What action i can take against my nasty landlord?
Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at
1:38 pm
I am living in a 1 bedroom flat which i rent privately in London/UK. We also have a 1 year old baby living with us. When we rented the place we didn’t have the baby and 1 bedroom was sufficient. Now having baby brought the requirement for extra room. So we decided to move to a 2 bedroom flat. We found the new place and posted our 30 days notice for intention of moving. Apparently Landlord receive the letter after a week or so. Since then she believes she has the right to to come in to the flat whenever she wants with possible new tenants to show the flat without even asking our permission. When we complained to her she said we were very unreasonable and it was in our contract to let people in anytime without notice to see the place. And also when we also mentioned that it wasn’t true. She threatened us with not paying our deposit for the flat back. She says that when we moved in to flat we didn’t have a baby now we do and it is against the contract and she has right to not to pay the
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You should have a proper contract when you rent a place. You should have receipts for rent paid and a rent book. If you have problems you can go to Citizens Advice Burea and ask them to help you. If your contract says “No babies andno pets” then you are at fault. When she comes to show prospective tenants around she should really out of politeness if nothing else ask if she can come in. If the contract says that she can come in without advising you beforehand then you will have to let her in but she should in all decency give you fair warning so that the place is clean and tudy when anyone comes to see the place.
she is in the wrong
she cannot have people coming over to view the flat without prior arrangement as legally its still your residence
and unless u damage the property she has no right to hold on to your deposit
ask the citizens advice bureau for more info on your rights
good luck
I am not sure of the laws in your area. However your contract is your protection. You need to carefully read it over.
Fighting the landlord is only going to stress you out more. If you can try to make a compromise to get things smoothed over that would be better. Just remember - you’ll be out of there soon but the stress of fighting a landlord lasts long after the boxes are gone.
Landlord is quite right.
If you have the equivalent of small claims court or landlord/tenant court in the UK, start gathering your evidence–the lease, a list of unannounced visitors, write down the time-line of these events, and so on.
She is assuming that you don’t know your legal system well, and she seems to be right (I mean, who does?). Most of the answers will be right in your lease. But you know now that she’ll exaggerate her rights, so be ready for a few fights. Once you are sure about your requirements for letting the landlord in, you can tell her to go away if it is a bad time. If it isn’t a bad time, send her back to the office to call you to ask if it is all right for her to come by with renters. Making a scene in front of prospective tenants, but still cooperating with her efforts to rent the place, should send the right message as far as that goes. I don’t think she has a leg to stand on about the baby and keeping the deposit. Unfortuanately, I think you will have to go to court to see that money again.
You are in breach of contract if it stipulated no children. You really haven’t got a leg to stand on if you take her to Court. If you haven’t done any damage she can’t legally withold the deposit.
From what you say,,,,i believe your landlord to be in the wrong
By law,she has to give you a reasonable amount of time before she even knocks on your door.The word reasonable can only be decided by a judge
With reference the deposit,from experiance i feel you will have problems getting it back.
My advice would be,,when you leave the property make sure its clean and tidy,and please take photos of your work and date the photos,for a possible court appearance in future.
If you do not get your deposit back after 1 month,you can then apply to the small claims court,this is a simple procedure which will cost you approx 70 pounds,but will be paid back if you win the case.
The law reference deposits changed recently,this money is meant to be in the trust of an independent arbitrator.Check internet for more details.
Youve probably have signed what is known as a standard 6 month shorthold tenancy,this explains your rights,it also explains your landlords rights,and responsibilities.
When a tenent has given notice of vacating a property,the only thing on the landlords mind is,how do i let the room again,?will it take a week or a month?.
You have it seemed been reasonable with them,then they should be reasonable with you,and i am sure you would not mind a viewing if adequate time was given.From experiance,the courts reccomend 2,3 days notice.
Good luck,you have nothing to fear and do not be bullied by your landlord.
ps,,,,i m a landlord
Look, you’re leaving.
She needs to show the place.
You’ll be gone soon. Why take action?
Why add more grief and stress to your life?