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[jpkeates]

Some agents were greedy, particularly in London, but not many letting/estate agents make a lot of profit,
so the lost revenue has to come from somewhere, otherwise, the agencies will cease to exist.

The Tenant Fees Act had very little to do with curtailing greed and a lot to do with...

[jpkeates]

I don't think there's any basis for thinking that a landlord can "accept" a different end date than the one given on the notice.
That's not enough to make an invalid notice, valid - regardless of any general principle.

That's simply true of any agreement - the two parties...

[jpkeates]

When the property was purchased, this tenancy must have been a factor in the decision to purchase (and at what price)....

[jpkeates]

I agree, I was getting carried away!

Because a s8 notice on discretionary grounds is essentially a waste of time, I was (quite wrongly) ignoring the option without explanation....

[jpkeates]

I agree with the above.
Better a void than a bad tenant.

[jpkeates]

You can't do what you propose, or at least you shouldn't.

If the tenant served notice and you accepted it, the tenancy ended on 30th November, because a tenant's notice cannot be rescinded.

A tenant can't normally give 2 weeks notice under any circumstance, so how was notice...

[jpkeates]

An employer can pay an employee £4 a week without it being taxable to cover the additional costs if the employee works from home.

So I make the claim on the same basis and have done for years.
No one's ever queried it.
It's not consistent with the HMRC advice for small businesses,...

[jpkeates]

That's why I'm confused.
If possession was awarded following a s8 notice, the tenancy has to be an Assured Tenancy of some kind.

[jpkeates]

You have to be able to show how you ended up with the figure you're reporting somehow, even if you haven't got receipts.

[jpkeates]

The OP hasn't given them permission to live there, the tenants have.
It's probably best that the landlord doesn't know they're there.

[jpkeates]

And today you're asking for ways to make it possible to rent to this person?

I'd be thinking of a restraining order.

[jpkeates]

OK - it has to be a wind up.

[jpkeates]

In my opinion, you are mad to consider renting to this person.

[jpkeates]

It's election day and I'm in an unusually cynical mood, but that's a list of "nine things to avoid in a prospective tenant."

[jpkeates]

Either the potential tenant can be trusted to pay rent or you shouldn't rent to them.

If the tenant isn't to be trusted not to pay rent, they're not to be trusted to work with the benefits system to ensure that they're paid the correct benefits, which could result in your being required...

[jpkeates]

There's something very odd about the whole story.

The property was bought with a sitting tenant who was (pretty obviously) going to be very difficult to evict - and hopefully was priced accordingly.
Some years later, a possession order was obtained and not executed - which means that...

[jpkeates]

This is good advice.

The agent can pass on any information that they have agreed with the tenant that they can pass on.
Not having agreed with the tenant that they can pass on the information simply highlight their lack of competence....

[jpkeates]

Haven't had anything that would generate a response, but I have noticed that their basic and routine mailings are all over the place.
My wife received a statement of the tax due for payment before the end of January three weeks ago and I haven't received one yet.
Same tax office, same amount...

[jpkeates]

That's presumably right - they shouldn't be spending money where they don't have to....

[jpkeates]

As far as I know, you should be able to make a claim online and I don't know why the court told you otherwise....