I am renewing my tenancy on the property I rent. The property manager is horrid and I don't get on with her. She continually writes Miss even though I cross it out everytime and write Mrs. She wrote to me after only 2 months in the property with the notice to quit and the form to ask if you want to stay which I sent straight back. Now she has sent me the form to continue the tenancy 2 days before the tenancy is due to start !!! She wrote 'do not date' across the date bit but I thought that was so she could backdate it and make out I hadn't sent it back so I rubbed it out and dated it.
She has now sent me a new form saying that if I date it it makes it invalid?? Why is this and what should I do? The letting agents know she doesn't get on with quite a few of the tennants but they seem to do nothing.
Would signing the memorandom and dating it make it invalid ?
2006-10-03 23:33:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Its a 6 monthly renewable contract.
2006-10-04 00:18:37 · update #1
I'm also worried that if I cause trouble over this..ie- mention it to the manager I will end up losing my contract with them....I just know this isn't right.
2006-10-04 00:28:41 · update #2
Hi Beccy.
Seems that the lettings manager is being a bit of a pain.
Lets do this a stage at a time.
1. Forget the title bit at this stage, I know it's annoying but it is not overly significant.
2. The reason you were sent a notice to quit is it sounds like you have an unsecured tenancy renewable every 3 months, this means that you are given 1 month notice to quit. It is a formality, so don't worry too much about it.
3. Sending you a renewal form 2 days before the deadline date is a bit naughty because the form could have been sent with the notice to quit. It sounds as though that this is what should have happened and the manager forgot (NEGLIGENCE).
4. She probably wants the date left blank so she can back date the document to cover up the negligence. This is a legal document and should be dated at the time of signing.
5. It does not invalidate the document, it validates it at the time of signing.
Go and see a solicitor and tell them what has been going on. Try and find out who the other tenants are and see what else she has been up to then put a detailed letter together and give it to your solicitor, i.e get more evidence then tell the letting agents that you will go to the press with it.
Also ask this manager which planet she got her law degree from?
If she doesn't have a law degree tell her to go and get one before she starts quoting the law to people.
Good luck.
2006-10-04 00:06:01 · answer #1 · answered by LYN W 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No - she wants the date left blank so she can enter the best date for her.
Some legal documents have to be dated before or after certain events ie you cant sign off company accounts until after the year end because that just wouldnt make sense. It may be that this document also needs to be dated before the tenancy starts but I would get professional advice - the letting agent should be able to advise you as this is what they do all day afterall.
2006-10-03 23:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by joe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's perfectly normal to send a notice to quit soon after the start of the tenancy. With regards to the new tenancy agreement, it shouldn't really matter if you date your signature but the date on the front has to exactly reflect the tenancy period. Eg, if you pay monthly and your tenancy begins on 4th October, then your tenancy period is between 4th of each month and 3rd of the next month. Dates have to be exactly right on contracts. You certainly shouldn't be asked to sign the next notice to quit before the next tenancy begins. Maybe your landlady is not very nice, but she's probably just making sure everything is accurate to protect herself.
2006-10-04 00:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by moonbeam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your own solicitor and get some proper advice about this - law in Scotland is different from law in England for example- and this is way too an important matter to leave to guess work or someone answering a Yahoo question.
2006-10-03 23:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
date it and get it witnessed if she alters again she is acting illegally also copy twice and give to your witness and tell her you have done so ,you may have a case for an asbo protecting you from her strange and unusual behavior are there monies involved re deposits may be systematticpurloin of funds by harassment
2006-10-04 00:22:00 · answer #5 · answered by joseph m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Signing AND Dating a document are part of what makes it valid.
2006-10-03 23:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Totally agree with Mo - take legal advice.
2006-10-03 23:44:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to the C.A.B don't let her intimidate you.........she'll probably sh.it herself.......
2006-10-03 23:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by EMA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋