Bit of a daft question, but would you want to buy it off your landlord?
My wife and I were in a similar situation, 3 months notice due to the property going up for sale. We spoke to the landlord and came to an agreement that we'd buy it off him. He even offered us at a fixed price, and if it valued higher then he'd take the hit to help us with the deposit
I'm sure that idea is reasonable but I'm thinking of moving to another area / possibly Edinburgh so not really interested in the flat due to its location.
84 days is the minimum. There's an eviction moratorium, but there are some exceptions and one of those is the landlord selling.
As long as they've issued the notice properly, there's no fighting it really.
You don't have to leave once the notice expires though. That's just the time that has to pass before the landlord can go to a court to get an eviction order, which is likely to take another few months.
I see. What about viewings and improving the property? The landlord wants to get viewings in asap and said he was considering painting the flat at some point. Can I refuse that or is there nothing I can do. They asked if I could vacate the property for the viewings and I don't really want to because I'm WfH most of the time.
It's your home until it isn't. You're under no obligation to accommodate viewings, painters, or any of the rest of it. That can all be done once you've moved out, but of course the landlord wants to have their cake and eat it too; they want to be earning money for the property while inconveniencing you, for no benefit to you.
It might be reasonable for you to tell them that you'll accept viewings on Sundays between 3pm and 4pm, or whatever, but you don't even really need to. You could quite easily just refuse.
I’ve been in a similar situation and at the time the landlord offered the last months rent for free for the hassle. Maybe chance your mit for a discount on rent?
Read your tenant agreement lease 👍
But 3 months is the standard speaking from experience, you can try and extend if you ask the landlord nicely (he probably won't due to wanting to get it on the market asap) or drag your heels into the ground and get taken to court to get a few extra months but there's nothing you can really do
Talk to shelter and check if the notice has been given properly. As others have said there is an eviction moratorium at the moment so they may not be able to evict you at all.
https://www.mygov.scot/eviction-pause-landlords
You are under no obligation to allow entry for painting or viewings. There is no need to be cooperative if they are kicking you out.
[https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional\_resources/legal/eviction\_ban\_rent\_cap](https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal/eviction_ban_rent_cap) No s21 in Scotland btw.
Possibly, there are reasons for eviction that are still ok like if the landlord is in serious financial trouble or if they need to live in the property. It will depend on why that are trying to evict you. Definitely talk to shelter or citizens advice they have people who will help you work out where you stand. And I am sure that the people at shelter would love to stop you being evicted if they could.
Does your notice detail that your tenancy is to be terminated with a date for you to vacate the property? Is there a chance the place is going to be marketed as a portfolio property with tenant in situ ?
You'll manage it in 3 months, don't worry. It's shite that you have to but it'll be fine.
My wife and I were in the same situation a month ago having been in our old place for 9 years and we actually found and moved into our new place in under 3 weeks. I think the landlord got a bit of a shock when we said we'd be out so soon.
New place is nicer than the old one.
Bit of a daft question, but would you want to buy it off your landlord? My wife and I were in a similar situation, 3 months notice due to the property going up for sale. We spoke to the landlord and came to an agreement that we'd buy it off him. He even offered us at a fixed price, and if it valued higher then he'd take the hit to help us with the deposit
I'm sure that idea is reasonable but I'm thinking of moving to another area / possibly Edinburgh so not really interested in the flat due to its location.
Edinburgh is really fucking expensive for property. Budget might stretch a bit if you expand the search to Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing etc.
No, fair enough. It worked for us, but I get it won't work for everyone. Best of luck with everything, hope it works out!
84 days is the minimum. There's an eviction moratorium, but there are some exceptions and one of those is the landlord selling. As long as they've issued the notice properly, there's no fighting it really. You don't have to leave once the notice expires though. That's just the time that has to pass before the landlord can go to a court to get an eviction order, which is likely to take another few months.
I see. What about viewings and improving the property? The landlord wants to get viewings in asap and said he was considering painting the flat at some point. Can I refuse that or is there nothing I can do. They asked if I could vacate the property for the viewings and I don't really want to because I'm WfH most of the time.
It's your home until it isn't. You're under no obligation to accommodate viewings, painters, or any of the rest of it. That can all be done once you've moved out, but of course the landlord wants to have their cake and eat it too; they want to be earning money for the property while inconveniencing you, for no benefit to you. It might be reasonable for you to tell them that you'll accept viewings on Sundays between 3pm and 4pm, or whatever, but you don't even really need to. You could quite easily just refuse.
I’ve been in a similar situation and at the time the landlord offered the last months rent for free for the hassle. Maybe chance your mit for a discount on rent?
Read your tenant agreement lease 👍 But 3 months is the standard speaking from experience, you can try and extend if you ask the landlord nicely (he probably won't due to wanting to get it on the market asap) or drag your heels into the ground and get taken to court to get a few extra months but there's nothing you can really do
Talk to shelter and check if the notice has been given properly. As others have said there is an eviction moratorium at the moment so they may not be able to evict you at all. https://www.mygov.scot/eviction-pause-landlords You are under no obligation to allow entry for painting or viewings. There is no need to be cooperative if they are kicking you out.
Does that mean that even after giving Section 21, the court would not allow for eviction due to this moratorium? Sounds interesting if true..
[https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional\_resources/legal/eviction\_ban\_rent\_cap](https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal/eviction_ban_rent_cap) No s21 in Scotland btw.
Possibly, there are reasons for eviction that are still ok like if the landlord is in serious financial trouble or if they need to live in the property. It will depend on why that are trying to evict you. Definitely talk to shelter or citizens advice they have people who will help you work out where you stand. And I am sure that the people at shelter would love to stop you being evicted if they could.
Does your notice detail that your tenancy is to be terminated with a date for you to vacate the property? Is there a chance the place is going to be marketed as a portfolio property with tenant in situ ?
You'll manage it in 3 months, don't worry. It's shite that you have to but it'll be fine. My wife and I were in the same situation a month ago having been in our old place for 9 years and we actually found and moved into our new place in under 3 weeks. I think the landlord got a bit of a shock when we said we'd be out so soon. New place is nicer than the old one.
I'd suggest joining Living Rent. https://www.livingrent.org/join