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Advice about our tenancy
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Our landlord is a dick. Sorry just wanted to get that out first.
I need some advice please.
Our tenancy ran out on the 27th July 2015 and our landlord has not renewed it so therefore it becomes a rolling contract. When the tenancy was coming to a end in July I rang the landlord to negotiate a deal where by he does not raise the rent (He was planning to) and I would use that money to get the fence fixed in the garden (It has been in poor condition since before we moved in). I said to him I wanted the tenancy first so once we got the fence done he did not put the rent up and we had a guaranteed 6 months at the lower rent.
He did not provide this so I did not get the fence done. I am not chasing him for a new tenancy as I have done it in previous years and I am not doing it anymore. It is not my job. I am fed up of chasing him for stuff he should be doing.
Anyway he calls me today asking if I have done the fence I said no as I had not had a 6 month tenancy and he said he agreed to 6 months at the lower rent. I said that is no good to me as I needed a set contract to protect myself for any rises.
He then said that I had been paying the lower rent since July anyway to which I replied Yes as it changed to a rolling contract. He then said he expects the fence done.
He is coming tomorrow to give me a contract from July 2015 to Feb 2016 and a new one from Feb 2016 to July 2016.
Is he able to backtrack a tenancy? If not do you have a link that will back this up for me?
Also am I obliged to sign a new tenancy that would start in Feb 2016 as we are looking at moving away from him?
Many thanks for any help
I need some advice please.
Our tenancy ran out on the 27th July 2015 and our landlord has not renewed it so therefore it becomes a rolling contract. When the tenancy was coming to a end in July I rang the landlord to negotiate a deal where by he does not raise the rent (He was planning to) and I would use that money to get the fence fixed in the garden (It has been in poor condition since before we moved in). I said to him I wanted the tenancy first so once we got the fence done he did not put the rent up and we had a guaranteed 6 months at the lower rent.
He did not provide this so I did not get the fence done. I am not chasing him for a new tenancy as I have done it in previous years and I am not doing it anymore. It is not my job. I am fed up of chasing him for stuff he should be doing.
Anyway he calls me today asking if I have done the fence I said no as I had not had a 6 month tenancy and he said he agreed to 6 months at the lower rent. I said that is no good to me as I needed a set contract to protect myself for any rises.
He then said that I had been paying the lower rent since July anyway to which I replied Yes as it changed to a rolling contract. He then said he expects the fence done.
He is coming tomorrow to give me a contract from July 2015 to Feb 2016 and a new one from Feb 2016 to July 2016.
Is he able to backtrack a tenancy? If not do you have a link that will back this up for me?
Also am I obliged to sign a new tenancy that would start in Feb 2016 as we are looking at moving away from him?
Many thanks for any help
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I don't see any way in which you are obliged to sign the further agreement.
No you are not, Just don't sign it....He can't make you. If you sign the other one you will have a tenancy until February and can look at moving on
We got notice to quit our old place in July, moved out at the end of August, and lettings agent said that in regards to the reference they ask a couple of questions - was the rent paid on time, and did it ever go into arrears and was the place kept in good condition and clean. They also said that working full time is a bonus.
The fence will get done. Still got two months of our agreement. Just annoyed a bit that we have not had a tenancy that he agreed to.