Advice on landlord needed ...anyone?

coley

coley

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Ill keep this as brief as possible.

Last sept me and my missus moved into a property advertised as a ground floor flat (as it says on the contract).

Its a house split in two.

No worries its been great here. :D What we didnt know was that the landlord never got planning permission to split the house into 2 seperate entities and the old crow next door has grassed him up :evil: .

They have come round and told him he must make it one dwelling again and as a result the only way we can stay here is if we share our living room and kitchen with whoever he moves in upstairs. 8O :evil:

The upshot being we still gotta pay the same rent money for a whole lot less :evil: :evil: :evil: .

QUESTION: We have a contract from him stating its for a ground floor flat even though he didnt have permission to do that. We have until 25th sept to find a new house. Can we press him for compensation of some sort?

Any knowledge on this would be great.

Cheers Spotlighters
Coley 8)
 
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Coley,

Sounds like you will be wasting your time money pressing for any compensation from your landlord. Best cutting your losses and moving on - surely there's something similar in the local area?

Another option (if you really wanted to stay) would be to get your landlord to sort out the planning mess.

You need to establish the length of time that the flat has been sub-divided. Enforcement Action can only be taken by your local authority if the development violation is less than 4 years in existence; in other words
has the flat been sub-divided for more than 4 years? If so, your fine. ;)

Anything development occurring beyond the 4 year timescale (and not acted upon by the local authority) would constitute lawful development and is therefore excempt from Enforcement Notice.

Planning permission is required for sub-division otherwise. If it's been less than 4 years there's no harm in your landlord applying retrospectively in any event.

Hope this helps? Probably more useful for your landlord than for you!

Marcololo
 
Thanks for that Marcoloco, good stuff. 8)

Agreed it would be better to cut n run. Just needed to know where i stood.

Thanks 8)
 
Speak to someone with some authority but if you really wanted to persue it I'm sure you could try to claim damages. I study Law, just ring up a no win no fee company ( millions around ). You have literally nothing to lose, they take it on providing they will win basically, so with the substantial evidence you have you should have a case. I'm not clued up on the 4 year thing Marcoloco was talking about although it does a ring a bell. But like I said, I'm still an idiot so speak to someone with some knowledge.

Let us know what happens.
 
chewie_oo7 said:
coley said:
and the old crow next door has grassed him up :evil: .
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poison her, buy her house, knock it into one.
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Love to :evil:

She complained saying that we come in at all hours and boom music non stop.
Oh right, like the rent pays itself and I dont have to be up at 4 am every week day.

Unfortunately shes one of those rank old clangers that would be better of shipped to a war zone to be used as a sandbag :evil:
 
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