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Well let them give you a section 21 notice them head down to the council
landlord wants to "move back in"
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£600/m will get you a moderate sized 3 bedroom semi-detached around where I live (Somerset) or an okish detached.
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I am debating leaving my letting agent. Both my tenants and I think they are a waste of space. The drag their heels on getting anything done, do not answer phones or emails in a timely manner (days, sometimes weeks for emails). The phones will ring and ring.....
I have not raised my rent in the last 5 years, and do not intend to. The letting agent recommend it of course, but I have no wish to rock the boat with the tenants who live there already.
I have not raised my rent in the last 5 years, and do not intend to. The letting agent recommend it of course, but I have no wish to rock the boat with the tenants who live there already.
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Smash landlords pasty.
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You are pretty much guaranteed to lose your deposit at the end of your tenancy regardless of how well you treat the property, they will come up with the most ridiculous of things as an excuse to knock money off. Bunch of thieves.
Of all the tenants I've had - I've never kept their deposits barr one.
The female of the house kept on insisting on leaving candles on the brand new limestone fireplace without anything underneath them. I warned her that she will leave marks but she carried on. Eventually when our agreement ended - this literally brand new fireplace was covered in candle wax and ruined (cost me £700 at the time!)
I charged them for a professional cleaner to come in and scrub that thing down (still had marks left on it as the oil had soaked into the limestone) - Didn't keep all their deposit - just wanted to rightly charge them for the clean up. They moaned like crazy claiming all sorts of crap (i.e. threats etc) so we eventually came to a compromise and I had to pay half.
Had tenants bring animals into the property and reck the £2,000 flooring I helped fit myself - its more so frustrating when one has refurbished a house themselves and see it being recked before their own eyes by people who just don't give a crap.
It's all fine and dandy tenants claiming that they are being badly done, but as a landlord myself (and having re-furbished my let property with my own hands for ME to live in initially) it guts me when I see most tenants don't give a crap because they know its not their own house.
Try spending £300 on wallpaper for one room, then see how it feels when someone else comes along and slaps paint on it because they want a 'blue room' for their kid for example - people just don't look after stuff if it isn't theirs - look at rental cars for example.
That's why I've now given the property over to a letting agent who is a right **** - Had enough of being nice - people just walked all over me and my 100k investment. Now they can deal with the nasty letting agents as far as i'm concerned!
The female of the house kept on insisting on leaving candles on the brand new limestone fireplace without anything underneath them. I warned her that she will leave marks but she carried on. Eventually when our agreement ended - this literally brand new fireplace was covered in candle wax and ruined (cost me £700 at the time!)
I charged them for a professional cleaner to come in and scrub that thing down (still had marks left on it as the oil had soaked into the limestone) - Didn't keep all their deposit - just wanted to rightly charge them for the clean up. They moaned like crazy claiming all sorts of crap (i.e. threats etc) so we eventually came to a compromise and I had to pay half.
Had tenants bring animals into the property and reck the £2,000 flooring I helped fit myself - its more so frustrating when one has refurbished a house themselves and see it being recked before their own eyes by people who just don't give a crap.
It's all fine and dandy tenants claiming that they are being badly done, but as a landlord myself (and having re-furbished my let property with my own hands for ME to live in initially) it guts me when I see most tenants don't give a crap because they know its not their own house.
Try spending £300 on wallpaper for one room, then see how it feels when someone else comes along and slaps paint on it because they want a 'blue room' for their kid for example - people just don't look after stuff if it isn't theirs - look at rental cars for example.
That's why I've now given the property over to a letting agent who is a right **** - Had enough of being nice - people just walked all over me and my 100k investment. Now they can deal with the nasty letting agents as far as i'm concerned!
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They have someone lined up to pay more rent then you, estate agents are vermin.
Before you move withhold the rent, you know they are not going to give it you back. I did this and low and behold they wouldn't give my my deposit back so I didn't pay last months rent and left the house. They sent a few letters, I ignored them and that was that.
Before you move withhold the rent, you know they are not going to give it you back. I did this and low and behold they wouldn't give my my deposit back so I didn't pay last months rent and left the house. They sent a few letters, I ignored them and that was that.
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Don't forget to document the condition of the entire property (lots of dated pics, video etc) before you leave.
Hope it all works out for you and the family, OP.
To be fair that hasn't been my experience, sure there's always some thing they can find to knock a bit off but every place I've rented I've always got >80% of the deposit back. I hate renting though, partly because I've been in the OP's situation - it sucks.
Except in Bath, where that will get you a small 1 bedroom flat if you're lucky
I've moved around a lot - rented maybe 7-8 places in the last 10 years, and I've only ever once had any money deducted from my deposit (£40 for an oven clean which was fair enough - completely forgot to do it).
I've either been very lucky with my landlords, or you lot are doing something wrong to always have problems/deductions?!
Is it common for people to not get the deposit back? =\
I've rented two other places before this one and got it back both times.
First time I cleaned up and gave the keys back, had a phone call the next day from the estate agents saying the oven wasn't cleaned well enough, I popped up got the keys, gave it a good scrub, and got all the deposit back.
2nd place, cleaned, left, phone call next day saying the full amount deposit will be returned in 3-5 days (And was).
I've rented two other places before this one and got it back both times.
First time I cleaned up and gave the keys back, had a phone call the next day from the estate agents saying the oven wasn't cleaned well enough, I popped up got the keys, gave it a good scrub, and got all the deposit back.
2nd place, cleaned, left, phone call next day saying the full amount deposit will be returned in 3-5 days (And was).
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Except in Bath, where that will get you a small 1 bedroom flat if you're lucky
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2 months notice is fine.
Unfortunate about the time is come around, certinaly with a newborn.
TBH the lanlord sounds a bit of an **** anyway, take pics of everything, note down everything you've reported as damaged/problematic note down.
If you have concerns that they will retain your deposit then withold yer last months rent, remember tho if this is legitimate deductions then thats fair and should be allowed, keep in mind a LL can't use the deposit for betterment.
Unfortunate about the time is come around, certinaly with a newborn.
TBH the lanlord sounds a bit of an **** anyway, take pics of everything, note down everything you've reported as damaged/problematic note down.
If you have concerns that they will retain your deposit then withold yer last months rent, remember tho if this is legitimate deductions then thats fair and should be allowed, keep in mind a LL can't use the deposit for betterment.
Funny you should say that. I don't rent right now but I did once in the past and insisted on doing a credit check on the landlord . They refused it after a lot of discussion but I was making a point at the time because I had around £600k cash sitting in my bank (I was between house moves) and the agent was still getting arsey with me over doing all aorts of credit checks and getting references from my employer etc. So I thought I would play with them
I did have the usual deposit difficulties on exit due to "needing" professional cleaning (we left it cleaner than when we arrived and they also tried to charge for cleaning the dishwasher that we didn't use once). If I ever rent again then I will just withhold the last couple of months rent and fight it out afterwards.
Actually, I think that's pretty fair - last thing you want is to wake up one day to someone from the mortgage co. telling you to pack your stuff as the owner has defaulted and the house is being repossessed!
Had exactly this, i know those feels
The landlord had the right to end the terms now, by the sound of things tho the reasons given sounds a little odd. Perhaps they have an ulterior reason and just dont want to say