Landlord selling property can’t afford to move

RAS

@deannagone might have some useful advice, as she's been in this situation.

Meantime, your son will still be in the same home when the exams come. Scary as the situation is, try and minimise the amount you talk about the situation until after they are over?

KxMx

xxChellexx said:

steve866 said:

Have you asked the landlord directly if they'd consider giving you a few more months?

A few more months isn’t going to change the current rental prices, if anything they are only going to get worse. Council won’t house me until I am actually homeless and by the sounds of things if I leave here before bailiffs come they will class me as intentionally homeless which is just crazy. 

Unfortunately Councils have very few resources, and those are usually tied up housing people who have been legally evicted already. They don't have much, if anything, left for those at risk of eviction, but still housed. 

diystarter7

TheJP said:

diystarter7 said:

theoretica said:

I fear what comes next is a lot of bureaucracy and you having to be the bad guy to your landlord.  Is section 21, when it comes, absolutely in order?  Have you been given all the paperwork needed for your landlord to issue a valid section 21?  The council will expect you to sit tight until the courts actually evict you.  This is why many landlords realise the way forward is to offer to pay tenants to leave, offer them a discount to buy the property themselves or try to sell to another landlord.

Hi

Not if the LL is on the ball and has legal cover.  I've promised myself I would never pay a T to leave as it is not right especially when a LL has been a good LL. Hoepfully, any eviction is processed quickly and the OP can get another decent LL/place

Thnaks

I guess what @theoretica is suggesting is that you may have to play the bad guy if the S21 is not valid. I note the OP references energy performance as a reason to sell. Is there an EPC or is the EPC below legal requirements and the LL cant afford to update. The OP is within their right to challenge the S21 if they have not been met. Regardless not a great position for both the LL and the OP. Take care in whatever you do.

Hi
I beleive the OP is saying the LL cant afford the new EPC regs that become law within a couple of years but it is legal now.
Thnak you for trying to explain, appreciated,

Yes, good luck to both and I hope it is all sorted soon

Thnaks

diystarter7

Martico said:

It's insane. When I came back to in Bristol in 2016, while looking for a place to buy I rented a 2-bed house in (expensive) Southville at £850. When I moved out end-2016 having found a place to buy, the rent for that place shot up to around 1,200. That kind of property is now rented for 2,000 or more. 
I know this doesn't help your cause, it just shows that things have been bonkers here. I've got friends that have moved to Newport, others that have moved to van-living. Neither are options for you I suspect, I feel for you

Hi

I want to keep this OT to help the OP. The rents you talked about and people moving. In London this has been happening not to renters but kids that grew up with parents and as early as the 70's a couple of workmates where their parents lived in Fulham had to move to se and or east london, greater London and this has been typical when house buying and renting for years.

Where we live you can get more for your money retal wise and owner occupier wise and the areas that were deemed run-down in the 80's early 90' like Brixton, Croydon, Dulwich, etc etc in ceratin areas have skyrocketed. Therefore, its not just Bristol but I guess most big towns and cities in England

As the other poster stated, this is an unfortunate situation for the OP & their nice LL

Thnaks

Bonniepurple

To potentially add to your woes, Bristol has basically just stopped all autism assessments and referrals unless there are extreme circumstances (adoption placement failing being one of them).  Could you look to Gloucestershire which is slightly more reasonable (obviously you then have problems with schools)?

grumiofoundation

Apologies if I have missed this but has your landlord actually said that they will be serving you a section 21?

If they sell to another landlord then no reason for you to leave as your tenancy would continue. 

silvercar

grumiofoundation said:

Apologies if I have missed this but has your landlord actually said that they will be serving you a section 21?

If they sell to another landlord then no reason for you to leave as your tenancy would continue. 

Properties with vacant possession often sell at a higher price as they are open to those wanting to live there as well as landlords. Even landlords get picky about inheriting a tenant.

diystarter7

silvercar said:

grumiofoundation said:

Apologies if I have missed this but has your landlord actually said that they will be serving you a section 21?

If they sell to another landlord then no reason for you to leave as your tenancy would continue. 

Properties with vacant possession often sell at a higher price as they are open to those wanting to live there as well as landlords. Even landlords get picky about inheriting a tenant.

Hi

At times, a property with an established T in it that is paying rent on time ad looking after the place is seen as an asset as the LL earns cash from day one. 

When vaccant, you do have more possibilities as you said

Thanks

[Deleted User]

Will say keep paying your rent 

Communicate with your landlord makes a huge difference.

Seems the council only really help out when you are about to be homeless in reality.

I am in a similar situation but the landlord. (informed the tenant months in advance but took no action)

Although mine has been playing games since the beginning of the 1 year AST tenancy with arrears and late payment.

If you lanldord has all the paperwork then might go through with the s21 accelerated possession order and claim the £355 cost.

You are right the rent has increased due to increased costs and demand way higher than supply. I listed a 2 bedroom flat recently and I have conducted 8 viewings, 44 Tenant Enquiries and I am been very selective with selecting the right tenant focus on affordability and will only rent to someone that passes the compressive referencing check. 

xxChellexx

@Bonniepurple do you know the reason why they’ve stopped this? And for how long? I have looked at S glos, and banes every where is similar. 

The landlord said the estate agents dealing with the sale will be in touch, and also help me with rental properties as he has told them I have been a good tenant. No mention of an S21 and no contact from the estate agent yet . If this property went to another landlord then they will no doubt up the rent to match everywhere else and without doing the work needed to the place.