I would doubt that if the Landlord has charged a fixed rate directly to the OP's daughter and organises the other tenants. To suddenly come up with "it is rented as a full unit and rent shared" won't wash it with the rtb especially if there's no written leaseTenants are jointly and severally liable for the rent, so he is justified in asking your daughter to pay the rent of the departed tenant. He is probably not interested in the money, he is interested in getting vacant possession.
That could be a licence and outside the scope of the RTB.I would doubt that if the Landlord has charged a fixed rate directly to the OP's daughter and organises the other tenants.
Even when I was renting with friends in the late 90s, when leases were a luxury, it was always understood that in a shared property, the full rent was payable by all the tenants living there, so if anybody left and we hadn't found a new tenant, we had to split the missing rent between us till a replacement tenant came. It comes as a surprise to me that in this day of tight market, nobody thought to split the missing rent to ensure that the full rent was kept up to date.I want to check what is the correct course of action to follow. My daughter has been a tenant for 6 years with two other tenants which have changed down the years, new tenants have come and gone. My daughter paid her fixed rent separately to the landlord as did the other two tenants. She was not asked to sign a lease at any point and she paid a deposit. She has not missed a rent payment in those 6 years.
A month ago the landlord served notice to quit to all the tenants for end of August 2024. One of the tenants left a few weeks ago. The landlord informed my daughter and the other tenant that their rent is now in arrears in other words he says that the house is let as a unit and that they are responsible for all the rent. This has never arisen before. He says that he is contacting PRTB about unpaid rent.
I am hoping to contact PRTB tomorrow.
1. If no lease was ever signed can my daughter ignore this warning?
2. What are her chances of getting back original deposit?
3. Can a landlord issue a notice to quit in April for the end of August to a tenant who has been resident for 6 years? What is the required length of time that a landlord must give to a tenant who has rented for 6 years given that no lease has been signed, only proof is banking payments for last 6 years as evidence of renting plus bills for electricity and gas.
See here for proper eviction procedure - has to follow instructions on this web page.I want to check what is the correct course of action to follow. My daughter has been a tenant for 6 years with two other tenants which have changed down the years, new tenants have come and gone. My daughter paid her fixed rent separately to the landlord as did the other two tenants. She was not asked to sign a lease at any point and she paid a deposit. She has not missed a rent payment in those 6 years.
A month ago the landlord served notice to quit to all the tenants for end of August 2024. One of the tenants left a few weeks ago. The landlord informed my daughter and the other tenant that their rent is now in arrears in other words he says that the house is let as a unit and that they are responsible for all the rent. This has never arisen before. He says that he is contacting PRTB about unpaid rent.
I am hoping to contact PRTB tomorrow.
1. If no lease was ever signed can my daughter ignore this warning?
2. What are her chances of getting back original deposit?
3. Can a landlord issue a notice to quit in April for the end of August to a tenant who has been resident for 6 years? What is the required length of time that a landlord must give to a tenant who has rented for 6 years given that no lease has been signed, only proof is banking payments for last 6 years as evidence of renting plus bills for electricity and gas.
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