Landlord fired agency- does it affect us?

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Landlord has just told us he's had a disagreement with rental agency amd will not be using them any more. Wondering how that affects us as renters? We signed agreement with landlord through this agency. Legally I'm guessing we are still in contract? Do we need a new contract drawn up with landlord as a private rental?

Sorry should add he's asked us to not reply to emails from agency (we were due to get work done) and to pay rent direct to him from now on..... but I'm worried we will get charged by agency fir late rental payment if we don't pay through them?

Anyone?

It makes no difference to you. Your tenancy agreement is with the landlord. You now just deal with him direct rather than through a third party.

The only practical difference is that if you were paying your rent into the agents' account then you need to make sure that you now pay direct to the landlord. And obviously you now contact the landlord to sort out repairs and other issues, not the agent.

I've always found that agents tend to obstruct communication, manipulate situations to their advantage, and often lie to both sides. So I reckon you're better off! (But I really don't like agents.)

@LauraNicolaides thank you,that sounds much better. We gave a good relationship with landlord so hopefully it will be OK! I just don't want to get stung with any fees if not paid through agency as surely kandlord gas to give notice? I'm speaking to him tomorrow so will ask. Hoping to but the house in the long term.

I use an agent initially to market a property and set up the first 6 months contract then if I'm happy with tenants I let it move on to a rolling contract and deal with any issues myself. I give the tenant my phone number and email and if something like a washing machine breaks I just pop over to Curry's and pick up a new one myself. Then DH takes it up in the evening and plumbs in and removes the old one. It's so much quicker and easier for both me and the tenants. I don't bother with inspections all the time either just a quick pop around once a year to check everything is ok for tenants.

The original contract still stands. You just pay the tent directly to your landlord

Hoping to but the house in the long term.

Something to be aware of (although it's more relevant to the landlord): if the agent originally introduced you to the landlord (and it sounds like they did) then it's very likely that the agreement between the landlord and the agent will require the landlord to pay a standard commission (around 2.5%) of the sale price if he eventually sells the house to you. That will be true even if the landlord has since terminated the agency arrangement and some time has passed.

I can't remember exactly how it went, I sacked off an agency and self managed about 10 years ago, there was something that needed to be done with the paperwork for the deposit scheme. Possibly not a problem for the tenant, but it would have been my problem if it hadn't been do e.