When can an agency show potential tenants round?

[Simpo Two]

groak said:

....and what you'll then achieve is a legally justifiable withholding of rent. Residentials are rarely FRI. You're the landlord. You're obliged to effect essential repairwork at YOUR expense. Court will support a tenant effecting the repair using justifiably withheld rent to pay for it.

My point is that both sides can work together amicably like decent human beings and get things achieved quickly, easily and without stress. Alternatively they can start quoting chunks of law at each other, retreat into their bunkers and enter into a long slogging match that achieves nothing, slowly and with great stress.

I'm not a profesional landlord, simply renting out my mother's house for her because she's in a residential care home and it helps to pay the fees. I used a good agent to help me get started and do the contract, but now manage it myself. If my tenant has a problem I try to fix it, treating her as I would like to be treated myself. So far the only issue has been some blinds that needed replacing, which I paid for and installed, and she has decorated one or two rooms nicely.

So I have to think that all the guns and daggers stuff you're so keen to wheel out is because one or both parties are not playing their part.

[BPD]

Wings said:

Absolutely agree, also the OP appears to have a fixed term Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement, with two months of the fixed term period still remaining. Since the OP/tenant, under a fixed term tenancy, is not legally required to give Notice to the agents/landlord of his intentions of either not renewing or renewing the AST, it could be that the agents are using some hard sale in pushing the OP/tenant in to indicating to them what his intentions are going to be.

As to the agents showing potential tenants around the flat, two months prior to the end of the AST is far to early, a month usually being the normal requirement for agents/landlords, the same should also give where possible sufficient notice of an intended viewing, 24 hours where possible.

I completely agree with you on this one. One month is pretty standard for viewings. They probably are just trying to find out if you are staying or not. I would check the AST and see how much notice they have to give you to terminate the agreement. I had to give my tenants 2 months notice so if they don't give you notice then you can stay there. If you want to stay then just don't give them notice and the AST automatically extends, as said above no need to sign another one.

[TonyHetherington]

Jesus, whatever happened to people being nice to one another?

Look at it from the other side; the next flat that you're going on to, you want to view. But the tennant says no. What would you be posting on PistonHeads then?

[lestag]

[quote=TonyHetherington]Jesus, whatever happened to people being nice to one another?

[quote]
Become a landlord, trust the tennants and then they screw you, been there done that, over it and now very sceptical about anyone period.