landlord asking new tenant to move out - legal position?

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Asking for a friend. A friend's dd moved into a west London flat last Tuesday.

Yesterday her landlord has asked her and her flatmates to move out for 2 weeks, on Friday, so some work can be done to the flat (he has not specified what. It's a new conversion. Other flats in the building are not yet finished.)

He texted her 8 times yesterday demanding she agree to move out on Friday.

He has found an airBnB for her and her flatmates to stay in. He wants her to take her stuff too.

But my friend can't go down to help her dd move until Sunday. Is the landlord being reaonable asking her to move out with such short notice? Can he do that?

What's her legal position? She has a contract but I don't know if it covers eventualities like this.

Thank you!

I don’t see why they have to move out for work and especially demanding this and taking her stuff.
She needs to go to citizens advice beaux it sounds abit iffy to me tbh

She's asked what will be happening to the flat, but doesn't have an answer yet.

I suspect the builder needs to do remedial work to the flat for it to be signed off by a council planning inspector after the conversion work has been done. Soudns pretty major if they need access for 2 weeks!

hopeful bump...

does it meet hmo regs? could it be that it doesnt and there has actually been some enforcement? amazing if London but it does happen.

ask landlord to pay for movers.

Not sure. That could be the problem. She will ask them to pay. Cheers.

At very least he should be paying not just the airbnb but also any extra travel costs and to move the stuff and for their itme to move it and to insure it whilst there too by the way.

no,not insurance. you cannot insure what you dont own. tenants are always responsible for insuring their own stuff.

england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repairs/moving_out_during_repairs