Contract states rent is due 27th of each month but I don’t always get paid on that date.

Mr.Generous

Try paying every other bill just a few days late every month and see how you get on. Mobile phone, council tax etc. See who gets really pee'd off first. Or seriously, start to budget and pay on time.

silvercar

It’s going to be an issue every month for the next year, other than February. I’d make the landlord and agent aware. Provided they are both aware and you don’t pay any later than the end of the month, I can’t see any action that they can take.

owls1867

KxMx said:

Offer 5 days rent on the 27th, then ask to start paying a full month on the 1st.

Exactly this - dead easy to sort. 

Rent will always be due on the 27th, but because you've paid the difference you will never fall into arrears. 

MEM62

Tabieth said:

Just put the money aside on pay day so you always have it on the 27. 

Yep, that is the solution.  

saajan_12

owls1867 said:

KxMx said:

Offer 5 days rent on the 27th, then ask to start paying a full month on the 1st.

Exactly this - dead easy to sort. 

Rent will always be due on the 27th, but because you've paid the difference you will never fall into arrears. 

No, its the full months rent that's due on the 1st, not just day by day (nor 5 days by 5 days). This might be something the LL is willing to accept but not something they have to. As such, by paying 85% of your rent late every month, OP would certainly be in arrears. Not enough for the mandatory S8G8 but can be under the other discretionary Section 8 grounds for persistently being late. 

sheramber

It would have been better if the OP had not assumed it would be okay to pay the rent late.

They should have clarified the position before agreeing to rent. 

They must have known the date the rent would due and the date that that got paid could be a problem.

owls1867

saajan_12 said:

owls1867 said:

KxMx said:

Offer 5 days rent on the 27th, then ask to start paying a full month on the 1st.

Exactly this - dead easy to sort. 

Rent will always be due on the 27th, but because you've paid the difference you will never fall into arrears. 

No, its the full months rent that's due on the 1st, not just day by day (nor 5 days by 5 days). This might be something the LL is willing to accept but not something they have to. As such, by paying 85% of your rent late every month, OP would certainly be in arrears. Not enough for the mandatory S8G8 but can be under the other discretionary Section 8 grounds for persistently being late. 

Alternatively OP - just pay 1 month + 5 days on the 27th as one payment and then continue to pay on the 1st of each month moving forward. 

I would be amazed a S8 would get granted on such a discretionary ground like this - but like you say, there is always that risk.