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Tenants Right Help Wanted.
The house that we have rented is up for sale, that is no surprise to us, we are on a 12 month contract.
We were told by the owners that they may need to sell the house but they were hoping to keep it.
So the house is up for sale. We had been told by our Landlady to expect prospective buyers.
Our landlady and landlord then came to the house and told us that we have to de-clutter. We have a lot of furniture and nic nacs but it is a very large house. we are only using three of the four bedrooms and one is left empty, one is being used for storage.
We had quite an argument with our landlady telling us that we need to move things out of the lounge to show off its size etc and the place is too cluttered. I hasten to add that the lounge is massive and our 5 sofas are pretty much lost in the room. The house is perfectly clean and tidy but there are a few boxes around that are still packed from the recent move and they will be staying packed ready for the next move.
What I want to know is our rights as tenants.
Do we actually have to accept that prospective buyers will be walking around our home?
How often do we need to give access to our Landlady to inspect the property?
We do not wish to prevent her from showing the property to prospective buyers or to prevent her access but we just need to know where we stand legally.
What I need is the actual acts that stipulate our rights and how best to word it to show to our Landlady. Thanks.
We were told by the owners that they may need to sell the house but they were hoping to keep it.
So the house is up for sale. We had been told by our Landlady to expect prospective buyers.
Our landlady and landlord then came to the house and told us that we have to de-clutter. We have a lot of furniture and nic nacs but it is a very large house. we are only using three of the four bedrooms and one is left empty, one is being used for storage.
We had quite an argument with our landlady telling us that we need to move things out of the lounge to show off its size etc and the place is too cluttered. I hasten to add that the lounge is massive and our 5 sofas are pretty much lost in the room. The house is perfectly clean and tidy but there are a few boxes around that are still packed from the recent move and they will be staying packed ready for the next move.
What I want to know is our rights as tenants.
Do we actually have to accept that prospective buyers will be walking around our home?
How often do we need to give access to our Landlady to inspect the property?
We do not wish to prevent her from showing the property to prospective buyers or to prevent her access but we just need to know where we stand legally.
What I need is the actual acts that stipulate our rights and how best to word it to show to our Landlady. Thanks.
Answers
Catagoricall
17:10 Thu 10th Jul 2014
kloofje - the same question was upper most in my mind....I mean it is SUCH a lovely house, I wondered how much I would have to pay to live there....
Some landlords fox me: it is obviously to the sellers' advantage to have the house lived in, as a selling point that it is not in their interests to make difficulties... ho hum.
Some landlords fox me: it is obviously to the sellers' advantage to have the house lived in, as a selling point that it is not in their interests to make difficulties... ho hum.
That is ok Ratter,did not think you would,only interested cos I am in private rented place and it was just to compare.
Hope all goes well with the issue of your landlord...I think he is being very unreasonable and should have discussed the prospect of having potential buyers wandering round which is at the moment...your home.
Hope all goes well with the issue of your landlord...I think he is being very unreasonable and should have discussed the prospect of having potential buyers wandering round which is at the moment...your home.
Catagorically no they cant RATTER. See here:-
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Your favoured search engine should find numerous results for the phrase "quiet enjoyment", which may or may not appear in your lease's terms.
It appears to be normal lease terms that the Landlord can enter the property "to carry out inspection and effect repairs". On the face of it, this means inspecting the property but that seems redundant since most tenants will readily complain about substandard conditions or repairs needing to be done. So it's sometimes used ambiguously and the LL uses it to inspect their tenants' activities, check for overstaying guests, new, non-paying residents etc.
In your case, the LL would not be in a position to request you de-clutter had they not used the inspection clause to gain entry and see it. Discovery due to scheduled inspections is to be expected but ask yourself what is reasonable; quarterly, bi-monthly, monthly? Anything more frequent than rent collection days I would consider intrusive.
It appears to be normal lease terms that the Landlord can enter the property "to carry out inspection and effect repairs". On the face of it, this means inspecting the property but that seems redundant since most tenants will readily complain about substandard conditions or repairs needing to be done. So it's sometimes used ambiguously and the LL uses it to inspect their tenants' activities, check for overstaying guests, new, non-paying residents etc.
In your case, the LL would not be in a position to request you de-clutter had they not used the inspection clause to gain entry and see it. Discovery due to scheduled inspections is to be expected but ask yourself what is reasonable; quarterly, bi-monthly, monthly? Anything more frequent than rent collection days I would consider intrusive.
