Residential Letting Questions

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Closed, Sticky: Using grounds under Schedule 2 to the 1988 Act by Moderator1 Started by Moderator1, 15-11-2010, 10:53 AM	0 responses 24,548 views 0 likes	Last Post by Moderator1 15-11-2010, 10:53 AM
Latest How to Rent Guide by bobcat Started by bobcat, 11-02-2018, 10:26 AM	3 responses 98 views 0 likes	Last Post by Stef Cooke 11-02-2018, 13:19 PM
New tenant wants to decorate by Cazzy1 Started by Cazzy1, 11-02-2018, 09:26 AM	9 responses 287 views 0 likes	Last Post by Stef Cooke 11-02-2018, 12:22 PM
Cockroaches in newly leased house by kayleigh01 Started by kayleigh01, 11-02-2018, 06:09 AM	1 response 88 views 0 likes	Last Post by AndrewDod 11-02-2018, 12:19 PM
Issuing a s8 today and need some advice by Gemmab2020 Started by Gemmab2020, 10-02-2018, 13:49 PM	6 responses 124 views 0 likes	Last Post by Gemmab2020 11-02-2018, 11:31 AM
Landlord forced by Council to top up tenants meter by DPT57 Started by DPT57, 10-02-2018, 09:16 AM	7 responses 1,416 views 0 likes	Last Post by DPT57 11-02-2018, 09:38 AM
No fault found - electricity socket by Dawn87 Started by Dawn87, 04-02-2018, 21:08 PM	8 responses 349 views 0 likes	Last Post by Moy 11-02-2018, 08:38 AM
Random junk on inventory? by Afireinside Started by Afireinside, 08-02-2018, 10:27 AM	6 responses 243 views 0 likes	Last Post by Stef Cooke 10-02-2018, 10:28 AM
I left property 3 and a half months ago. Landlady still hasn't return deposit. by euggrie Started by euggrie, 08-02-2018, 21:22 PM	8 responses 244 views 0 likes	Last Post by DPT57 10-02-2018, 08:58 AM
Prospective new Tenant has CCJ's by Terryandadele Started by Terryandadele, 08-02-2018, 14:31 PM	13 responses 341 views 0 likes	Last Post by theartfullodger 09-02-2018, 18:03 PM
Eviction and high court advice by Minkston1978 Started by Minkston1978, 09-02-2018, 08:06 AM	4 responses 190 views 0 likes	Last Post by JK0 09-02-2018, 09:29 AM

Reply to Advice on new tenancy

by jpkeates

You can ask for the rent to be paid in advance, but it has to be the rent, not an extra deposit.
So you can't ask for six months payment and then demand a rent payment in month 2.

Theoretically the five month's deposit paid in advance meets the definition of a tenancy deposit, but...
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28-03-2020, 10:54 AM
Advice on new tenancy

by AnnaJJJ

I am just about to rent a flat to a family. The tenants have paid a holding deposit but we've not yet signed contracts. After paying the holding deposit the tenants have now advised that they may be laid off with the 80% furlough agreement. There is only one salary in the family. They've approached...
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27-03-2020, 22:39 PM
Reply to Advice on new tenancy

by nbhamilt

Are you allowed to charge 6 months rent up front? doesn't that come under additional fees thing over and above 5 week deposit and 1 month rent?...
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28-03-2020, 10:48 AM
Reply to My Lodger is not Leaving - Please help with legal advice.

by leaseholder64

As noted, issuing section 8 undermines your argument that this is not an AST.

I think this is test case material, but it seems to me that it violates the assumptions on the nature of lodgers, so this is more about whether or not the mother is an excluded landlord.
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28-03-2020, 10:46 AM
My Lodger is not Leaving - Please help with legal advice.

by kuwi

Hi

I have rented my mother’s house out to 2 x lodgers on my mother’s behalf as she has been hospitalised due to mental medical condition. A lodger agreement was given to them as she was expected to return back in few weeks’ time. However situation had changed and she had to live out...
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27-03-2020, 18:38 PM
Reply to My Lodger is not Leaving - Please help with legal advice.

by jpkeates

I would involve a solicitor, because you're making a bad situation worse.

The other occupant is almost certainly a lodger, so the s8 notice isn't valid.
If the other occupant is actually a tenant (which, thankfully, I don't think they are), your mother has committed a criminal offence...
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28-03-2020, 10:44 AM
Reply to My Lodger is not Leaving - Please help with legal advice.

by DPT57

It would probably need a court to decide this and you may have shot yourself in the foot with that s8 notice, which could be seen as an acknowledgement that they have a tenancy not a licence. However, if you are worried about your mothers mental health with this person in residence, I think I would...
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28-03-2020, 10:35 AM
Reply to Are Mesne profits a prohibited payment under the Tenant Fees Act?

by DPT57

Thanks jpk. That does make sense.
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28-03-2020, 10:27 AM
Are Mesne profits a prohibited payment under the Tenant Fees Act?

by DPT57

I've been looking through the text of the Act and while 'rent' is not a prohibited payment, it is not defined anywhere in the Act. For obvious reasons, a landlord whose tenant is holding-over would not wish to claim that the daily occupation charge they are demanding is rent, so I'm wondering whether...
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27-03-2020, 12:18 PM

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