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I've just got in, to find a note that basically says she's going to charge me £20 a day rent for my shed unless I remove it at 1pm tomorrow. Also that I owe her £50 rent (I don't) and that I've been bullying the other tenants.
I think the council's tenancy relations people are going to have a field day with her. 😆
The council tenancy relations folk won't care Mr AGreeable.
she only has to give you reasonable notice and you will have to leave. no court order, just reasonable notice.
She don't need to protect the deposit, as she is not issuing assured shorthold tenancys. so you are wrong there.
You reported the conditions of the property as you wanted them improved, but you now have to move.
Click my name for your rights, but tbh you ain't got many. ~
[i]I'd have physically evicted you and your posessions there and then for your behaviour and stuff the law.[/i]
How nice. Perhaps he's already tried all the tactics you deducted, Holmes like, from the spaces between his words?
Perhaps he's completely entitled to do this in he spirit and the letter of the law, given that he was made promises that have not been fulfilled? Oh, sorry, stuff the law, yes. Oooh, very impressive.
[i] Do you have issues with confrontation?[/i]
Clearly you do. I'm unbelieveably glad you're not my landlord..
>I'd have physically evicted you and your posessions there and then for your behaviour and stuff the law.
Yes, how dare he let the authorities in to see what sounds like a deathtrap.
Boohoohoo. You get cheap rent on a huge place and then you go whinging to the authorities that it's not a ****ing Barret home...My heart bleeds. Call the police mate. Call them now. **** freedom of choice in these matters. The dirty cow dresses inappropriately and does not conform to standard activity hours, she must be a bad'un. Don't feel stupid for moving into the wrong accomodation for you, grass the bitch up!
Yes, how dare he let the authorities in to see what sounds like a deathtrap.
Why is it a 'death trap' ? According to the OP :
[i]"After looking at the place the council people said they'd need to get the fire brigade round to check the alarm (the one with the bit of tape over it)"[/i]
So presumably they didn't find anything else [possibly] wrong.
And tbh the landlady sounds pretty easy going - if she let him plonk a shed outside her property.
Heh heh heh, this is getting good.
Ernie_lynch, they found shedloads wrong: dodgy electrics, blocked drains, damp, collapsing ceilings and fire hazards just for starters. However the council can't take any immediate action to make the place safer, hence they had to call out the boys in blue (and yellow). The electrics have now been sorted as a result, as apparently has the alarm, although it has gone off about four times tonight, so I expect the tape will be going back on it soon.
Steve_Austin, you're right about the assured/shorthold tenancy thing - I had assumed that because she has a separate flat it didn't apply. I'm not sure whether the building counts as a converted house or not, but in any case it's irrelevant, as first of all her behaviour is harassment (she's never raised any of these issues until today) and secondly under common law she has to give reasonable notice which for this tenancy is 1 month.
Dr Dolittle and jujuuk68, you try to come across as sounding like badasses in your posts but really what you're saying is pretty cowardly - "put up or shut up" seems to be the gist. I've raised all these issues with my landlady repeatedly over the past few months, and she's done nothing, so this is the last resort. She's also previously been served with a notice of improvement which she hasn't complied with. I'm really glad not everyone thinks like you, or we'd all still be doffing our cap to the factory owner and thanking him for our bowl of gruel. 🙂
Ernie_lynch, they found shedloads wrong
Well I'm mystified how, on a thread which you start concerning a [i]nightmare landlady[/i], you 'forget' to mention that the council wallahs found anything wrong with the property. Surely it's pertinent to the story - why did it take you 8 hours and a prod from me for you to mention it ?
[i]"She's also previously been served with a notice of improvement which she hasn't complied with"[/i]
I can't figure that one out. Non-compliance is not ignored by LA councils. IIRC, if the work is not carried out by the landlord, then the council simple carries out the work themselves, and the bill is then sent to the landlord.
Ernie, the council can hardly do repair works if they a) don't know whether they need carrying out or not, and b) can't get access. And like I say, she's been fobbing them off for a few months now.
the council can hardly do repair works if they a) don't know whether they need carrying out or not.....
Sorry mate, you've completely lost me now. I thought you said : "She's also previously been served with a notice of improvement which she hasn't complied with" ?
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..... never mind though.
Sorry, I meant "have been carried out already". I thought a man of your active mind would be able to infer that. 😉
So you go and rent a room in a house, without paying any bond, you know its not quite right when you look around it, but its cheap, so you go for it.
When things arnt repaired and the landlady keeps fobbing you off you decide to make her sought it out by getting the council in. Why the hell didn't you just move out? It was surely obvious from day one that it was never going to a be a 'formal' tenancy etc, and to me it sounds like she can not afford to do repairs etc. IMO its no surprise she now wants to get rid of you.
However and this is quite a major one, and nothing to do with how much you pay. Where ever you live it should be safe, and if the fireservice condem a property then yes it should be sorted.
Must admit, she doesnt sound that bad a Landlord. Probably struggling to keep the place maintained. Lets face it. I still haven't fixed a cupboard door from last year and my Boss has had a broken shower for the past 6months (wtf!).
When things arnt repaired and the landlady keeps fobbing you off you decide to make her sought it out by getting the council in. Why the hell didn't you just move out?
Has it occoured to you that turning a blind eye and moving out isn't necessarily the best thing to do?
I'm so glad i can distinguish what is not an AST . and to think ten years working in housing and I am able to get this basic distinction correct 🙄
I'm not sure where you get 1 months notice under common law though. As i said click my name, do the tenancy checker, get your rights.
Harassment? You need to consider what you regard as harassment. knocking on your door asking for rent at midday is not harassment. knocking on your twenty times a day, when you refuse to answer is not harassment. asking you to pay rent on shed in the garden is not harassment. writing you letters is not harassment.
Improvement notices MUST be acted upon. Google for HHSRS and look at the categories. Type 1 and 2 hazards. 1 must be remedied and is actionable through the courts if it is not. 2 is a polite letter from the council requesting the LL does the work, but it is not enforceable.
mr_a YGM - will be in most of this afternoon if you want to get things sorted asap...
Found another note shoved under my door late last night, basically saying you MUST move your shed by 1pm today (not gonna happen as I work normal office hours, she knows this) and that I owe her rent (as I've explained at the start of the thread, the last month's was paid up in advance, in lieu of a deposit, a weird arrangement which makes me think she is avoiding the deposit scheme - she is probably unaware that it doesn't apply to her).
Steve_Austin, I pay my rent monthly, so my understanding is that I'm on a month's notice, which I have already given. She hasn't given me any kind of notice. She has been very aggressive towards me (which is unpleasant even though I'm about twice her size) and as I say, all this behaviour started as soon as she figured out who dobbed her in. I'm not going to apply for a restraining order, but she is definitely exerting pressure to get me to move out early for no good reason.
I also have to say that your advice reads to me like you're telling me to go and flush myself down the toilet - I'm quite lucky in that I have supportive friends and family, and work for a law firm rather than being on the dole, but I hope you sugar-coat it a bit for your more vulnerable tenants.
I once had a tenant like you, pain in the ar$e he was. Dead now, poor soul. 😉
if you want sugar coated advice, you'll either have to pay for it or be legally aidable. free advice will be blunt, direct and to the point 🙂
1. Spade
2. Have sex with her corpse
With respect Steve, I think you've missed the point - all this shit is a direct response to her being caught bang to rights, it's nothing to do with my conduct as a tenant.
If you want a hand shifting stuff, give us a bell. Crazy witch bint.
I think she needs to feature on some zombie stickers though ...
she is definitely exerting pressure to get me to move out early for no good reason.
Just out of interest, how [i]exactly[/i] did you expect her to react/behave after you had grassed her up to the council ?
You strike as someone who isn't much of an expert on human nature 😕
Just got a slew of completely mental texts from her. "I have kindly asked you to remove ur property... U have had more than enough notice" etc.
Gus, if I wanted a quiet life then obviously I wouldn't have done this. But her attitude gets on my t!ts - she's had us wait two weeks until she calls a repairman to fix the washing machine, tenants have had to unblock the drains themselves, and she's never lifted a finger.
Gus, if I wanted a quiet life then obviously I wouldn't have done this.
Ah, right, you were expecting a reaction then. That's a relief - from the sort of stuff you were posting I was getting the impression that you were surprised/it was unexpected.
You got what you wanted then.
Not yet.
You should shop her to [i]points west[/i].
You strike as someone who isn't much of an expert on human nature
And how, pray tell, can you tell that from a few intenet posts, Einstein?
This is of course assuming that you ARE an expert and would know what it takes?
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And how, pray tell, can you tell that from a few intenet posts, Einstein?
Well I found clues in stuff like : [i]"exerting pressure to get me to move out early [u]for no good reason[/u]"[/i]
......I'm clever like that.
There isn't a good reason though, forcing crazy witch bint to abide by the law isn't a good reason to get him to move out ...
If he'd ripped the roof off, daubed that walls with faeces and refused to pay for any damage, that'd be a good reason.
......I'm clever like that.
You are indeed. Pat on the head. 🙂
You should shop her to points west.
That's not a bad idea, except I might have to be on television, and I look a bit like a mumbling bearded giant toe.
......I'm clever like that.
So you are. I can see you can cut and paste as well as I can!
I bet none of this true anyways 🙄
I bet none of this is true anyways 🙄
Oh dear Steve. I can just visualise the advice you give to your "clients" - "You're buggered mate. I'd start looking for a cardboard box if I were you. And are you sure you're not just lying through your teeth?"
Have stuff to do now but for those who've offered, I'll be in touch if I need any help over the weekend.
except I might have to be on television, and I look a bit like a mumbling bearded giant toe.
I'm surprised you've not been offered a job on the show itself ...
Well, look on the bright side: If she burns all your gear whilst you're out, at least I've got your tyres safely stashed away!
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It's defInitely true. I can see the asylum from my place...
......I'm clever like that.[b]You are indeed. Pat on the head
So you are. I can see you can cut and paste as well as I can![/b]
Well I'm glad that my undeniably impressive intellect has finally been reconised.
Although I was unaware that you had to be a member of Mensa to figure out that if you piss someone off,
then it is highly likely that they might become awkward and stroppy.
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And whilst Einstein's still on the forum ....... got any other difficult conundrums you need sorting PeterPoddy ?
Calm down dear, it just the internerd.
Honestly, anyone would think you're a dodgy scamming scumbag landlord who'd just been shopped to the polis by a bright intelligent popular young legal eagle, you're so touchy, 🙄
And whilst Einstein's still on the forum ....... got any other difficult conundrums you need sorting PeterPoddy
Given your current poor form, I think I'll pass if it's all the same to you?
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Calm down dear, it just the internerd.....you're so touchy
My incandescent rage is that obvious, eh ?
Well I can't help it ......Morticia's plight is something which is very close to my heart - I've just kicked the cat and thrown my coffee at the screen 😐
PP - I'm sorry you feel that way. Let me know if you change your mind though - won't you ?
he he.
Yay another STW imploding thread.
That's not a bad idea, except I might have to be on television, and I look a bit like a mumbling bearded giant toe.
That is the most honest and highly accurate description I've heard someone say of themselves for quite some time.
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House looked fairly acceptable to me, I was expecting a hovel. You ratted her out to the authorities while getting a cheap as chips rate on an apparently old and maybe a bit questionable property - what a surprise she got arsey with you!
It's impossible for us to see how bad it apparently is for you, but your comments just seem odd - moaning about your landlady having already ratted her in and given your notice? What advice do you need?