My nephew left a room near Cardiff University after 2 weeks. The landlord now says that he has to keep payng £240.00 a month until next June (2008) even though he is not there. Has anyone else experienced this. Is this normal or is it a con? Anyone else suffered this?
2007-11-23 07:05:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
its a con you can only be made to pay for what any notice period would have been (normally two months)
2007-11-23 07:08:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
If he signed a tenancy agreement for the specified period and the landlord is not in breach of the agreement then the landlord has a right to charge the money for the time left on the agreement. However a lot depends on why your nephew left the property after just 2 weeks.
I work for Cardiff council and deal with many landlords in the city, if you want to e-mail me with more specifics then I'd be happy to point you in the right direction.
2007-11-23 15:11:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Cardiff?
OMG the landlords down there are sharks! We left Cardiff and moved up into the valleys to buy a house because we were sick of being scammed by Cardiff landlords!
Something similar happened to my brother - he's at RWCMD and he rented a room but after a few months just couldnt' manage the rent so he moved back in with our mum (she lives in Newport and he has to commute into Cardiff everyday to go to college but its still cheaper than renting).
The landlord told him he had to carry on paying the rent because of the contract he'd signed and because it was "too late in the term to let it out to another student" (bollox, there are always students looking for accommodation mid-term)
Your nephew might need to check his contract, as Sian P says if he signed the contract until June 2008 and left without good reason he might not be able to get out of paying. HOWEVER - I would strongly advise you to go to the CAB on this one and get some expert advice on his position because from my extensive experience with Cardiff landlords most of them are total scammers and crooks I'm afraid to say, especially those who rent to students, and if they think they can try something on they WILL! Been there done that and lost a lot of money through being bullied and scammed by these people (I graduated in 2001 from Cardiff Uni btw).
Good luck, and hope you get it sorted out.
2007-11-24 18:55:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all is this university housing or public rentals. It might make a difference. If it is public housing and he signed a lease then yes he has to pay the rent unless the landlord can find a new tennant then maybe he can get out of payign the remainder of the lease. if it is unversity housing then maybe a different story. Yoiu might be able to get a prorated rated if it was university housing. Either way it sounds like your nephew is responsible to pay the rent. sorry to tell ya he screwed up.
2007-11-23 15:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by poof10958 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he has signed an agreement of a certain term then he is liable for the full amount, reduced by any rents that the landlord collects from a replacement tenant. If it takes the landlord a fortnight to place a new tenant, he's liable for a fortnight's rent. If it takes 2 months, that's what he's liable for.
2007-11-23 15:59:47 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is being conned, a months rent in lue of notice is all that is required.
If the landlord starts getting shirty, tell him you know it's a con and you are prepared to involve the police.
2007-11-23 15:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anchor Cranker 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
did he sign a contract for 9 months? or was the lease for 9months. see a solicitor soon.
2007-11-23 15:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by heavymetalbitch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
could he find another student willing to take the room on ?
2007-11-23 15:57:21 · answer #8 · answered by seaview 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he prob signed a rental agreement for a year, if he has then its legal.
2007-11-23 15:09:40 · answer #9 · answered by jockman432004 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋