Questions tagged [tenancy-rules]
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Can diplomats be compelled to pay rent?
It turns out that in New Zealand, diplomats can get away with not paying rent:
In 2018, Eva Tvarozkova, deputy chief of mission for the European
Union (EU) Delegation to New Zealand, skipped out on paying $14,314 in
rent.
The Tenancy Tribunal…
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Who is responsible for diagnosing issues in a rental property?
Under UK law landlords are responsible for things like providing working smoke alarms, repairing the plumbing, making sure the heating is working and repairing any white goods that came with the property (fridge/freezer/tumbly drier/cooker etc).
And…
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Can a landlord sell their rental income from a tenant to a third party?
I am thinking about a new business venture, my idea is to create a professional vetting service which helps landlord vet their potential tenants, if a tenant passes the vetting process, I will offer the landlord 80% of 12 month of rent payments up…
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How long can someone sleep over at someone else's rented accommodation?
In Scotland, how long can a person legally sleep in another person's flat without being a tenant?
I expect that spending one night at a friend's is totally permissible, but being allowed to live there for months without paying that landlord would…
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Is there an inherent legal obligation to repay a guarantor?
So as I understand a guarantor is liable to pay rent arrears if the tenant is unable, unwilling, or just doesn't pay.
I am wondering if such an occasion arose and the landlord contacted the guarantor to pay, and they did, would the tenant, without a…
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In "he said"/ "she said" discrepancies, how must a landlord prove timely valid service of eviction notices?
Suppose Larry the landlord applied to court for possession order and presents a back dated copy of section 21 notice from 65 days ago.
The court serves notice of hearing to the property and tenant attends claiming it is the first they've seen of the…
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How do you dispute a large bill for damages?
Suppose that a person T (for tenant) had a year ago rented an apartment that had some water damage due to a pipe bursting inside the building. There was a lot of back and forth between T and the property manager P, and recently T finally got a bill…
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Can a landlord ever claim court fee costs from a difficult tenant associated with judicial proceedings related to seeking eviction orders?
Suppose Theodore the statutory periodic assured tenant is served with a Notice under s.21, Housing Act 1988 by Larry his landlord and then stays until Larry applies to a court for a possession order by posting a £300+ fee.
Then Theodore stays again…
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UK - Landlord refuses to remove personal items
My partner and I have recently begun renting a house in the UK. The rental is a high value one (around £4000/month) and the property is large, and fully detached. The initial tenancy is for 12 months. The property is rented basically unfurnished,…
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What happens if I move my partner into my AST without consent from the landlord
The title question no doubt has an obvious answer (you could be evicted) but please keep reading, it's a complex situation and I have a few questions that I couldn't sum up easily into one title.
I'm trying to move my partner into my flat in London.…
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Interpretation of termination clause of a License to Occupy
I find myself in a situation where I need to end my Licence to occupy contract for a property in London UK, 2 months in advance to the initially projected date. The licensor refuses to accept this and the terms in the contract are somewhat open to…
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Recourse against landlord entering home during COVID outbreak?
My wife and I are moving out of our current rental in a couple of weeks. Our landlord stated in a text this morning that he can show our house to potential new renters with 24 hours notice, even though we asked him to wait until we have moved out…
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Tenancies and the GDPR
If Tim the tenant and Larry the landlord enter into a tenancy, then do either of them become a data controller of the others name and address? Does the landlord as the "provider" of the housing have greater burdens of propriety in handling tenants'…
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What does it mean that I must "immediately reimburse Owner for the cost of any insurance policy Owner obtains for the Apartment"?
On the lease I am considering signing, it says in section 32 D:
Tenant shall immediately reimburse Owner for the cost of any insurance
policy Owner obtains for the Apartment, including but not limited to
insurance for Owner’s furniture or…
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My landlord (in the UK) says i dont have to have a written agreement, is this correct?
My tenancy is an oral agreement and I wanted a written tenancy and my landlord is saying legally it is not necessary. He showed a website that also states it is not essential to have a written tenancy
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