My partner and I have been living in a rented property for almost 2.5 years now. It's a flat in a block with 4 other flats, all managed by the same guy.
A couple of weeks ago, we got a knock on the door from a couple who actually turned out to be the co owners of the property.
It turns out that they are locked in a legal battle with the guy we rented from, and have been since before we moved!
All 3 of them are on the mortgage but the guy we rented from has apparently been lying and withholding funds and information from the couple - they are in the process of trying to remove him from the mortgage etc, but it's not going well.
I know we've been a bit naive but we have never had a tenancy agreement - he was supposed to meet us at the property with the tenancy agreement on the day we moved in but ended up leaving the key under the door mat and messaging us to say he'd bring the tenancy agreement round, but never did. We also paid our deposit to him in cash, didn't get a receipt and it hasn't been paid into any deposit scheme 😭
We have a rabbit and a dog, who moved in with us and the guy we rented from was aware of - the co owners have said that animals are not allowed in any of their rental properties and they would like us to sign new tenancies agreeing to the no animal policy. They also want us to pay another deposit and say we will have to sort out the previous deposit with the other guy.
Aibu to think that they can't expect us to pay another deposit and that as co owners they are just as liable for the other deposit as the other guy??
Also, where do we stand with regards to the animals?
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kubex13 · 08/06/2020 19:29
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