Originally posted by John Duff
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A tenant is also entitled to landlord's actual address also ( s.1 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 ). He is entitled to require it!
- more info here..
https://england.shelter.org.uk/profe...entity#title-2
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/70/section/1
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/70/section/38
38 Minor definitions.
In this Act—
“address” means a person’s place of abode or place of business or, in the case of a company, its registered office;
etc etc etc...
In this Act—
“address” means a person’s place of abode or place of business or, in the case of a company, its registered office;
etc etc etc...
(or are you suggesting Thatcher was wrong in 1985 in providing this right??)
When a tenant is getting absolutely nowhere with the letting agent he has every right to contact the landlord at their home address: Indeed when the agent is doing something daft (eg not fixing something that matters) a prudent landlord would want to hear about it.
Also required (s3) if there is a change of landlord, or possible fines & criminal record, sadly rarely enforced.
When I was living in Scotland my English letting agent was giving ONLY for my address my Scottish address: Therefore there was no rent due... Took I think a couple of months to get them to understand they also needed me e.g. c/o their office...
Yes of course I agree the LR address may be misleading, wrong, that of the rental property(***)
Best wishes to all, including those who disagree with me.
*** Never have LR address as the rental property itself: Or you may find tenants selling the place or (re-)-mortgaging it.. It's happened, of yes it's happened.
- plus of course these days with social media it's so easy to find amazing info on people.. ....
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