Question regarding serving of section 13.

hopeful_optimist

Thank you all in advance. I hope you can provide me with an answer to my post as i'm struggling to clarify what I need to do or not next.

My letting agent tried to serve a section 13 in April 2025 raising my rent from 650 to 695 I contacted them to inform them that it was invalid as it was only 10 months since they served me with the last one.

They have now tried this again, they have served by email only not via postage and the information on the section 13 in regard to the rent wise is inaccurate, this one states that my current rent is 695 and they propose a rise to 750 a month. 

I have not yet responded to this as frankly I am tired of their incompetence and dont want to help them by pointing out their errors only for them to serve it again but my questions are.

Could this get through if I dont dispute it? I believe that it would be thrown out if they tried to serve as the information on the notice regarding current rent is inaccurate.

Also as they have attempted to serve 2 of these now would it be valid anyway as I read that only one can be served a year. I dont know if this means one successful section 13 or it also applies to one which is thrown out due to inaccuracies.

Any help would be appreciated.


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MWT

Probably better to ask over here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/house-buying-renting-selling

... but to get things started, I believe the important date is the date for the new rent to take effect, rather than the date the notice was served, so if that notice served in April '25 was for a change dated to take effect 12 months from the date the previous increase took effect then it wouldn't matter if it was served earlier than the previous notice, as long as it wasn't trying to increase your rent sooner than 12 months after the previous increase.

Do check your agreement to see what it says are methods of service for the notices, if that includes email then they don't have to send a paper copy as well.

I certainly wouldn't ignore a notice though, especially if you want to appeal the increase, but see what those more familiar with this have to add...

hopeful_optimist

Many thanks for the advice and for pointing me in the right direction regarding where to post. I have now put the post in the right sub forum.