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This letter was delivered by the letting agent, to my DD and her expartner. He is moving out and I will be taking his place, so to speak.

We have signed a new contract and if we hadn't excepted all conditions and signed, wouldnt have been accepted as tenants.

My question, can they charge for not letting them in?

On another thread it was said, you don't have to let them in, you can change the locks, etc etc However, if you have signed a contract and technically accepted those things, can we still refuse?

This letting thing is complicated

I changed the on one of my doors cos I lost that key. Will get into trouble now??

Do not get me started on “wear and tear” 🙄
I think two months notice is always reasonable, as are inspections. We’ve never actually inspected tbh because until I get the house back I don’t really want to know what’s been going on in there, not like we can do much about it.

I’m a landlord of one small property and have a letting Agent as live miles from it. I get annual reports. They check that the fire alarm works, whether anything needs replacing, whether any radiators have fallen off the walls and that the place is being reasonably looked after. The place is usually a bit messy, but not dangerous or unpleasant. It’s reassuring and complies with my landlord insurance requirements. It also reassures the tenant that I’m ensuring the place is looked after and that it continues to be safe for her. Sometimes there’s some work I have to pay for, such as getting a tap fixed or resealing the bath. So it works both ways.

@19lottie82 i didn't write the tenancy agreement, the letting agent did and it says 1 month for both parties once it becomes a rolling tenancy. If it is infact meant to be 2 months, then that's fine, easily sorted. As a first time/accidental landlord i simply followed their guidance. I'm presuming when my tenants moved in the 1 month notice was correct

Oh and whoever said rich landlords... i can only dream, no where near rich.

I think there should be more regulations for landlords

i didn’t write the tenancy agreement, the
letting agent did

Not an excuse. It’s still you that is responsible, not the LA.

Being an accidental LL, is not an excuse.

It’s been 2 months for a very long time. So I’m presuming it wasn’t.

I’d seriously advise you attend a short course on your legal obligations as a landlord, you seem remarkably uneducated and unconcerned about everything.

Agree that any mess up your letting agent makes ultimately falls to you as the landlord. You still have to micromanage them.

Less than 2 months to find somewhere to live is impossible

i didn't write the tenancy agreement, the letting agent did and it says 1 month for both parties once it becomes a rolling tenancy.

PLEASE lazypuppy you must get more educated on your legal responsibilities. Anything the agent does that is wrong become YOUR legal obligation.

www.rla.org.uk/landlord/courses/training-academy.shtml?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjbveBRDVARIsAKxH7vnhQiuCw-IMdoy-kuQcR2UMRDRMobS8y3eVJFlb9U5MbXlaz6i8GYAaAqcgEALw_wcB

Off hand I can think of 2 or 3 areas that you may not be complying with, all of which carry hefty fines: registration with the ICO for example!

@CuriousaboutSamphire talk about dramatic, if i was to ever look to evict my tenants i would obviously check everything before proceeding with my solicitor, however as it stands the fact the tenancy agreement says 1 month when it should be 2 months doesn't matter, i will just give them 2 months when the time comes. I have had the same tenants for over 4 years, i'm seeming unconcerned cause they are great tenants and i can't see me ever having to evict them. Giving 2 months notice instead of 1 would never be an issue so why would i need to be worrried.

Also, i did the ICO self assessment check when it first came in and i'm exempt because nothing is stored electronically.

Oh and before anyone jumps in, don't worry their deposit is protected obviously.

But Lazypuppy the thing is that you didn’t know about legal notice periods so there might be other things you don’t know about either. You or your tenants could end up in a really bad position as a result.

eg serving notice - you give notice, you think it’s all done, you get to the day when your tenant’s meant to move out and your tenant says “actually that section 21 wasn’t valid so you haven’t given notice at all.”

(and I know you said you would check evictions specifically with your solicitor, but the thing is there might be other things you don’t check because you don’t know they need checking.)

There is so much incorrect information on this thread. For example,
@LIZS “If the tenancy specifies periodic inspections then they can come with due notice. Why would you prevent this?” this is absolutely not true. The contract does not and can not override the law.

Landlords and estate agents have NO right to enter the house for an inspection, even if you have signed to this in the contract. Ditto house viewings.

They can only come in if there is some kind of emergency issue, for example the pipes have burst, or for the annual gas check, and even this is only with 24 hours’ notice.

All you have to do is reply to the estate agent and say you do not give consent to this and they will back down as they know that legally, they do not have a leg to stand on.

talk about dramatic, if i was to ever look to evict my tenants i would obviously check everything before proceeding with my solicitor, I give in! I am not being dramatic, I just know far more about the legalities than you do!

Whilst I know that many landlords do not have to be ICO registered, your reason for not being so is also fallacious! Or do you not get anything via email or text? DO you only ever recieve hard copies of the AST etc?

The RLA suggest that eve if you only have 1 property and are an accidental landlord then you should be registered, indeed always should have been, even prior to the GDPR.

news.rla.org.uk/gdpr-do-i-really-need-to-register-with-the-ico/

But I shall leave you to it! I hope there is nothing so wrong as to bite you too hard!