My father signed a contract that he cannot follow with the landlord. Please help!

I dont give a hoot about typos.
You are failing to understand the reason you collect evidence.
They arent completely useless as they give me a record of what the damage is on the date they were taken. This is useful to put together with the rest of the information when it is collected. There are still several areas that remain unknown in this case. That is why the OP needs to see someone for a proper assessment.

Lol he asked me, you're so desperate, go away.
I'm sure he'll ask you something soon.



If you move and you did the damage, or it's not proven that you didn't do it, because you're stipulated/signed the contract saying you're responsible for repairs, yes. You will have to. Unless you get council in beforehand or contact a professional consultant off this website to advise you properly, with papers, in person, and they tell you otherwise with documented proof that it's not your responsibility. 999tigger and I can compete all day with who is right but essentially you have to hop your bottom off here and go to an office and ask them. Either way everyone here knows this landlord is wrong. So there's a start. However you did sign that bloody contract....

Thank you to both of you! Very useful information!

Sort of....but they signed the contract. Unethical or not, if they don't get a professional to say they don't need to fix anything, they're stuck on their own with the stipulations of the contract...

No I understand the reason and yes the photos taken now is better than never.

However, again, it's useless because they prove nothing. What the photos seeks to prove, my dear, is that the damages were there before they moved in! You cannot prove this with photos today! They didn't move in today!

Any professional let's say they take this to court with these photos, the judge will roll their eyes like doesn't prove anything. You're on about being an "advice worker" but you don't have the final say buddy. Why do you gather "evidence?"

For court! And the court won't accept photos proving that the damages were there BEFORE if they're taken AFTER!

Or they can say no, we dispute this and wait. The contract is void anyway... The deposit will be in limbo for some time but either the landlord will fold or take them to court and if that happens they can get a professional to say that.

My iditot of a dad didn’t read the contract (which stated that he needs to fix windows, furniture etc which were ALREADY BROKEN when we moved to the house). He didn’t consult my mother with this and she just found out and she's really furious. She looks like she's ready to cry at any moment.

We're working class people barely scraping the rent. We can’t afford to fix everything, how can he get out of the contract? Please please help!

I'm really scared as to what will happen when my dad gets home.

Feels, my last landlord tried to get me to pay a £1,000 energy bill from when the property was empty...

Also OP, you could always make a claim to the OFT https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284440/oft356.pdf they may be able to make a quick assessment and void terms in the contract.

I never said they proved that the damage was pre-existing. I said it provides a record of the situation from that date. If's a precautionary (you don't know what the LL will say), preventive ( they may claim even more damage) and informational measure (it will let the person interviewing see the nature of the damage).

The OP hasnt provided the relevant details of when they moved in. It could have been a few days ago or it could have been three years ago for all I know. All she said her father has signed a contract and her mother is unhappy. That would indicate it was recent, although the language problems could mean it is lost in translation and her mother only recently discovered this.

Theres also no need for a prosecution or enforcement action as they simply refuse to repair if the items are covered by s11 as any term seeking to shift and evade this obligation is void. Until the OP's parent is interviewed and tenancy reviewed then you cannot say much about what the true situation is.

Hi, I can confirm that we have lived in this house for almost 3 years and my dad received the copy of the contract yesterday. The landlord did a routine inspection recently and she gave him that contract to sign. My mum read it this evening.