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If a person moves into a house and accepts the rent prices can the landlord after about 18 months legally put the rent up, she hasn't altered any thing in the house to warrent this?
Sue

i dont know leagalitys but a lot do that ive heard

if they want you out maybe
or trying to get more money out of you

depends if there was a rent contract i would think . Try the citizens advice bureau

Council rents go up every year

If there is no Tenancy Agreement the Landlord (and the tenant) can more or less do as they please.

However, contract or not, a decent Landlord would give notice of intention to raise the rent, and it would be by a reasonable amount, not a blatant profit making scheme.
After 18 months, I guess it's not unexpected for the rent to go up a bit, after all, everything else costs more now, and quite likely the Landlord's mortgage on the property has gone up too.

If there is a Tenancy Agreement, there might well be something included about length of notice the Landlord should give the tenant ref: rent rise, but not necessarily.

K

P.S. On a short term tenancy agreement I've given 3 months notice of a rent rise to the tenant, but we have a long term tenant in one house and we give 6 months notice to her .

Rent usually goes up annually.

You can raise the rent, with notice, and as long as it falls within a certain percentage of the existing rent.... after all, inflation affects everyone..... the amount mustn't be extortionate, though. If there is no tenancy agreement, then that would be difficult.... as Karen says, no agreement, either party can do more or less as they wish... and a landlord/tenant might end up paying whacking legal costs to sort something out. I didn't think you could rent property out now without an agreement, so presumably there is one in place.

Love

Daff xxxx

Rent will go up, but don't they have to give some decent warning?
The Councils do.
Deanna X

Hi Sue, wheather or not you have a tenancy agreement, you can go to the rent tribunal and they will decide what is a fair rent.

This is a free service,and either your town hall, or the CAB will tell you how to get in touch.

Yes the landlord can raise the rent, If cost of living gone up re inflation then rent can go up to, if the tenant thinks it is unreasonable they can go to the rent tribunal which the local council would put them in touch with.

There should be a period of notice to the tenant informing them of the increase.

I rent out houses and I havent had to increase rent this year as the mortgage rates are so low.


Check the tenancy agreement ( there should be one, if there isnt the landlord is letting illegally) for notice periods.

Thankyou all so much for your replies I will tell my neighbour