Posession notice COURT CASE FINISHED

[Pol Anorl]

Just received our possession notice today from the courts for the flat we currently live in,

Story in short:

Moved in feb 2013, agreement was pay whatever the council will pay for rent which was about £346 (landlord assumed it was £400)

we didn't know until the first month had been paid that was the case but we continued to pay until the landlord got arsey with us as it wasn't what she expected.

We went a month with no hot water or heating as we had no boiler, it eventually got fitted at my partners grandmothers expense and was fitted by a non gas safe bloke which was arranged by the landlord, this was put right at our expense.

The bath was a half sized bath and was absolutely fucked, the sink was also broken, chipped and hanging off the wall, the toilet cistern is broken and doesn't flush you have to put your hand inside to do it (still do now 14 months on) i replaced the bath and sink at my expense, not the toilet as my plumbing knowledge only goes so far and funds where tight.

Most of the walls have damp and mold over them which need to be cleaned weekly.

3 of the 6 plug sockets don't work.

The old boiler control switch is still on the wall, damaged with live wires semi exposed.

We ended up paying a top-up on the rent out of our pockets to make the £400 she expected it would be and she still refused to do repairs due to "lack of money"

she got fed up with waiting for us to pay the housing benefit into her bank so she lied to the council telling them we haven't paid her rent for 8 weeks just so they would think we have been keeping it so they pay it direct to her, because of this they stopped our housing benefit and she got no rent which meant she demanded money from us to pay for the rent she didn't get due to her lies.

My partner started work over Christmas and housing benefit was stopped due to a misunderstanding, we had no idea about this as we no longer see the amount of money we get, until the 16th December an eviction notice landed on our doorstep due to non payment of rent in November or December.

After a lengthy phone call we semi sorted it out and landlord wrote to us agreeing she will write the arrears off if we keep paying rent like normal and retract the eviction notice so we did.

After another mix up with housing benefit the landlord got overpaid £110 and has to pay it back which she is demanding from us as its coming out of her pocket. and we technically still owe her it (we wouldnt have to if she hadn't lied to the council in the first place as we would of known)

Because of this we received a possession notice to attend court on may 28th for the rent arrears of £110...

The possession notice is full of lies i.e the rent shes claiming the agreed amount was £412 a month when in fact it was whatever housing benefit would pay which she then changed to £400 because she wasn't getting enough.

we have a statement of our recent payments which clearly show her lies
in feb 2014 we paid £313.76, then just below it says again feb 2014: £346
housing benefit pay around £360 and we pay £40 none of this is mentioned.

Would the old eviction notice still stand even though she said she will remove it and wipe the arrears

the landlord wants us to leave + pay the court fees aswell.
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[fatpies]

It is obviously a scummer landlord, of which there are far too many.

Go to court, provide evidence your evidence win.


Find somewhere else.





















Of course if I were younger I would be tempted to do this. Block the sink, and put towels under the doors and use a hammer to smash one of the taps to flood the place and cause massive structural damage.


Must have been poor maintenance, as when I was there everything was broken.....


Older and wiser I would simply go to court, win, then find some other place.
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[Pol Anorl]

Yeah weve been looking for a couple of months now, i spent a fair bit re-decorating this place only for the mold to ruin it, this was unknown when we moved in as 99% of the flat was painted white and wallpapered by a moron so it was hidden.

I have no doubt we will win in court but there is still money owed which i know the court will want us to pay, i don't feel i should pay a single penny to the landlord.

The landlord even forced my gf into working for her for below minimum wage just to help pay the rent.

best bit.. the landlord is her auntie.
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[P.addy]

So, stop paying any money from now.

Do the auntie, back doors n all.

Get physical. Remove anything of value.

[stinkwheel]

In your position, I'd have been looking for somewhere else by about March 2013 which would have given me plenty of time to find somewhere by now.

The writing was on the wall when you moved in.

My mortgage is only £420...
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[J4mes]

Did you sign any agreements or put a deposit down (which has to go in a proper deposit scheme, not in the lords pocket) or did you just do it all cash in hand on the quiet?

[Rogerborg]

[dydey90]

£400 in rent for a dump? I'm paying £400 now (admittedly in a houseshare) and I'm living in an awesome place!

Saying that, my first rental was £450 for a 2 bed terrace that was falling apart and that one didn't have bills included.

Anyway, sounds like the best thing for you at the minute is evidence. Write everything down, dig out copies of everything with a pound sign on it and possibly record conversations with the landlord. Remember, you have more rights than she does here.
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[Pol Anorl]

we where given a tenancy agreement which was printed off the internet with I think says £400 so still less than the £412 she claims it is. This was only for 6 months, we weren't given a new tenancy so im now guessing were on a monthly contract.

We pestered he landlord for ages to actually get the tenancy agreement and we have no rent book after months of asking.

The landlord has been round a few times attempting to let herself in when the rent wasn't paid on time, we had to change the locks because of this.

And she has phoned our house phone repeatedly if the rent was a day or 2 late ringing between 9am and 11pm leaving nasty voicemails.
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[Pol Anorl]

[Tracey Suntan-King]

If the LL is a relative this all boils down to whether you want to be as shitty as she has been or whether you want maintain "family" relationships.

She is well outside housing law on several counts and making your GF work for her for less than NMW is illegal and I wonder where the LL stands on PAYE, NI etc.

If you don't care about ending the "family" side of things, counter-claim citing all of the above. Get the police involved because you're suffering harassment and your GF being subject to forced labour.

If you do want to preserve the "family" side you can't do anything except pay up and reason with her. She doesn't deserve such civilised treatment though.

In the meantime find another place ASAP.
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[gavcarter]

when you find somewhere else, lift a few boards, do a 1 + 2 before replacing them.

Do this as many times as possible, Also if you have any frozen meat, cut it into golf ball sized chunks, and find as many out of sight little holes as possible to hide it - behind skirting boards, air vents ( if wall is cavity you can put a fair amount up there just be unscrewing the plastic vent cover)

This is of course after arse-raping her in court for being a greedy 2 faced twat

[wr6133]

Torch her car

It'll make you feel better

[Robby]

The rent should be whatever it says in your contract. If you don't have a contract (to protect both sides), then you're not tenants. You're squatters, who felt like occasionally giving the owner of the property some money.

If you provided a deposit, I assume you were shown proof that the deposit was kept secure by a third party. If not, that gets a bit sticky for the landlord.

Regardless of the outcome, it looks like you'll be moving.

[CaNsA]

[Rogerborg]

Oh, get down to the local council and tell them that you're about to become homeless.

Better a B&B than a cardboard box.
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[Pol Anorl]

[CaNsA]

So you stayed for 14months...
fail bro, just fail.

[Pol Anorl]

FUMING

Gf got this erlier from landlords daughter via facebook...
How fucking rude is this!

https://i.imgur.com/MwlAdqg.jpg
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

[P.addy]

Reply with "what flat?" then when she says your one... "that burnt down ages ago, hence we tried getting in contact etc"

Post reply.

[Rogerborg]

Why are you still there?
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[hellkat]

Is this a council flat that she is subletting to you?
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[Marmalade]

Yes, it'll be shortly but i seem to have accidentally dropped a hammer in the bath i fitted while changing a light bulb and the boiler needs a new circuit board as the one that was in there seems to have fallen out.
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[hellkat]

Paul, I tried to text you to ask the above, but getting no response at present.
So anyway: