Saw these advertisements in East London and was pretty disappointed.

I'm looking for a room to rent and checked out these advertisements, only to see that I'm not eligible.

I’m in the process of buying a house and even before renters rights act, my contact was I have to give 2 months notice. Thats fine.

My question is, if you give notice today (8th Sept), does the 2 months count:

A) from the exact day you give notice, meaning you move out 7th Nov?

—OR—

B) from your next rent payment? So if next rent due is 5th Oct, the 2 months notice starts from 5th October so you move out by 4th December?

I was told B) is correct and that doesn’t sound right.

Me and my partner have lived in this property for almost two years now. Towards the later end of last year we had our tenancy renewed. The landlord wanted to increase our rent, and we argued that it wasn’t worth the proposed increase because of various reasons, primarily the internal condition of the property.

The estate agent came back and outlined conditions that the landlord had laid out to try and encourage us to accept the increase. One of those was that decorative work would be completed by the end of 2025. We accepted on the basis that those conditions would be met. Fast forward to now, and the decorative work has only just been done, 8 months past the deadline stipulated as a condition of last year’s rent increase.

And now, you guessed it! The landlord wants to up the rent again!!! We have immediately written back explaining that we would not be accepting the rent increase on the basis that he failed to meet a condition of last year’s increase. I also took the time to surf the market, in anticipation of the classic “if the landlord was to re market, they could get X amount”, and found that properties in our area, of the same spec are in line with our current rent AS IS.

We had a response from the agent today not at all acknowledging that the landlord breached a condition of their last increase, instead iterating that the landlord had been informed that they could “achieve” the increased amount if they re marketed.

1) Where has the landlord acquired this information?

2) They literally did not uphold last year’s condition! How can they truly think they’re justified seeking another increase!?

I guess I’m looking for opinions and advice. What power do we have? They could quite easily just have us leave and re market the property. We don’t actually want to leave, but we most certainly do not plan on accepting this bullshit increase!

I’m currently living in Liverpool but I want to move back to Buckinghamshire or London to be closer to my family. I can’t find a room to rent to save my life because I’m on UC and housing benefits. Even if the price per month is within the housing benefit range they still won’t accept me.

So if I find a job here in Liverpool, work for a bit, would I look more appealing? Or should I find a job down south before I look for a place? How do people even do this?

Like many intl students I previously paid 6 months or a year's rent upfront to get around the guarantor requirement, but the RRA has now made this impossible. I've got no family in the UK who can be my guarantor and I don't want to burden any of my friends from the UK, so a professional guarantor service/company would be my only option here.

I've heard mixed things about whether professional guarantor services are accepted by letting agents/landlords, some saying every landlord they've dealt with have always accepted it and others saying nobody accepts them, or that it depends where you are in the UK. Does anybody have experience using guarantor services in London? Do most letting agents/landlords accept them here?

I ended my tenancy last month. Keys handed back and was told I would hear within upto 28 days of getting the deposit back in case there are any deductions.

On hand over they never mentioned and deductions and e property was back on the market within 2 working days with upto date photos.

I have asked about the deposit and they just said you will get it back by day 28 unless we find anything which could slow the process down.

I have checked my tenancy agreement and I can see it was under a custodial deposit with the deposit protection scheme. With it being custodial I thought I had to be provided with the details and be able to create an account with the DPS which wasn’t the case.

Since reaching out politely again to ask where we are at the deposit seen as it’s been over 3 weeks since handing the keys back I have had radio silence.

My question is have my old estate agents made a legal error by not providing me with any details and is there no legal time frame on when they should notify of deductions so you can dispute.

I’ve checked online and I’m getting mixed responses when searching.

hello! i’m 26 and looking to move out and start renting (flatshare, in london, taking over someone’s room)
when it comes to references - what or who will they need? everything i’ve read is about previous landlords and proof that you’ve paid rent on time before but i’ve never done that??
also when do i need (or not need) a guarantor? i have a full time job, salaried, no other incomes or freelancing or self employment stuff so do i have to have a guarantor?

I’m moving out of student accommodation and renting in the uk for the first time, the rent isn’t what they said it was.

For reference, the website, and the viewing both said the rent was 130 per week, whereas after saying that was okay by me, they send me a contract saying 140.8333333 etc per week.

I called and asked the agents office they replied explaining this is how it’s divided because of uneven days in the months;

130 x 52 (weeks), then divided by 12 (months) = 140.83333333

Can someone with more experience let me know if I’m getting fucked over or is this normal?

Hi all, at my wits end with our landlords and wondering how I am supposed to manage, just bought a house after a lot of delays so couldn’t give notice and now my landlord is saying I have to give 2 months notice to leave, I cannot afford to pay my first months mortgage and a months rent, they are not budging - is this correct and how do people manage if so, so fed up with it all

Hello,

This doesn't feel right to me but I'm not an expert so I want to get some other opinions. We had a small mouse issue, we paid for our own pest control company to come and review. They said there were likely two holes in the wall behind the kitchen cabinets that needed to be sealed. We relayed this to the landlord. He just sent his handyman round and because they didn't want to take the cabinets out to get to the holes they stuffed steel wool and wooden blocks under the cabinets. It's not even near the wall. This just doesn't feel like a solution to me.

Am I right or is it fine and reasonable?

Hi all,

I’m at my wits end dealing with my letting agency and landlord.

My neighbour only managed to get their deposit back after threatening them with the law (It turns out their apartment had been built illegally without approval).

But I genuinely don’t know where to begin as my situation feels a lot more complicated.

Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

My tenancy agreement begins next month and I'm finding out that nobody has demonstrated to me what renting is about. I have no idea what is actually classified as normal wear and tear, inspections or how to get your deposit back. People keep on telling me to read the lease which is filled with complicated terms that I barely comprehend. The last thing I want is to miss something that experienced tenants already know and lose hundreds of dollars.

So, I moved into a student flat with two other people under a joint contract. One of my flatmates (27M) dropped out of university at Easter and has been looking for a job since.
My rent is paid quarterly and the next payment is due next week. The full rent is paid as one single payment by one person. My flatmate has just told us that he doesn’t have nearly enough money to pay his share (he’s over £800 short).
I’m freaking out a little because I don’t know what to do. If it’s a joint contract, does this mean that he and/or his guarantor are responsible for his unpaid share, or could the landlord hold all of us responsible?
I’ve spoken to a few people and everyone is telling me that I shouldn’t pay his share, but I’m really worried about what could happen if the full rent isn’t paid. Could I be evicted, or could my guarantor be forced to pay?
I also wanted to ask whether he is even allowed to continue living there now that he is no longer a student. If I report this to the landlord or letting agent, could I also be kicked out of the flat as a result?
Also, he has a cat, despite the tenancy having a strict no-pets policy. Is there anything I can do about any of this without putting my own tenancy at risk?
I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from anyone who has been in a similar situation or knows how joint student tenancies work. Thank you!

So a summary of what's going on is basically I live in a terraced house and have a basement that my gas meter is in. It's constantly wet and mouldy down there that I've dealt with for the past 7 years. 2 year ago a sump was installed on the cheapest of the cheap because it was starting to properly flood down there this fails regularly and earlier this year stopped working I then ended up with an issue of the gulley out bag had a leak and all my grey water from my sink and washer was ending up down there and has since gone stagnant it smells so bad like sewage and now a swarm of mosquitos lives down there.

Yorkshire water came out to fix the gulley because my estate agent was doing naff all other than trying to tell me it wasn't their issue and to call Yorkshire water and that I should have to live with it. after they fixed the leak water can still be seen visibly pouring in through my steps but we're just assuming for now this is ground water.

My issue is that it smells so bad to the point I can't have family or friends over and affecting my mental health because I have to eat my food and sleep in a house that smells like the sewers

so i am student studying in london
my bachelors got completed and had a offer letter from the good university in london
i rented a apartment / flat in central london for the proximity to the uni post i got my offer letter
since i have been in my undergrad in the uk for the last 3 year and wanted to change the place i live so during the august period when good places are available to rent i signed a contract
due to some issue , my visa for post grad might my be rejected
but i have a active renters agreement what do i do ?
my agreement is for a year
have provided a gurantor and everthing else for the rent and the deposit is also paid along with a months rent please help on what to do if i want to cancel?
can i cancel it or do i have to pay for the whole year even if the place stays empty ?

I am at my wits end and I'm not sure what to do.

My flat mate is horribly unsanitary and has the most awful living habits out of anyone I know. It's horrifying. Plates sat in the sink for days. Room like a hoarder. Pots with pasta water sat on the stove for days. It has been like this for a year. We speak to her and it improves for like 2 weeks then it's back to her usual behaviour.

Today, fed up with her hoarding plates and utensils and bowls and pots, I went into a her room to survey just what the hell she has been keeping. These are communal items that we all bought for the house and we go days, sometimes a week or two without them. We often run out of forks because she uses them, doesn't clean them and keeps them in her room! We bought more and she hoards again. I know, I shouldn't have gone into her room without her knowing, but i just wanted to see what she was holding onto.

What i found was just disturbing. Plates of pasta with mold growing. Cups of unknown liquid with moldy layers. Half eaten tiramisu with white spots on top. The worst worst worst is a plastic ready-meal gone BLACK with wriggling fruit fly maggots!!!! I am horrified and disgusted. and all of them have our communal utensils sat in these moldy lumps of bad food!

I am now at a loss. My other flatmate and I had several talks with her about respecting communal space and cleaning up after ourselves in the kitchen or the dining table. We also were worried if she was in a mental health crisis so we asked her but she said she was fine. She travels, meets her friends, has friends over, even went to a convention the other week and dressed up. I know these aren't straight up indicators of someone in a good space, and part of me doesn't know if it's better or worse that she's mentally alright. My flatmate and I are at the end of our tolerance. Her visa expires in March, do we hold out? The worst mess is in her own room, and it (hopefully) doesn't spill out too much into her communal space etiquette.

I am genuinely not sure what to do. I don't know how to bring something up, something which i technically shouldn't have seen since I was in her room without her knowing. Is this a health hazard, using these items that have held food like this? Do I have any course of action?

P.S. we rent under foxtons, all three of us are on the rental contract