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I am in a HMO & I have recently been given a month's notice to vacate under my AST by my landlord, yet I have done nothing wrong. My housemate made a complaint about me to my landlord following a petty argument that we had over cleaning, which she started. I explained that I only moved her belongings (several pairs of trainers) into the communal cupboards from the communal areas so that myself & my other housemate could clean. I have done this many times in the past when I clean rather than cleaning around people's stuff & it was never an issue before. My landlord was not prepared to listen to my version of events yet stated other tenants complained about my behaviour & attitude yet she means I am direct in my approach when I ask for help cleaning. All I have ever done was ask the other tenants to help with the cleaning of the house but I have had to do the majority of it on my own. This leaves me cleaning up after other tenants because they have not been considerate enough of their fellow housemates or have any interest in sharing chores to keep the house clean especially in light of the COVID-19. My landlord didn't specify why only saying she had received complaints about me from other tenants & that I was the reason they had left previously. I informed her they had actually left to buy their own properties, which they had confirmed to me.
I find this unfair especially when I am helping keep the house in good condition & I feel that my landlords exploit my good nature, treating me differently to other tenants.
Given a possible imminent national lockdown, is my landlord in their rights to serve me notice over something so petty as I have been living here for several years without issues & I am not ready to leave yet as I am saving to buy my own property?
I am in a HMO & I have recently been given a month's notice to vacate under my AST by my landlord, yet I have done nothing wrong. My housemate made a complaint about me to my landlord following a petty argument that we had over cleaning, which she started. I explained that I only moved her belongings (several pairs of trainers) into the communal cupboards from the communal areas so that myself & my other housemate could clean. I have done this many times in the past when I clean rather than cleaning around people's stuff & it was never an issue before. My landlord was not prepared to listen to my version of events yet stated other tenants complained about my behaviour & attitude yet she means I am direct in my approach when I ask for help cleaning. All I have ever done was ask the other tenants to help with the cleaning of the house but I have had to do the majority of it on my own. This leaves me cleaning up after other tenants because they have not been considerate enough of their fellow housemates or have any interest in sharing chores to keep the house clean especially in light of the COVID-19. My landlord didn't specify why only saying she had received complaints about me from other tenants & that I was the reason they had left previously. I informed her they had actually left to buy their own properties, which they had confirmed to me.
I find this unfair especially when I am helping keep the house in good condition & I feel that my landlords exploit my good nature, treating me differently to other tenants.
Given a possible imminent national lockdown, is my landlord in their rights to serve me notice over something so petty as I have been living here for several years without issues & I am not ready to leave yet as I am saving to buy my own property?
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