, will they offer a positive reference?

I think you should accept the fact that he will eventually turf you out, but if you're compliant, the new landlord almost certainly won't.

binns76

There won’t be a new landlord as he is selling the house not a tenanted property 

davidmcn

binns76 said:

There won’t be a new landlord as he is selling the house not a tenanted property 

In which case you might want to point out to him that nobody with any sense will be buying it if you're still there, so he may as well wait until you're gone before getting the pics taken.

gettingtheresometime

binns76 said:

There won’t be a new landlord as he is selling the house not a tenanted property 

I took it as your present landlord giving you a reference for the landlord for your new rental property 

Retireby40

binns76 said:

We have a fixed term agreement and have been here for over 3 years with no issues.  No he needs to sell to save his business. Yes he has issued the notice and it states 2 months.  I can’t leave as there or no properties available at present.

Where do you live where theres no properties available? The house is clearly being sold as a desperate measure. Let them take the photos. Nobody cares what colour your curtains are. Or your sofa. By the time its sold you will have found somewhere else. It sounds like you just dont want to move and to pot if your landlord loses his business.

pooh

Is it not 6 months notice they have to give now.
Anyway you can refuse as it interferes with “quiet enjoyment”As it won’t just be an estate agent coming in to take photos.Next it will be buyers coming to look,then surveyors.
Might as well start as you mean to go on and say no.
Of course if they want to offer a financial incentive then you could be out quicker than 6 months.