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Yes and be wary about sticking with the same agent. It’s feasible you have a clueless landlord who believes that she needs a new tenant at the end of every period (because then the agency can charge new finders fees and tenancy fees, it’s in their interest to get new tenants....)
Try and speak to the landlord yourself to find out why! Of course she may need to sell or even move in herself, fair enough - but speak to the LL. Agents lie!! All they want is their cut.0 -
You really need to check the state of play with your landlord. Suggest downloading the land registry entry to see if their address is there. Or write to the agent requesting your landlord's address.mcgreevy1993 wrote: »And to answer why they want it back we have no idea! We tried to question it, but they didn't give a reason and we only speak to agent. She just came in and asked them when the tenacy was up for renewal and signed the s21 for the same date and we got an email at the end of the working day saying we've got 2 months lol...0 -
From what neighbours have told me the flat has been rented out for many years, with the previous tenants being her a year. I think it probably the case she just wants her property back or perhaps to move agency.
I'm going into the agency on my lunch break today so find out the case.
The new place is unfurnished so that could possibly work with council tax! We are in need of a bed and sofa, which we just plan to replace second hand.
If In another case, we moved into new flat still in lease of old one - after a deep clean and moving stuff across, could we surrender the flat but still pay? (As in we pay months rent, but give keys back 2 weeks earlier) would we still be liable for bills then in this case??0 -
with the previous tenants being her a year. I think it probably the case she just wants her property back or perhaps to move agency.
look like they have done it before.
if you think she wants to move agency you don't need to leave.I'm going into the agency on my lunch break today so find out the case.
talk to the landlord not the agent.0 -
Stop talking to the agent about it. They will outright lie about what the landlord knows/says because their main interest is in getting money from new tenant fees etc. I have experienced this with all the letting agencies I have dealt with!
- One told me they asked a landlord and they said no pets. They never asked, I wrote to the landlord myself and got permission. This was in a house where two dogs lived prior to our moving in and the cleaning was absent to the extent that my asthma played up for weeks.
- Another agent tried to get us to agree to a two month extension for the landlord to have “some security”, the landlord wasn’t aware how periodic tenancy worked (ie he would serve two months notice anyway if he wanted) and that this was a paper pushing exercise for the agent to get a fee from us both.
Just a couple of examples.
And definitely don’t jump straight into another flat with the same agent where they may just do the same again to you. This assuming it is all them, not the landlord.
If you don’t want to move, speak to your landlord.0 -
Thanks for the advice guys.
the landlord refuses to speak to us and will only go through agent. So not an option here.
I spoke to agent and apparantley she does this a lot. She is an old lady and becomes annoyed with having to "pay out for repairs" and just cancels the tenancy for a while then reinstated it.
We had our shower replaced last week has the thermostat had gone and it kept going scalding hot then Ice cold and she kicked off for "paying out" despite not updating any of These things since she started letting it.
In this case good riddance to her - but I guarantee she'll try to keep my deposit0 -
mcgreevy1993 wrote: »We had our shower replaced last week has the thermostat had gone and it kept going scalding hot then Ice cold and she kicked off for "paying out" despite not updating any of These things since she started letting it.
Did you request the shower to be repaired? If so you have some protection against revenge evictions but that only matters if you want to stay longer in your current home until another property becomes available that will have less of an overlap for you.0 -
Yeah I requested it.
But how can I prove it as a "revenge eviciting?"
Apparantley the agency says she's been kicking off because we replaced the oven, Ariel of tv and now shower. But she hasn't updated of them in years so they were all falling apart.0 -
mcgreevy1993 wrote: »Yeah I requested it.
But how can I prove it as a "revenge eviciting?"
Apparantley the agency says she's been kicking off because we replaced the oven, Ariel of tv and now shower. But she hasn't updated of them in years so they were all falling apart.
Revenge eviction has various conditions to make it valid.
Have a read of this:
https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repairs/revenge_eviction_if_you_ask_for_repairs0 -
See:mcgreevy1993 wrote: »Yeah I requested it.
But how can I prove it as a "revenge eviciting?"
Apparantley the agency says she's been kicking off because we replaced the oven, Ariel of tv and now shower. But she hasn't updated of them in years so they were all falling apart.
* Repairing Obligations: the law, common misconceptions, reporting/enforcing, retaliatory eviction & the new tenant protection (2015)
You'll have to act fast if you want protection against the S21 via the 2015 Act.
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