The very brief background on the story is that my other half rented a cottage with her sister seven months ago.
Over the winter the boiler failed nearly every other day, and the LL 'fixed' it every time, only for it to break 24-48 hrs later. Skip a few months and they finally had enough an told him fix it or discount the rent. He got angry and intimidated the both of them, shouted he will give them two months notice.
They handed their notice in the next morning, and then found out he never used a TDS, as I used MCOL a while back for the same problem ( I settled without going further in the end ) I recommended them taking it further using TDS.
He acknowledge the letter and inspected the now empty house, and has made a long list of very petty issues with what needs fixing and what he will claim for.
Today the girls received this letter.
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My girlfriend did solely sign, yet both the girl where present, but he stated it would only need the one signature. As far as the council tax goes, everything is legit, and the sister is a full time student.
He has been accepting rent from my gf account, and the sister paying my gf.
Sadly it was my fault they submitted the MCOL not the now relevant N208, and now seem to be a bit puzzled about the best step to take next.
Do we proceed with the MCOL, or forfeit and start a new N208, but with the added bagged of the LL claims against the girls?
I find the LL a obnoxious and intimidating charlatan, and would like to pursue this further, so I assume it's bite the bullet and occur some ££ lawyer costs if we want to fight him?
Over the winter the boiler failed nearly every other day, and the LL 'fixed' it every time, only for it to break 24-48 hrs later. Skip a few months and they finally had enough an told him fix it or discount the rent. He got angry and intimidated the both of them, shouted he will give them two months notice.
They handed their notice in the next morning, and then found out he never used a TDS, as I used MCOL a while back for the same problem ( I settled without going further in the end ) I recommended them taking it further using TDS.
He acknowledge the letter and inspected the now empty house, and has made a long list of very petty issues with what needs fixing and what he will claim for.
Today the girls received this letter.
hxxp://yfrog.com/j3dscf1120pj
My girlfriend did solely sign, yet both the girl where present, but he stated it would only need the one signature. As far as the council tax goes, everything is legit, and the sister is a full time student.
He has been accepting rent from my gf account, and the sister paying my gf.
Sadly it was my fault they submitted the MCOL not the now relevant N208, and now seem to be a bit puzzled about the best step to take next.
Do we proceed with the MCOL, or forfeit and start a new N208, but with the added bagged of the LL claims against the girls?
I find the LL a obnoxious and intimidating charlatan, and would like to pursue this further, so I assume it's bite the bullet and occur some ££ lawyer costs if we want to fight him?
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