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Hi,
I'm currently renting a place, and lived here about a month. I had to pay my rent on Saturday so left the money out and tidied up as I was expecting my landlady to have a look around the flat, however she didn't turn up.
Eventually she turned up on Monday when I was at uni. The place wasn't very messy at all, maybe one plate left on the side in the kitchen that needed to be washed up or something?
Anyway today she turned up unannounced when I was in bed enjoying my day off, (it turns out she had rang me and left a message on my landline, which I didn't get before now asking me to ring her, but no messages about her visiting). Now I have to admit the flat was a little messy as I wasn't expecting any visitors and I actually had made plans to tidy up a bit later in the day. By messy I mean a few unwashed plates with food on in the kitchen, a pizza box in the lounge from where my mates and I had had a pizza a couple of days before, maybe a few used rolls of toilet paper in the bathroom that needed binning, a couple of pants on the floor in the bathroom, and a couple of bins that needed to be taken out. It didn't look good, but it certainly wasn't trashed or manky.
Anyway I basically get her having a go at me, saying how the flat is in a complete state and how they are not happy and will be inspecting it weekly now rather than monthly, and state that it better get better or they'll evict me.
Now, if I had trashed the place and caused damage to the property then this would be reasonable, but an hour of cleaning and washing up plates later the place is pretty much spotless. Nothing is broken, nothing is stained, just a few plates were left out.
What are my rights? Can they really evict me for just being a tad messy? I've just signed a standard accom contract signed up by the uni, nothing custom so it should be the bog standard stuff.
Cheers in advance!
I'm currently renting a place, and lived here about a month. I had to pay my rent on Saturday so left the money out and tidied up as I was expecting my landlady to have a look around the flat, however she didn't turn up.
Eventually she turned up on Monday when I was at uni. The place wasn't very messy at all, maybe one plate left on the side in the kitchen that needed to be washed up or something?
Anyway today she turned up unannounced when I was in bed enjoying my day off, (it turns out she had rang me and left a message on my landline, which I didn't get before now asking me to ring her, but no messages about her visiting). Now I have to admit the flat was a little messy as I wasn't expecting any visitors and I actually had made plans to tidy up a bit later in the day. By messy I mean a few unwashed plates with food on in the kitchen, a pizza box in the lounge from where my mates and I had had a pizza a couple of days before, maybe a few used rolls of toilet paper in the bathroom that needed binning, a couple of pants on the floor in the bathroom, and a couple of bins that needed to be taken out. It didn't look good, but it certainly wasn't trashed or manky.
Anyway I basically get her having a go at me, saying how the flat is in a complete state and how they are not happy and will be inspecting it weekly now rather than monthly, and state that it better get better or they'll evict me.
Now, if I had trashed the place and caused damage to the property then this would be reasonable, but an hour of cleaning and washing up plates later the place is pretty much spotless. Nothing is broken, nothing is stained, just a few plates were left out.
What are my rights? Can they really evict me for just being a tad messy? I've just signed a standard accom contract signed up by the uni, nothing custom so it should be the bog standard stuff.
Cheers in advance!
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That is against contract terms. Check it, then ram the contract up her arse. Cheeky cow.
Which bit is?
Plus could she actually evict me for having a messy flat without causing damage?
Turning up unannounced for an inspection.
to the standard of the person who rents it to you.
Anyway regardless 9pm - 11am is NOT 24 hours.
Anyway she let herself in, and again had a go at me because the place wasn't to her standard. The place was 100000x tidyer than last time she came, as she said she was coming two days ago so I tidyed the place up for then. All that was left out was a plate that needed cleaning and a chipshop wrapper I needed to chuck (from the night before I may add).
She also said that the place wasn't to her standard on Thursday, but then went on to claim that she hadn't actually been in on Thursday, despite the fact that things were moved around while I was at uni, so she is lying through her teeth.
She said I was lucky last week that I wasn't just "chucked out onto the street" which I'm pretty sure is illegal.
Oh and she's also trying to do me for damages as the bathroom cabinet's door came off. It came off last week too but I put it back on, it's just a bit flimsy as all these things are, it's not broken at all. She's claiming however that I broke it and is trying to do me for damages.
What are my rights? What can I do? She's being entirely unreasonable and it's really starting to upset me.
Cheers again
If you rent privately then the main part of the site has quite a few articles that might help, or your local council's housing department might be able to give you more advise.
*shrug*
You could always set fire to the house.
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Best thing to do is to go to citizenadvicebureaue with your contract and discuss this with them. They are qualified and experienced enough to give you free and legal advice on this. Next time, she visits you unexpectedly you will be in a better position to kick her arse.
Good luck :thumb: