Help needed with my old landlord
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superlightr said:
that is a parrot zoosh moment I hope? ???
if you book for a week and half way tell the hotel you are checking out and give the key/card back then you have ended your contract. They will clean and rebook the room.
if you eat half a lunch meal at a restaurant and then get up, pay and leave you cant go back at tea time and expect to eat the other half. It will have been thrown away.
some strange people with views of how business and contracts work.
if you book for a week and half way tell the hotel you are checking out and give the key/card back then you have ended your contract. They will clean and rebook the room.
if you eat half a lunch meal at a restaurant and then get up, pay and leave you cant go back at tea time and expect to eat the other half. It will have been thrown away.
some strange people with views of how business and contracts work.
A parrot for this man!
iphonedyou said:
superlightr said:
that is a parrot zoosh moment I hope? ???
if you book for a week and half way tell the hotel you are checking out and give the key/card back then you have ended your contract. They will clean and rebook the room.
if you eat half a lunch meal at a restaurant and then get up, pay and leave you cant go back at tea time and expect to eat the other half. It will have been thrown away.
some strange people with views of how business and contracts work.
if you book for a week and half way tell the hotel you are checking out and give the key/card back then you have ended your contract. They will clean and rebook the room.
if you eat half a lunch meal at a restaurant and then get up, pay and leave you cant go back at tea time and expect to eat the other half. It will have been thrown away.
some strange people with views of how business and contracts work.
A parrot for this man!
with a bit of Aspergers its hard to tell sometimes........FWIW my opinion is that you got a break as you moved out early and landlord has not done anything wrong; although I accept they have profited from your situation which seems a bit morally unfair.
"Money Claim Online" which I would suggest is an affordable and easy way to settle this sort of grievance (it is a Government gateway and carries the full weight of the County Courts if an award is made in your favour. it is all done online).
Write down all the id's you are given and do not lose them as it is a pig to get access without them.
From memory, claims under £500 are £35 to submit.
Good luck OP if you decide to go this route...personally I think you've had a result!
"Money Claim Online" which I would suggest is an affordable and easy way to settle this sort of grievance (it is a Government gateway and carries the full weight of the County Courts if an award is made in your favour. it is all done online).
Write down all the id's you are given and do not lose them as it is a pig to get access without them.
From memory, claims under £500 are £35 to submit.
Good luck OP if you decide to go this route...personally I think you've had a result!
Edited by 7795 on Thursday 1st December 14:37
7795 said:
I accept they have profited from your situation which seems a bit morally unfair.
"Money Claim Online" which I would suggest is an affordable and easy way to settle this sort of grievance (it is a Government gateway and carries the full weight of the County Courts if an award is made in your favour. it is all done online).
Write down all the id's you are given and do not lose them as it is a pig to get access without them.
From memory, claims under £500 are £35 to submit.
Good luck OP if you decide to go this route...personally I think you've had a result!
But it was a gamble. The landlady took a risk, that she could find a tenant before the end of the original tenancy agreement, and it paid off."Money Claim Online" which I would suggest is an affordable and easy way to settle this sort of grievance (it is a Government gateway and carries the full weight of the County Courts if an award is made in your favour. it is all done online).
Write down all the id's you are given and do not lose them as it is a pig to get access without them.
From memory, claims under £500 are £35 to submit.
Good luck OP if you decide to go this route...personally I think you've had a result!
Edited by 7795 on Thursday 1st December 14:37
Equally, she could have been one months rent out of pocket, for the month she let him off scott-free with no obligation to do so, and not been able to let the house from the end of the original AST.
She has done nothing morally unfair, whatsoever. They both rolled the dice, they came up in favour of the OP, in that she ended 1 month early, and came up for the landlady, in that she found a replacement in good time.
Genuinely can't understand why anyone has such a problem understanding this...!?
TheLordJohn said:
7795 said:
I accept they have profited from your situation which seems a bit morally unfair.
"Money Claim Online" which I would suggest is an affordable and easy way to settle this sort of grievance (it is a Government gateway and carries the full weight of the County Courts if an award is made in your favour. it is all done online).
Write down all the id's you are given and do not lose them as it is a pig to get access without them.
From memory, claims under £500 are £35 to submit.
Good luck OP if you decide to go this route...personally I think you've had a result!
But it was a gamble. The landlady took a risk, that she could find a tenant before the end of the original tenancy agreement, and it paid off."Money Claim Online" which I would suggest is an affordable and easy way to settle this sort of grievance (it is a Government gateway and carries the full weight of the County Courts if an award is made in your favour. it is all done online).
Write down all the id's you are given and do not lose them as it is a pig to get access without them.
From memory, claims under £500 are £35 to submit.
Good luck OP if you decide to go this route...personally I think you've had a result!
Edited by 7795 on Thursday 1st December 14:37
Equally, she could have been one months rent out of pocket, for the month she let him off scott-free with no obligation to do so, and not been able to let the house from the end of the original AST.
She has done nothing morally unfair, whatsoever. They both rolled the dice, they came up in favour of the OP, in that she ended 1 month early, and came up for the landlady, in that she found a replacement in good time.
Genuinely can't understand why anyone has such a problem understanding this...!?
The OP was looking for advice about where to start along his chosen path now that the Landlord had made their decision clear, so I gave my advice; in my closing sentence, I thought I made my personal opinion clear.
Edited by 7795 on Thursday 1st December 17:25
Apropos of nothing I was a bit peed of a few years back by a similar situation.
Renting a flat, we had bought another. As per the contract gave a month's notice which had about 3 weeks crossover.
Did most of the moving in the first week or so of the crossover period. Went back a couple of days before end of contract to clean and move the last few bits to discover the landlord's been in doing repairs and decorating.
I was a bit annoyed because a) he never did any of the repairs when we were living there and asked!, and b) because we were still renting the place (with keys) and he hadn't asked or given notice!
Long time ago though, and he had a crap Peugeot 306 cab.
Renting a flat, we had bought another. As per the contract gave a month's notice which had about 3 weeks crossover.
Did most of the moving in the first week or so of the crossover period. Went back a couple of days before end of contract to clean and move the last few bits to discover the landlord's been in doing repairs and decorating.
I was a bit annoyed because a) he never did any of the repairs when we were living there and asked!, and b) because we were still renting the place (with keys) and he hadn't asked or given notice!
Long time ago though, and he had a crap Peugeot 306 cab.
NiceCupOfTea said:
Apropos of nothing I was a bit peed of a few years back by a similar situation.
Renting a flat, we had bought another. As per the contract gave a month's notice which had about 3 weeks crossover.
Did most of the moving in the first week or so of the crossover period. Went back a couple of days before end of contract to clean and move the last few bits to discover the landlord's been in doing repairs and decorating.
I was a bit annoyed because a) he never did any of the repairs when we were living there and asked!, and b) because we were still renting the place (with keys) and he hadn't asked or given notice!
Long time ago though, and he had a crap Peugeot 306 cab.
but that is very different from the OP events. You didn't give up possession early. You didn't negotiate an early end to the contract by paying £x - you gave notice paid to the end of your notice and gave keys back at the end of your tenancy. Yes the LL was wrong in going in and doing any work in the property whilst you were renting and indeed would now be classed as the LL taking back possession which would give you a strong claim to have some rent back from the date the LL started to redecorate.Renting a flat, we had bought another. As per the contract gave a month's notice which had about 3 weeks crossover.
Did most of the moving in the first week or so of the crossover period. Went back a couple of days before end of contract to clean and move the last few bits to discover the landlord's been in doing repairs and decorating.
I was a bit annoyed because a) he never did any of the repairs when we were living there and asked!, and b) because we were still renting the place (with keys) and he hadn't asked or given notice!
Long time ago though, and he had a crap Peugeot 306 cab.
The OP negotiated a sum to pay to end his contract early and gave back keys.
Another example.
12 month tenancy. £1000pm Month 2 Tenant wants to leave early in month 4. Landlord says ok but I want £6000 to end the contract at the end of month 3. You give keys back end of month 3. End of contract even though you have paid to month 6.
LL is free to re-let/sell whatever from when you give keys back.
Edited by superlightr on Friday 2nd December 09:44
Edited by superlightr on Friday 2nd December 09:45
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