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SillyNanny321 Sun 10-Jun-18 10:12:36

Hi Gnetters has anyone else had my problem. I stupidly sold my house years ago & rented on the advice of family & friends. Moved a couple of times till I found what I thought would be the last. After 8 years & spending time & money on making this my home I am told that the property is now being sold as an investment with sitting tenant! Nothing to stop someone saying that they will keep me here then either putting the rent up to an amount I cannot afford or telling me that I have to go as they want to move in themselves. I have 3 cats buried in the garden under plants that are really lovely now having been there for several years now.
I have bushes & trees brought with me through the previous moves. They are now beautiful trees in their prime which this time I cannot dig up & take with me. They will probably be cut down as most people now do not want the bother of trees. That will break my heart as will leaving my home! The most stupid thing I have done in my 73 years was selling my house! How on earth do I get through this? Any ideas would be welcome please!

jenpax Mon 11-Jun-18 16:37:09

My advice is accurate as I am a lawyer working for Citizens Advice as you will see if you read my post

suzied Mon 11-Jun-18 17:36:53

Don't assume your new landlord will be happy to maintain the status quo. We know people who bought a bungalow with sitting tenants as it was cheap. They eventually got the tenants out and renovated the property to live in themselves. The tenants were rehoused by a housing association. Until you know the intentions of the new owners it would be wise to maybe register with the council or HA. Hopefully you will be able to stay but its wise to take advice.

CassieJ Mon 11-Jun-18 17:39:52

You need to contact Shelter. I am on the tenancy matters UK on Facebook and they never recommend CAB. They say they give incorrect advice and don't enough about housing issues. The Facebook group give excellent advice.

For a landlord to evict you, they need a section 21 which gives you two months rights to move out. This is when you can apply to council.

Quite lightly you will be fine and the new buyer will want you as a tenant. Just make sure you read up on your rights.

I also sold my house and started to rent, it is the worst thing I could have done as there is no real protection in renting as you can be asked to leave at any time.

jenpax Tue 12-Jun-18 07:07:08

CassieJ That’s an unwarranted slur by the tenancy matters group! Citizens advice advisers have rigorous training by Shelter as part of their learning, none of the advisers can advise until they have under gone comprehensive legal training! I supervise a team of 20 at a time and we obtain consistently excellent quality of advice audit scores. All my advisers run potential advice before me prior to speaking to the client and I am legally trained with over 20 years experience!!