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OK, my landlady is selling a property in which I have been a tenant for 4 months. I know my rights about the continuing tenancy, etc., but I'm getting narky about the impact that showing people around is having. The following is a bit of a rant, but it has a point, honest...
The landlady gave me 1.5 hours' notice that she would be showing someone around the flat today. When I said "no" (on the grounds she is contractually obliged to give 48 hours' notice) she got mad and said I couldn't refuse and went in anyway.
I got home to realise that not only had I sorted my washing all over the floor (so it was in lights / darks / colours piles by the door) and my underwear was drying in the hall, I'd also left my DSA application on my desk. Yes, folks, my bank details, pay slips, student status paperwork and psychiatric report (on top - of course...) were there for all the world to see.
As of tomorrow, I'm locking my bedroom door every day unless I have had the required 48 hours' notice. As I understand it, she can't tell me off if she arrives at the flat in a situation that's in breach of contract and my door is locked. I'm paying her well over £400 per month for that space and that should be enough to maintain my privacy and the security of my belongings (my insurance is void if anyone who's been let in by a keyholder steals anything).
Would my housemate and I be within our rights to show the tenancy agreement to the estate agent (without consulting the landlady) to inform them that unless we have had the required notice, we won't grant access?
Sorry that this is both quite long and complicated!
The landlady gave me 1.5 hours' notice that she would be showing someone around the flat today. When I said "no" (on the grounds she is contractually obliged to give 48 hours' notice) she got mad and said I couldn't refuse and went in anyway.
I got home to realise that not only had I sorted my washing all over the floor (so it was in lights / darks / colours piles by the door) and my underwear was drying in the hall, I'd also left my DSA application on my desk. Yes, folks, my bank details, pay slips, student status paperwork and psychiatric report (on top - of course...) were there for all the world to see.
As of tomorrow, I'm locking my bedroom door every day unless I have had the required 48 hours' notice. As I understand it, she can't tell me off if she arrives at the flat in a situation that's in breach of contract and my door is locked. I'm paying her well over £400 per month for that space and that should be enough to maintain my privacy and the security of my belongings (my insurance is void if anyone who's been let in by a keyholder steals anything).
Would my housemate and I be within our rights to show the tenancy agreement to the estate agent (without consulting the landlady) to inform them that unless we have had the required notice, we won't grant access?
Sorry that this is both quite long and complicated!
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Bascially the minute you sign an agreement then your landlord nees to give notice that she would like access. I believe that she is trespassing if she doesn't....