We rent and the owner of our house is deciding whether to sell *though from what we've been told it's pretty certain. Or put in an extra bedroom / extension. He's not too sure. Our tenancy ends in Feb, so we will be given notice in December ( on Xmas eve).
So far the letting agent has arranged with us two dates to come and do a valuation / take photos and measure up for floor plans. Both times they have failed to turn up. The second time (Friday) DH waited in all day and not even a phone call to say they weren't coming
We don't know what to do . We're not happy with them just turning up as they please without one of us being here. We have a dog who won't know these people, will become distressed at strangers being in his house. He has a heart condition and I'm worried what might happen.
According to the letting agent they only have to give us 24 hours notice and they can let themselves in as they choose. Whether we're here or not. I think it's in the tenancy agreement as well. Do we have to accept this? Is there anything legally we can say whereby we can refuse? I ask because we were due to look at another rental property but were told we'd have to wait till x date until the current tenant moved out. In any event we didn't get to see it as they had 15 viewings the first day and so they had their pick of tenants.
I'm wondering why our letting agents aren't so reasonable. Or indeed can be bothered. We had to chase THEM to find out about the decision to sell! They don't return calls.Then they don't even turn up at arranged times. 2 days DH has taken off work.
We're feeling very unsettled by it all. We have 3 kids and will be homeless after Christmas (perils of renting I know) but all of this is piling on the stress