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[KTC]

You had 2 years since the legislation came into force for new tenancies to get into compliance (or get out of letting), and that's not counting the 3 years before that after the regulations was made, can't really complain about not enough time. They only gave landlord of tenancies that rolls over into...

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How is this even a question?

Everyone is telling you yes, just because you don't like that answer doesn't change it. Nor does hoping someone, anyone, will come along to tell you the answer you want to make yourself feel better, which I presume was why you asked in the first place...

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The combined deposit is still capped by the Tenant Fees Act at 5 weeks (6 weeks where annual rent is at least £50K).

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I'm not trying to be difficult, but verbal contract agreeing to what?

There is no tenancy agreement, which is the point, the tenant pulled out before agreeing a tenancy. There is a holding deposit, so there must be some form of agreement in relation to payment of that. Whole object of a...

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Loss from breach of what contract?...

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"(1) In this Schedule “the deadline for agreement” means the fifteenth day of the period beginning with the day on which the landlord or letting agent receives the holding deposit.

(2) But the landlord or the letting agent may agree with the tenant in writing that a different day...

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The landlord didn't reasonably take any purported false or misleading information into account and as a result decided not to grant a tenancy. The couple notified the landlord that the couple does not wish to enter into a tenancy agreement, but that happened (as far as I can tell) after the deadline...

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Isn't there a bit on the accelerated possession claim form which asked whether you had provided the How to Rent booklet and what date? Double check if you filled that in correctly.

You can always try applying to reinstate the case, or appeal as you say. Don't ask me how though.

[KTC]

Unless you agreed in advance a different deadline for agreement, then you already exceeded the deadline for agreement before the tenant pulled out. Return the holding deposit.

I doubt misleading information applies as landlord continued with preparing a new tenancy agreement rather than...

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If the notice is required to be longer than 2 months under subsection (4) [and the notice was obviously given under that section], not just if the landlord decide to give longer notice....

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Have everyone here forgot about Taylor v Spencer? Whether the tenancy is currently a fixed term or it's statutory periodic (so I'm assuming here it's not contractual periodic), then the s21 notice can be under s21(1) which is merely "not less than two months".

[KTC]

(Legally) Not for rent. The landlord have a choice of letting the tenancy continues to its natural end and suing for unpaid rent, or agreeing/accepting a surrender in which case no more rent are due.

In reality of course, it's all very well saying LL could sue. Not very useful if the tenant...