FFS - I just ran the elderly landlord from the house (didn't know he was landlord)

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And now he has told me I'm going to be evicted!

FFS - my life is a sitcom.

What Mermaid said. If I've JUST moved in and I'm renting a room in a shared flat, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt.

The simplest threads are the most hilarious.
To add to the drama please tell me you shouted "You're the carcass!"

I think you are being a bit hard on the OP. If you saw two strange men wandering around your home would you really say 'good morning Gentlemen, how can I help you?'

I certainly would not. I would scream and probably jump out of the window. Because I am the only one who lives here.

OP is not the only occupant of her property. She has only just moved into a shared property so she must know there will be people coming and going, including people she may not have been introduced to (ie, other tenants' visitors).

In a house of multiple occupancy where the rooms are let on an individual basis, the tenant only has an exclusive tenancy on their own room, they have a right to use the rest of the facilities. In this case the landlord is allowed to enter shared spaces without notifying the tenants.

The right to quiet enjoyment which covers the whole house in a standard let or an HMO on a joint tenancy basis only applies to the tenants room in this case.

HMO is, I think, different from renting a whole flat or house to share. In terms of LL's legal right of access to communal areas and also in terms of strangers on staircases. HMOs are a bit 'B&B' feeling.

To add to the drama please tell me you shouted "You're the carcass!"

Oh, I liked that.

OP, I do hope your landlord replied, I am Sparcacus and his son said, No, I am!

Sorry, X post

In a house of multiple occupancy where the rooms are let on an individual basis, the tenant only has an exclusive tenancy on their own room, they have a right to use the rest of the facilities. In this case the landlord is allowed to enter shared spaces without notifying the tenants.

That chimes with my experience of renting a studio flat in a large house where all the apartments had been converted into standalone studio or one bedroom flats owned by the one landlord.

The bugger was never away from the property, he literally haunted the place.

I don't care what your lease says, if your landlord doesn't live with by law (which supersedes your lease) he cannot enter the property without written notice.

But the Op rents a room not the house, does this still apply?

Also he may have given written notice, OP has only been there a week. So he may well have done.

Besides which he could have been a someone visiting another person who lives there.

i just wondered whether the OP is supposed to be there....wouldnt the landlord know who his tenants are.....maybe someone there is letting a room out for more money than the landlord charges and thats why OP will be evicted

OP...Can you come back and give us a blow by blow he said, I said as your OP is a tad confusing. And we also want to know how you ran him out of the house

Smurfingreat has it right if this is a house of multiple occupancy, which I think it is from the OP.

Were you agressive OP? I read it as though you were, though apologies if I am wrong there. It sounds as though you went up to them all guns blazing, rather than politely enquiring first about who they were.

He could have been visiting one of the other tenants for some reason. They do not have to notify you.

I am a landlady, though not of a house of multiple occupancy. If any one of my tenants were to be at all aggressive to me I would serve them notice at the first available opportunity under the tenancy agreement.

It sounds as though you made some big assumptions and were very silly. Perhaps they didn't handle it perfectly either but if you were being aggressive they may have felt threatened??

Also, what if you behaved in that manner towards guests of your other housemates?

Way to make friends and influence people there.

Were you waving a broom at them, op?

There's no need for everyone to be so nasty and mock the OP, It looks like English isn't her first language, hence why the language is a bit confusing.

You give few details in your posts, OP, but you do harp on his age. What has his age to do with it?

19 Lottie, OP's English looks fine to me.

I see some mild mocking, but no real flaming.

If OP is for real, she has either just explained herself very badly, or has been extremely silly.

We need more information here. How did you get him to leave? Were you physically aggressive in getting him to go. If there are a few of you why didn't you assume it was a guest of someone? Surely in a multi occupancy property there will be loads of coming and going of different people?

Do you know if he has a license? Most HMO's need a licence now. What is the condition of the property like? If you are having issues you can always report any problems to the local council who should have a special department for dealing with complaints against landlords.