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Post by Clare on Oct 7, 2005 14:55:03 GMT
Not happy. I took the day off work today to catch up on some college work, and just as I was about to start, the doorbell went. It was our Estate Agent - our landlady has served us notice on our flat, so we've got 2 months to find somewhere else to live. I guess that's quite a long time to find somewhere, but I love our little flat, we've been here for over 2 years now, and it's only a 15 minute walk for me to get to work. I've just been promoted, and started a Masters, so I really don't need the hassle right now. Hmmmph.
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Post by baraquel on Oct 7, 2005 16:26:43 GMT
Your landlady = EVIL!! Sorry to hear about all your troubles, I'm sure if any of us lived close you'd have a place to stay, as is the comradery among Feeder fans ;D
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Post by vicki on Oct 7, 2005 16:31:01 GMT
Please don't take my word as gospel, but i've done a fair bit of landlord and tenant law (well as much as the Law Society expects you to do) and I do have a friend who is doing pupillage in LTL.
Have you looked at your lease?
2 months doesn't seem like a long time and getting someone out of residential property is VERY difficult.
Can you tell me what the clauses says?
2 months would be reasonable in a case of where the lease expires through time - ie you have come to the end of your agreement. Have you done anything to the property? Do you know wants to do with the property after you, ie does she have another tenant she wants to move in instead?
You might want to go and see someone at the Legal Advice Centre, which city do you live near?
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Post by Clare on Oct 7, 2005 18:06:31 GMT
Your landlady = EVIL!! Sorry to hear about all your troubles, I'm sure if any of us lived close you'd have a place to stay, as is the comradery among Feeder fans ;D Thanks, I think we'll be ok, its just a pain having to go round looking at places. I was going to offer my living room floor as crashing space after the Brighton gig, but looks like I won't be able to now!
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Post by Clare on Oct 7, 2005 18:09:13 GMT
Please don't take my word as gospel, but i've done a fair bit of landlord and tenant law (well as much as the Law Society expects you to do) and I do have a friend who is doing pupillage in LTL. Have you looked at your lease? 2 months doesn't seem like a long time and getting someone out of residential property is VERY difficult. Can you tell me what the clauses says? 2 months would be reasonable in a case of where the lease expires through time - ie you have come to the end of your agreement. Have you done anything to the property? Do you know wants to do with the property after you, ie does she have another tenant she wants to move in instead? You might want to go and see someone at the Legal Advice Centre, which city do you live near? Well, our lease expired in August, and it took us ages to get a new on. We eventually got one a couple of weeks ago (plus an increase in rent, which we're not going to pay), and my sister was going to drop it round to the agents tonight. I'm pretty sure its always been 2 months notice. The estate agents said something about the landlady having a relationship break-up, so she wants to move back in herself. Good luck with the neighbours love!
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Post by vicki on Oct 7, 2005 19:39:30 GMT
I'm pretty sure its always been 2 months notice. The estate agents said something about the landlady having a relationship break-up, so she wants to move back in herself. Thats really really naughty, if you weren't on 2 months notice then she'd be committing a massive legal sin. Just don't let landlords take advantage of you, they are money hungry and 9 times out a 10 don't obey the law, which is why i asked you. But look at the lease if its not 2 months and its longer then stay put. Good luck finding somewhere else.
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Post by Alex on Oct 7, 2005 22:06:42 GMT
My sympathies - with moving and having a crappy landlady.
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Post by bigospedros on Oct 10, 2005 12:36:03 GMT
i've had this situation ... my contract was coming to an end, I wanted to extend, my landlord didn't (only because I was complaining he was crap but I didn't want the hassle of moving) ... so I had 6 weeks to find a new property ...
for me, it worked out for the best : )
I reckon they've served notice on you because you aren't gonna pay their increased rent!
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Post by Ath on Oct 10, 2005 13:55:14 GMT
Thinking of the amount of money some landlords make. They could be a bit fucking nicer about it all.
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Post by bigospedros on Oct 10, 2005 15:34:13 GMT
in a way, I can understand that ... my landlord makes £6k a year out of me ... but then, he's pretty quick when it comes to fixing things and is pretty fair to me about everything.
Obviously not all landlords are like that, but they do have to pay mortgages, buildings insurance, maintenance of the property and all that jazz .... it's not always that cheap for them!
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Post by Clare on Oct 12, 2005 21:28:08 GMT
I reckon they've served notice on you because you aren't gonna pay their increased rent! No, we're not paying the increased rent because she served us notice.
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Post by vicki on Oct 12, 2005 21:40:41 GMT
in a way, I can understand that ... my landlord makes £6k a year out of me ... but then, he's pretty quick when it comes to fixing things and is pretty fair to me about everything. Obviously not all landlords are like that, but they do have to pay mortgages, buildings insurance, maintenance of the property and all that jazz .... it's not always that cheap for them! 6k a year is an utter bargain (maybe thats cause i'm in London) And *cough* you're responsible for the maintenance of the building *SAD ALERT* there was this really interesting case where this building needed pins because it was falling down and the landlord said you're going to pay for that and the tenant said no way its part of the fabric of the building and you are responsible for keeping it standing and the judge said - no you the tenant must pay for the pins even though they should have been there from the start and the landlord is negligent but you must pay (yes it was lord denning), and this other one where it burnt down and the tenant had to pay to re-erect it
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Post by Ath on Oct 13, 2005 4:11:33 GMT
6k a year is about double what I was paying at uni! But I was sharing with 3 other people
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Post by bigospedros on Oct 13, 2005 9:49:20 GMT
in a way, I can understand that ... my landlord makes £6k a year out of me ... but then, he's pretty quick when it comes to fixing things and is pretty fair to me about everything. Obviously not all landlords are like that, but they do have to pay mortgages, buildings insurance, maintenance of the property and all that jazz .... it's not always that cheap for them! 6k a year is an utter bargain (maybe thats cause i'm in London) And *cough* you're responsible for the maintenance of the building *SAD ALERT* there was this really interesting case where this building needed pins because it was falling down and the landlord said you're going to pay for that and the tenant said no way its part of the fabric of the building and you are responsible for keeping it standing and the judge said - no you the tenant must pay for the pins even though they should have been there from the start and the landlord is negligent but you must pay (yes it was lord denning), and this other one where it burnt down and the tenant had to pay to re-erect it what a crock of poop ... if anything breaks in my flat or the building is in ... I expect the landlord to sort it out! If *I* broke it, then I'd expect to pay ... Damn these judges ... they wanna try living in the real world!
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Post by vicki on Oct 13, 2005 12:19:12 GMT
Begs the question.. what have you broken Pete? My house mates have done all sorts - spoon in the microwave - pulled off a washing machine door whilst it was on (v. strong boy) The best one was when a friend of mine though we were being robbed so she called the police (however we were in a terraced house and it was actually the next door neighbours), police came round and smashed the door in cause it to go into the wall (which was only made of plaster) took ages to fix I love judges - some of the judgments are great.
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Post by bigospedros on Oct 13, 2005 12:24:18 GMT
Begs the question.. what have you broken Pete? I've only ever rented unfurnished places (apart from at Uni) and to my knowledge, I've not broken anything that wasn't mine! those are all quite amusing ... I do remember my housemates breaking down the front door to get in after a night out when they'd lost the keys ... the split the door frame enough to push the door open even when it was locked! As the only person in the house with a tool box, I did my best to make good the damage, although we were never charged for it ! ;D
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Post by vicki on Oct 13, 2005 12:27:34 GMT
We'd always be in trouble and get charged for stuff
My housemate in the third year mowed our shag pile carpet
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Post by bigospedros on Oct 13, 2005 12:28:11 GMT
you and your friends are clearly hooligans! ; )
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Post by vicki on Oct 13, 2005 12:31:23 GMT
We couldn't help it
At the end of the year we found 5 tescos trolleys at the end of the garden, but we weren't that bad because when we stole those hanging baskets off the old lady's porch we took them back (about 5 weeks later)
and of course i've already told you about lighting cans of Right Guard....
Clearly Aston Uni has better behaved students.
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Post by bigospedros on Oct 13, 2005 12:35:25 GMT
yes, that's because Aston clearly has a higher grade of attending students ... ; ) they don't just let any old idiot in there!
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