Hi all,
I am looking for some advice with regard to a situation we have with our landlord.
Our lease is due to expire at the end of nov and we were quite happy to renew this. We met with our landlord a couple days ago to finalise rental price etc and he requested that the rent cheque be paid now (this is a month before our new contract is due to start). My first question is: is the landlord legally allowed to request early payment (its not a post-dated cheque he is requesting) of the annual rent?
We have explained that our rental allowance will not be paid to us until the anniversary of the renewal of our rent, so are only able to provide a post-dated cheque in line with the date the new contract starts.
Ever since, my husband has received numerous calls asking if there is any way that we could provide the rent early - he has explained over and over that there is no way we can pay the rent early!
We are suspicious that the landlord is due to make one of the stage payments on the property and is the reason for the urgency in receiving the cheque. My second questions is: if the landlord defaults on the stage payment, do we have any rights as tenants?
I have tried to call the rent committee numerous times, but on my call getting transferred to the appropriate person, it is never answered.
Any advice you can provide would be great... Confused as to what to do...
Many thanks in advance
I am looking for some advice with regard to a situation we have with our landlord.
Our lease is due to expire at the end of nov and we were quite happy to renew this. We met with our landlord a couple days ago to finalise rental price etc and he requested that the rent cheque be paid now (this is a month before our new contract is due to start). My first question is: is the landlord legally allowed to request early payment (its not a post-dated cheque he is requesting) of the annual rent?
We have explained that our rental allowance will not be paid to us until the anniversary of the renewal of our rent, so are only able to provide a post-dated cheque in line with the date the new contract starts.
Ever since, my husband has received numerous calls asking if there is any way that we could provide the rent early - he has explained over and over that there is no way we can pay the rent early!
We are suspicious that the landlord is due to make one of the stage payments on the property and is the reason for the urgency in receiving the cheque. My second questions is: if the landlord defaults on the stage payment, do we have any rights as tenants?
I have tried to call the rent committee numerous times, but on my call getting transferred to the appropriate person, it is never answered.
Any advice you can provide would be great... Confused as to what to do...
Many thanks in advance