LL of no fixed abode?

Terrabithia

Hi MSE community
I am about to sign a rental agreement and I realise that my LL has no fixed address. They are overseas, travelling around the world through seas.
Contract mentions address of the agency as LL's address.
But the property will not be managed by agent.
Does that put me in some disadvantage as a tenant? 
Cheers

moneysavinghero

If you boiler breaks down who will you get to fix it? How will you contact that person?

davidmcn

Having a valid service address is one thing, but might not be much use if you have to send the bailiffs to find a yacht in the middle of the Pacific.

Scotbot

So who is going to manage it? If repairs need to be done who are you supposed to contact? If the agency can't  tell you then yes it is a problem. There may be a family member who looks after it but you need to know.
It is a strange time to be travelling round the world. People are still working overseas but they will have a fixed address somewhere

Terrabithia

moneysavinghero said:

If you boiler breaks down who will you get to fix it? How will you contact that person?

that is the concern. LL said they pay a lot of money in boiler insurance. so it shouldnt be a problem.
but if boiler breaks down, who to contact? if they are unreachable, then what?

Terrabithia

davidmcn said:

Having a valid service address is one thing, but might not be much use if you have to send the bailiffs to find a yacht in the middle of the Pacific.

Terrabithia

Scotbot said:

So who is going to manage it? If repairs need to be done who are you supposed to contact? If the agency can't  tell you then yes it is a problem. There may be a family member who looks after it but you need to know.
It is a strange time to be travelling round the world. People are still working overseas but they will have a fixed address somewhere

im thinking of calling up agent and asking this very same question.
However apart from repairs any other pitfalls for my situation?

SpiderLegs

Terrabithia said:

Scotbot said:

So who is going to manage it? If repairs need to be done who are you supposed to contact? If the agency can't  tell you then yes it is a problem. There may be a family member who looks after it but you need to know.
It is a strange time to be travelling round the world. People are still working overseas but they will have a fixed address somewhere

im thinking of calling up agent and asking this very same question.
However apart from repairs any other pitfalls for my situation?

Yes but you were rude to me so I’m not going to tell you.

SDLT_Geek

You might need to deduct income tax at source and pay it to HMRC if the landlord has not had HMRC agree to rent payments being made gross.

SpiderLegs

SDLT_Geek said:

You might need to deduct income tax at source and pay it to HMRC if the landlord has not had HMRC agree to rent payments being made gross.

Damn that was what I wasn’t going to mention.

Don’t listen OP it’s not true.

Scotbot

How long do you intend to be there ? If the LL is travelling they will come back at some point. Could be 10 years time but if they have no overseas address makes me think it could be a lot sooner.