Told landlord is selling, now it's up for rent

[Frogers]

Received a letter saying the landlord is selling at the end of the year, sorted alternative housing and handed in notice and now have seen that it's up for rent as a long term let at £100 more pcm than I currently pay.

I'm pretty pissed off but not sure if what they have done is underhand or not. I've been here 4 years and they are restricted to up my rent by £50 a year.

They are now wanting access to the property whilst I'm at work to show. I spoke to the letting agent earlier and they said they would ring back and said something about it being an error but surely not if they are planning viewings.

What are your thoughts?

The tenancy will end at the LL convenience, which may happily coincide with exactly when the tenant wants it to, but most often won't

Which is why your insistence that the OP should welcome this was bizarre. As I said.

I wasn't insisting. You're overthinking this.
Just suggesting she looks on the bright side.

I am 7 months pregnant. Not going to lie it's a pain in the arse to move when I'm struggling with sciatica, feeling knackered, a 5 year old and a partner who is currently away Monday Friday. Not that it should really matter why. My point has been not that they don't have the right to sell whenever they want (they obviously do) but more how they have gone about it.

I spoke with the owner who said he is selling not renting and that was their error. They now just want access for repair work (not damage caused by me) not viewings.

I would have been handing in my notice, yes. Again as I said being given notice isn't my issue. The original post isn't actually what's bothering me now it's the fact that despite me telling them several times I didn't want anyone in the property whilst I wasn't there they have disregarded that.

I now feel a bit uneasy about going home. It's not a nice feeling.

Wow, well the estate agents sound like a bunch of incompetent twats.

I'd email the landlord, copying the estate agents, pointing out that not only have the agents mistakenly listed the property to let instead of for sale, but they've entered without your permission and left the property unsecured, and you just thought you ought to let him know how incompetent they are before he commits to any further business with them.

Bloody hell the agent sounds incompetent on a quite spectacular scale.

I know you've obviously spoken to the LL yourself, but the agents don't know that, and they'll be crapping themselves at the thought of the LL opting to sell elsewhere. It sounds like the LL hasn't really done anything wrong.

I was renting a beautiful flat once and they letting agents used to re-post the pictures of the flat on Righmove to get interested renters to call them up. They'd lie and tell them they'd just let it out that morning but they had other properties they could show them. The property wasn't ever up for rent, the LLs were really happy with everything, the agents literally just used the photos as bait to get new people on their books. Disgusting.

I don't understand where's your problem, OP. If you don't want viewings, don't agree . If you want to keep living there, maybe you can ask LL and you'll pay increased rent? It looks to me you had long time , cheap rent. Now LL wants to increase his profit, make rent comparable to rents in similar properties. Business decision, simple. It appears he kept his side of agreement, why would you want to be nasty to him?

Turefu Thread has moved on... OP has said that the agents admitted to mistakenly listing the property as 'to let' instead of 'for sale'. They have also since entered without her permission and left a window wide open while she was not at home. The issue is the crap agent.

We had a horrible experience once; signed for a rental property (that had been on market for 18 months but once I signed they committed to one year contract) and one week before moving day we got a phone call from estate agent to say that the landlord (who was relocating, hence renting the house) had had a heart attack and was in hospital. Obviously in the circumstances he could not move anymore and therefore I became homeless for one month whilst trying to sort another house. I found out later that he had not had a heart attack, he had found a buyer and signed after I had signed rental contract. I was furious, but forgiving I am a big believer in karma.

Gees, rocky, he was an underhanded prick.

I would now refuse all viewings and change the locks (it's cheap and easy - just change them back when you move out). Tell them any essential repairs can be done with notice and when you are home.

It's disgraceful they have entered your home without permission.

Turefu, where did I say I intended to be nasty to the landlord?