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Do tenants need to give their landlord notice they are leaving if the landlord has already served a section 21?

May 5, 2022 by Tessa Shepperson

Notices

Here is a question to the blog clinic fast track from Katy (not her real name), who is a tenant. Hello. Our landlord of 3 years served us an eviction notice of 6 months three months ago. We have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Readers problems Tagged With: Tenants Notice

Can I charge my tenant for a lock change if they lose their keys?

March 21, 2022 by Mark Savill

Keys

Here is a question to the blog clinic from Margaret (not her real name) who is a tenant: My tenants have not returned one set of keys and claim they lost it. Can I withhold the cost of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Readers problems Tagged With: keys

My tenant is in prison, can I repossess the property?

February 15, 2022 by Tessa Shepperson

keys

This is a question from Sally who is a managing agent A Tenant owed rent and since he failed to communicate on arriving at the property the landlord was made aware that the tenant is in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News and comment, Readers problems Tagged With: abandonment, Prison

My Landlord wants to increase my rent! Can they do this?

February 2, 2022 by Tessa Shepperson

The dispair of a landlord whose tenant is not paying rent

Here is a question to the blog clinic from Leslie who is a tenant Been renting my property for 6-7 years never defaulted. I have had an email saying my rent is to be increased from £900 to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Readers problems Tagged With: rent, Rent Increase

Tenant asks if he is allowed to refuse access to his landlord for new tenant viewings

January 17, 2022 by Tessa Shepperson

Open door - showing round new tenants

Here is a question to the blog clinic from Mike, who is a tenant. I have a question regarding tenants rights to refuse viewings during covid times. We recently chose to move flat after our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Readers problems

Question on Ground 2 notices for mortgages that postdate the tenancy

December 22, 2021 by Tessa Shepperson

Here is a question to the blog clinic from Neil who is a landlord. Due to careful mortgage arrangements and business considerations, I have four flats with no mortgages. This enables me to arrange … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Readers problems

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The Clinic in a Nutshell

- You send us your problem using our special form
- We post it as a normal blog post, do our answer and ask readers to comment
- You agree that you won't hold people responsible (or legally liable) if they give a wrong answer
- You understand that you may not get any readers answers - it is up to readers whether they comment or not
- We won't publish everything - whether or not we publish someone's question is entirely up to us
- However if you use the Fast Track service you will get your question answered within 14 days or your money back

We may be able to help with problems with:

- Tenancy agreements
- Tenancy deposits
- HMOs
- Disrepair issues
- Eviction
- Harassment
(This is not an exhaustive list!)

However we won’t publish questions on:

- Long leases
- Commercial tenancies
- Agricultural tenancies
- Owner occupier problems
- Rented properties outside England & Wales UK
- Neighbour disputes (unless perhaps they are landlord and tenant related)
- Social housing problems (eg where the local authority or a housing association is your landlord)

So please do not ask question on these topics.

Recent Blog Clinic Posts

Notices

Do tenants need to give their landlord notice they are leaving if the landlord has already served a section 21?

Keys

Can I charge my tenant for a lock change if they lose their keys?

keys

My tenant is in prison, can I repossess the property?

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Disclaimer

The purpose of this blog is to provide information, comment and discussion.

Although Tessa, or guest bloggers, may from time to time, give helpful comments to readers' questions, these can only be based on the information given by the reader in his or her comment, which may not contain all material facts.

Any comments or suggestions provided by Tessa or any guest bloggers should not, therefore be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice from a qualified lawyer regarding any actual legal issue or dispute.

Nothing on this website should be construed as legal advice or perceived as creating a lawyer-client relationship (apart from the Fast Track block clinic service - so far as the questioners only are concerned).

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