Landlord barges into room!!!

Lol why should I pay extra rent? I'm getting NO heating, let alone 'extra'. What's the point of getting ALL INCLUSIVE if your not even going to get heating which is suppose to be included! If he hadn't refused I wouldn't have bought an electric heater. Simple.

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A contract may exist, depending on the circumstances, without it actually being signed. Theoretically it does not even have to be written. Promisory estoppel and all that. Just depends what you mean by a contract. He does have rights, but in the scenario described I see nothing wrong with the actions of the landlord.



This implies offer and acceptance. Thus contract. Your acceptance would be you moving into the property. There was a case that turned on this issue, can't recall the name though.

They aren't costly to buy, but they're costly to run.

Have you done Land yet? Legal rights in Land can't exist without it being written, per LPA. I know that is the case with standard contracts, but there are significant limits on the usual law of contract when it's to do with real estate.

Depends whether you're talking equitable or legal. No legal right exists, per s. 53 (I think) LPA 1925, but you can still have various trust based rights through purely oral, or even implied, contractual agreements. If I were the LL I certainly would not fancy getting into the process of entangling the legal aspects of it at considerable expense (you'd likely swallow the year's rent in fees).

You're talking about C. 70 s.11(6) Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and 3A (a) of Protection from Eviction Act 1977, along with right to exclusive possession etc. from common law.

Punishment under PEA is a £400 fine or max 6 months in prison I think, though this is from memory and I am quite drunk.

Take it you've never been to court?

Most landlord / tenant stuff goes via small claims and you cannot claim costs. You don't even need a solicitor if you don't want one.
Certainly I've never bothered.

So I went back home for the weekends. My landlord texted me saying he will need access to my room to unplug a switch. As he was getting the electricity fixed for the house.

I replied telling him I was at my parent's house and that the switch was already off.

He then tells me he just went into my room, saw an electric heater which isnt allowed.

Really pissed off, I had not given him permission to enter my room. Makes me feel uneasy that he might do that when I'm in the room too.

Is he allowed?

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