Landlords, would you consider this if your tenants asked?

I'd change out the locks under those circumstances. Or knowing batshit landlords, next thing you know they'll be letting in people for viewings without telling you about it.

Sorry, re read and that's what you're asking. Give him the evidence and ask. You've nothing to lose and he could actually save ££ not using the agent to sell if he sells to you.

Do you have a contract?

Is your deposit in the deposit scheme?

Landlord will need to evict using 21 assuming you are not more than 8 weeks in rent arrears.
If he has none of the above in place, he needs to get that sorted before he can issue a legally binding section 21.

It can take up to a year to evict you. Stay put. Contact the council for advice.

My landlord did this to me after 11 years. The escrow deposit scheme wasn't a thing then so it took them about 2 months to issue a legal sec 21.
I was put on the council list but you get nowhere until the court 'evicts' you and bailiffs dates are set. The council told me that seeing as I was officially homeless once all the judgements were done then I could leave without making myself intentionally homeless. In truth this meant walking out 1 day before bailiffs, putting keys through door and basically fucking off with my 2 kids and little else.

7 years now in a council home.

If you can get a mortgage of course then buy. I forgot that bit! Coffee? X

Are you able to buy your LLs house/you home? Or able too in 6 months? With evidence of deposit or near deposit he may be convinced to wait and sell to you when you're ready.

Another thing you could say to him is that it could be handled as a private sale thereby saving on EA fees

Don't offer extra rent but do speak with your LL about buying the property. In some areas it's taking 6 months for purchases to go through currently.

He's crazy to try and sell with you in situ. Remember he's got to start the eviction process and that doesn't happen quickly unless you're willing to leave on the basis of the S21 notice alone.

I appreciate you may not want to aggravate the situation if you're also hoping to buy the house but you don't have to leave just because he asks you to. Landlords don't have the power to evict without court approval.

Why don't you make an offer and see what happens. Six months is no time at all in the grand scheme of things.

I’m not sure I’d be offering to pay extra rent if I were you though. Or at least not without some contract in place that this is entirely dependent on completion of a sale- I wouldn’t trust this guy. But it’s still worth trying to make it work for the sake of getting the house, just be wary.

Oh my goodness, I missed this bit complete with pictures I was completely unaware were taken

You can ask for those pictures to be taken down, whoever took them was in breach of the law entering without your knowledge.

You need to phone Shelter and send a letter to your LL.

Yet another awful LL.

He hasn’t been a decent landlord if he hasn’t repaired the things that are broken! He has been decent because you have not mithered him!

Bit off taking photos of your home and belongings and not even informing you about the sale.

Definitely ask, it would make it a lot easier for him to sell to you surely!

I am a (not intentional) landlord currently trying to sell and would be over the moon if my tenant would buy our flat. There’s so much less chance of you backing out since clearly there’s nothing new you’re going to find out about it. Good luck OP!

Don't offer more money just yet. Keep that up your sleeve.

But definitely ask and let us know how it goes as I'm routing for you!!!

Of course, no harm in asking!

Firstly, your landlord is a c**t. He won't wait.

No matter what he says those pictures are of your possessions and should not be on the internet, let him and the estate know this.

Secondly, you do not have to allow viewings.

Is he selling it with a tenant in situ? Or is he pretending it will be vacant?

Remember your rights. You don't have to move out until evicted, don't go early to make his life easy!

We bought our first flat from our landlord, Op! It can be done. Good luck.

You may as well ask.

Also you can decline viewings, your LL has behaved very badly by not informing you.

I wouldn't offer to pay more rent for a start, you're just reducing your ability to save for the deposit by an extra £300/month in the short term. I'd also question what type of person your LL is not to even discuss with their tenant of 13 YEARS that they were planning to sell, or give them first refusal if they may be in a position to buy rather than advertising on the open market. Also, you mention pictures, has your LL entered your property without your knowledge and taken pictures in your home?? If so, I'm sorry to say this is increasingly sounding like someone who isn't likely to be reasonable in their response to your perfectly reasonable request.

As an aside, the way your LL has put the house up for sale without even telling you is unbelievable! And what do you mean about the photographs? Please tell me they are only external?

It would depend on why I was selling but it doesn’t hurt to ask!

Ask.

The landlord gets extra rent and has the option for a guaranteed buyer at the end, possibly without any estate agent fees.

Perhaps be prepared to prove how you will definitely be in a position to buy at the end.