Had a notice from Landlords Administrator

faringdon

Hi,
Just received a letter from Landlords Administrator. A place called Clyde & Co in London. I live in a block of flats. The letter says "we suggest you take legal advice on the effect of this notice". The problem is that its all in "Legal-speak" and i just dont understand what it is saying?

It appears to be saying that the Landlord is selling up and that its possible that we tennants will all just be sold along with the flat block.......but the wording is so "legalise" that i am not sure....maybe  its telling me that it is giving me notice to vacate?

Why have they even sent me the letter.......i didnt even know who the landlord was anyway. On page one it says "please find enclosed a copy of a notice sent to you pursuant to section 5 of the landlord and tennant act 1987"

Maybe i should pass it on to the actual landlord of this particular flat? I think loads of different landlords own each of the flats in here, but i am not sure.
The only person i know is the people at the estate agents who moved me in.

Is there a danger that  this could be a "notice to vacate" thing?

Rodders53

faringdon said:

Maybe i should pass it on to the actual landlord of this particular flat? I think loads of different landlords own each of the flats in here, but i am not sure.

Yes you MUST do that as soon as possible.

Your (rental) Landlord is a Tenant of the Freehold owner (aka Landlord) of the building.

It's not your (direct) worry.  Let your rental Landlord and his Legal people deal with it.

DullGreyGuy

Clyde & Co are a multinational law firm based in London, not one of the magic circle firms but very big in certain industries. 

If you are a tenant rather than the leasee then you need to forward the letter to your landlord as soon as practicable. 

silvercar

Pretty poor of your landlord not to notify the main landlord of their address to serve notices to. It’s not the tenants obligation to act as a post man,

user1977

Might be a belt and braces thing just to send notices to the occupiers as well.

m0bov

Sounds like it's let without consent. Freeholder should have contact details for leaseholder

eddddy

faringdon said:

Is there a danger that  this could be a "notice to vacate" thing?

No - it's not that.

Based on what you've posted, it's probably as follows:

There's 3 'levels' involved:

• 1) A freeholder - who owns the freehold building that your flat is in 
• 2) A leaseholder - who owns the flat you live in - i.e. your landlord
• 3) You

The Section 5 of the LTA letter is telling the leaseholder (i.e. your landlord) that the freehold building is being sold.

The building will change hands, but your landlord will still own the flat you live in, so this is not a reason for you to be told to vacate.

That letter should have been addressed to the leaseholder (i.e. your landlord), not to you - it's not really anything to do with you - was the letter addressed to you by name?




You mention the letter came from an "Administrator" - that suggests that the freeholder might have gone bankrupt. So an Administrator has been appointed to sell off the freeholder's belongings - including the freehold building.

The bankrupt freeholder might not be cooperating with the administrator and not passing on contact details for the leaseholder (or the Administrator is being extra cautious), so they've sent the details to your flat instead / as well.