Re housing issue

[Central]

Hi

We live in a private rented 2 bedroomed house. Rent has never changed in the 16 months we have been here and the landlord is brilliant.

But our lease is up in February 08 and the landlord is deciding to sell up as he is moving to America.

When we moved in we went on a new scheme Birmingham Council did called Home options.
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Generat...&MENU_ID=14713

We did not pay a bond to them as thats what the council helps with. We are more then happy to go private again but the council will not help us until the landlord has got a court order to evict us. We really cant afford a private house up front on our own as it would cost us about £1200 before we even moved in.

Mortgage is out the question as the deposit is to high and my credit is low. We both work. I work Full time my partner is part time. We bring home on average about £1300 a month.

Any suggestions please?

[daz300]

(a) stay till you get evicted .

(b) go to the council and say you will be living on the streets soon and ask for help .

(c) look for a nice box to move in to .

hope some thing there helps you .
daz300

[Taf]

My neighbours pay a private landlord £650 pcm with an income of only £1000+ pcm from work, then a bit of Tax Credits, Child Benefit, etc. No chance of a cheaper place, nor of a Council house. 1 week to go before the birth of their 5th kid, right in the middle of the Festive Season, and the landlord delivers a new contract effective from February 1st...

£875 pcm, they are now responsible for water rates, and the contract moves from semi-furnished to non-furnished (but he offered to sell them the beds and manky 3 piece suite), but will remove the cooker, fridge-freezer, microwave, vacuum cleaner, table and chairs. He also gives them responsibilty for cleaning carpets, curtains and blinds.

I'm sure he has done this to force them out, maybe to sell the house off before the market dips even further.

I wish these buy-to-rent vultures would just shrivel up and die.

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by Taf

My neighbours pay a private landlord £650 pcm with an income of only £1000+ pcm from work, then a bit of Tax Credits, Child Benefit, etc. No chance of a cheaper place, nor of a Council house. 1 week to go before the birth of their 5th kid, right in the middle of the Festive Season, and the landlord delivers a new contract effective from February 1st...

£875 pcm, they are now responsible for water rates, and the contract moves from semi-furnished to non-furnished (but he offered to sell them the beds and manky 3 piece suite), but will remove the cooker, fridge-freezer, microwave, vacuum cleaner, table and chairs. He also gives them responsibilty for cleaning carpets, curtains and blinds.

I'm sure he has done this to force them out, maybe to sell the house off before the market dips even further.

I wish these buy-to-rent vultures would just shrivel up and die.

Not that it helps them much but I thought that Fridge and Cooker were part of the fixtures, not furniture, so removing them would be, well cheeky.

[Graham M]

Does it make a difference if they're free-standing?

[SMHarman]

I dunno, but in my limited experience of rental, unfurnished means no furniture but a cooker fridge and freezer in the kitchen, not necessarily a microwave though.

And anectotally others who have rented for longer - similar expectations, the only people whos fridges, washing machines etc I have moved have been homeowners moving home.

Are the not laws about the actions a landlord can take in this situation. Seems though that his fixed rate period on the mortgage is up and he needs the cash to pay the mortgage so either way you have a problem as if he is not paying the mortgage and you get reposessed you are in a similar heap of pain.

[handyman]

Blimey better butter up the landlady as we pay only £385 for a quiet country cottage....

[Arthurgray50@blu]

Hello Be*, Maybe, l may be able to help, If the Landlord is selling up and moving to the states, there could be another reason, like if you say he is brilliant to you, it could be that, he doesn't have the heart to increase the rent, or if he is selling, then he could sell the house, with you in as tenant, ie sitting tenant, nine times out of ten, if these houses are sold, they are normally bought by people who want to rent them out, where you could be safe, what l would do, is seek legal advice, as l am sure you have a WRITTEN contract, l suppose you could wait to be evicted, but l am sure you might not want that, and you would not like that hassle, ask the landlord, IF you could stay, whilst he finds a buyer, or have you tried www.gumtree.com, they have lots of ads, which you might like, and you can place a FREE ad, if you wish, l had similar problems, years ago, and l had to read up on housing law, about it, your local council could help, but l think they might say, if you have money, you could find a private landlord, and this puts you back to square one, good luck matey.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Be*

Hi

We live in a private rented 2 bedroomed house. Rent has never changed in the 16 months we have been here and the landlord is brilliant.

But our lease is up in February 08 and the landlord is deciding to sell up as he is moving to America.

When we moved in we went on a new scheme Birmingham Council did called Home options.
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Generat...&MENU_ID=14713

We did not pay a bond to them as thats what the council helps with. We are more then happy to go private again but the council will not help us until the landlord has got a court order to evict us. We really cant afford a private house up front on our own as it would cost us about £1200 before we even moved in.

Mortgage is out the question as the deposit is to high and my credit is low. We both work. I work Full time my partner is part time. We bring home on average about £1300 a month.

Any suggestions please?

I am slightly confused.............landlord is selling up ok / landlord brilliant /no doubt landlord has served notice on you something I presume you agreed when you signed the tenancy agreement/ but you will not go until the landlord gets a court order !!!!

Nice way to repay landlord or I am missing something ???

Why not move out and apply to the council as you did before for help with the bond (private sector) Most council run a rent deposit scheme

[Central]

Originally Posted by Mike

I am slightly confused.............landlord is selling up ok / landlord brilliant /no doubt landlord has served notice on you something I presume you agreed when you signed the tenancy agreement/ but you will not go until the landlord gets a court order !!!!

Nice way to repay landlord or I am missing something ???

Why not move out and apply to the council as you did before for help with the bond (private sector) Most council run a rent deposit scheme

If you re read what I said.

The council said they will not help. Only telling me I got to wait till I am evicted by a court order.

[SMHarman]

Which is fine, you need to let your landlord know this.
You need to let your landlord know that you will hold over at the end of your lease and continue to pay rent.
He will need to get a court order to get you out as required by the council.
You will not contest that order and it should not cost him a lot to do so as the main loss in these scenareos is loss of rent as the tennant usually has stopped paying for a few months while this grinds throught court.