Rent reduction

Floraworld

Hello, I recently learned that my next door neighbours, who live in a rented flat, which is a big bigger than mine, are paying the same amount of rent as me.Do you think I could ask my landlord for a rent reduction based on this fact or I would need to look further on what's on the market? Thanks

Stubod

..you can always ask, and the landlord can always refuse....in which case what would you be prepared to do about it?

Leggitte

Floraworld said:

Do you think I could ask my landlord for a rent reduction based on this fact or I would need to look further on what's on the market? Thanks

Where you happy there and with the rent you paid before you knew the neighbour pays the same amount in rent? 

RedFraggle

Is it the same landlord?

theartfullodger

Your landlord has the same right to ask for a rent increase.  Do you want to prompt that?

Floraworld

It's not the same landlord. 

Cakeguts

Different landlords have different ways of setting and raising rents.  Some landlords only raise the rent when they get a new tenant so someone who has been living in a property for a long time might have a lower rent than someone who moved in quite recently.  It is the same as any business deal. You get a discount for quantity.

lookstraightahead

Maybe the landlords quite possibly know each other and your neighbours rent might go up?

my neighbour paid less fir her house than me but my mortgage payments won't come down 

Crashy_Time

Floraworld said:

It's not the same landlord. 

Can you find any more flats cheaper than yours in the area?