Any landlords here?

[Central]

When my partner came off maternity pay her wages dipped.

Her wages pay the rent while mine pay the bills. As my wages had already gone out I could not make up the rest of the rent without going into our food and travel money.

I rang up the landlord and accepted £400 out of £475 we normally pay. Our rent pays the mortgage so he got charged. As a thank you gesture for helping us out with the rent and just letting out the house the following week we paid him £105. The remaining of the rent and £30 to cover the charge he got, I know we was liable for it but I think he was really happy about it.

This is our only problem we had since August 06. Our lease is up in February 07 and I am hoping he will offer us a 12 month lease now

Do any other landlords think I will be ok to get a new tenancy agreement?

[Aragorn]

Almost certainly.
It is alot easier to extend an existing good tenant than find a new tenant.
He may try to increase the rent (I know I would) but in that situation I would prefer to keep the sitting tenant.

[Vlad_Dracul]

Originally Posted by Be*

When my partner came off maternity pay her wages dipped.

Her wages pay the rent while mine pay the bills. As my wages had already gone out I could not make up the rest of the rent without going into our food and travel money.

I rang up the landlord and accepted £400 out of £475 we normally pay. Our rent pays the mortgage so he got charged. As a thank you gesture for helping us out with the rent and just letting out the house the following week we paid him £105. The remaining of the rent and £30 to cover the charge he got, I know we was liable for it but I think he was really happy about it.

This is our only problem we had since August 06. Our lease is up in February 07 and I am hoping he will offer us a 12 month lease now

Do any other landlords think I will be ok to get a new tenancy agreement?

No problem,,the housing market is saturated with properties to let-especially those who have jumped on the ever growing buy to let band wagon.

[MovedGoalPosts]

On the other hand the cost of moving your stuff isn't small, plus all the other hassle. If you can stay put, it's often preferred.

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Try asking the landlord, theyre the only ones who are going to know.

Im sure they would prefer someone with a good track record that they have been doing business with rather than a newcomer

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Be*

When my partner came off maternity pay her wages dipped.

Her wages pay the rent while mine pay the bills. As my wages had already gone out I could not make up the rest of the rent without going into our food and travel money.

I rang up the landlord and accepted £400 out of £475 we normally pay. Our rent pays the mortgage so he got charged. As a thank you gesture for helping us out with the rent and just letting out the house the following week we paid him £105. The remaining of the rent and £30 to cover the charge he got, I know we was liable for it but I think he was really happy about it.

This is our only problem we had since August 06. Our lease is up in February 07 and I am hoping he will offer us a 12 month lease now

Do any other landlords think I will be ok to get a new tenancy agreement?

I would ...........you sound like great tenant !

[Paul K]

As long as you can show him that you can make your payments without further issue then there is no reason why he shouldn't be happy to continue your tenancy agreement.

[Chrysalis]

Void Periods (when property empty with no income) is what every landlord hates, unless he is planning to sell the house or something then you should expect a renewal. If he tries to raise the rent and you say no he will more then likely back down as not raising the rent but avoiding a void period will be less costly.