Yes there was disrepair reported and my solicitor says not to discuss it.
The former tenant is saying the disrepair has been unresolved since 2015 and that if I sue her for the rent arrears she will argue offset against the disrepair.
The rent is £1000 pcm and she owes ten months.
When she signed up for the property she told me she worked as a photographer and earned almost £40k per year but she's recently told my solicitor she has stopped working all together because of severe mental illness and has five different diagnoses and is getting EESA and DLA. She never told me she had been claiming housing benefit otherwise after two months I would have asked the council to pay directly to myself.
She has also sent me an email saying if I sue her for the rent arrears she intends to put in a counterclaim for five years of disrepair plus harassment from myself directed at her. I imagine it could cost a fortune to defend. If I lost would I pay her costs? Can I do this myself or do I need a solicitor?
And how do you distinguish between disrepair and damage she has deliberately caused?
The former tenant is saying the disrepair has been unresolved since 2015 and that if I sue her for the rent arrears she will argue offset against the disrepair.
The rent is £1000 pcm and she owes ten months.
When she signed up for the property she told me she worked as a photographer and earned almost £40k per year but she's recently told my solicitor she has stopped working all together because of severe mental illness and has five different diagnoses and is getting EESA and DLA. She never told me she had been claiming housing benefit otherwise after two months I would have asked the council to pay directly to myself.
She has also sent me an email saying if I sue her for the rent arrears she intends to put in a counterclaim for five years of disrepair plus harassment from myself directed at her. I imagine it could cost a fortune to defend. If I lost would I pay her costs? Can I do this myself or do I need a solicitor?
And how do you distinguish between disrepair and damage she has deliberately caused?
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