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Hello wondering if someone can please give me some advice. We've lived in our property for 5 years, initially it was immediate market rent and recently (1st April) we converted to a affordable rent assured tenancy. Our landlord is L&Q. When we converted there were no changes to our original tenancy agreement. All signed no issues.
If I can rewind a little. We live in a Victorian house, downstairs is a 1 bed and we have a 2 bed upstairs. Shared front garden, and communal garden at the back (as stated in tenancy). When we moved in the neighbour downstairs within 3 days had a very aggressive, abusive and very scary (for me) mental breakdown. I work in mental health so I recognised he had 1 or more conditions and perhaps the adjustment of someone new had triggered an episode. I contacted our local MH team, to come and assist him as I assumed he would have a key worker which he did. Unfortunately 2 weeks went past things got very bad he tried to kick the door in, said some extreme things to me, which culmenates into the police coming and he was sectioned for 3 weeks. I complained at the time as I felt unsafe took videos and I have this all documented. Anyway... sorry I do need to offer this as background. All this started to happen from the first week we moved in. When he was released we left it 4 weeks then spoke to him to say, no hard feelings, if he need support etc. We said could we have a key to the back gate to use the garden, he lost his s**t saying we couldnt use it, it isnt shared etc; because of what had happened I said to my husband I didnt want to cause him to have another episode so to leave it. So we did.
*Fast forward 4 years. Weve just had a baby she is 1 months now. We've got on well with him hellos nothing more than that. We have been using the very very small front garden with the baby the last couple of weeks. Today he comes out, and is of sound mind, and says about us using the garden, and literally was so rude, and my daughter was in my husbands arms. So we called l and q because I've had enough tbh, I havent pushed the back garden issue because I didnt want to cause him a problem, but now after that we are. Our original tenancy says shared communal garden, our new tenancy also says this. He says his tenancy says it isnt. Hes lived downstairs 30 years plus. So this was all earlier I am waiting for l and q to call me back they said they can see it says communal and they will sort out a key. Then just now I've had a docusign email for our tenancy, where they have removed the communal garden access. There us no covering note to explain any change, no phone call nothing at all. SORRY THIS IS SO LONG. My question is this. Can they just make a change to our tenancy firstly without speaking to us? Also, without explaining the change they could potentially of changed other terms and conditions? I've emailed back to ask for an explanation however I wanted to know legally where we stand? I thought our tenancy was a legally binding document? Since we moved in august 2015 all our terms have been then same even with the conversion. Any advice happily recieved. I just want some space for my daughter to play in, the garden is way big enough to share and tbh I've had enough of being so considerate of our neighbour when he doesn't seem to want to do the same. Appreciate any help.
If I can rewind a little. We live in a Victorian house, downstairs is a 1 bed and we have a 2 bed upstairs. Shared front garden, and communal garden at the back (as stated in tenancy). When we moved in the neighbour downstairs within 3 days had a very aggressive, abusive and very scary (for me) mental breakdown. I work in mental health so I recognised he had 1 or more conditions and perhaps the adjustment of someone new had triggered an episode. I contacted our local MH team, to come and assist him as I assumed he would have a key worker which he did. Unfortunately 2 weeks went past things got very bad he tried to kick the door in, said some extreme things to me, which culmenates into the police coming and he was sectioned for 3 weeks. I complained at the time as I felt unsafe took videos and I have this all documented. Anyway... sorry I do need to offer this as background. All this started to happen from the first week we moved in. When he was released we left it 4 weeks then spoke to him to say, no hard feelings, if he need support etc. We said could we have a key to the back gate to use the garden, he lost his s**t saying we couldnt use it, it isnt shared etc; because of what had happened I said to my husband I didnt want to cause him to have another episode so to leave it. So we did.
*Fast forward 4 years. Weve just had a baby she is 1 months now. We've got on well with him hellos nothing more than that. We have been using the very very small front garden with the baby the last couple of weeks. Today he comes out, and is of sound mind, and says about us using the garden, and literally was so rude, and my daughter was in my husbands arms. So we called l and q because I've had enough tbh, I havent pushed the back garden issue because I didnt want to cause him a problem, but now after that we are. Our original tenancy says shared communal garden, our new tenancy also says this. He says his tenancy says it isnt. Hes lived downstairs 30 years plus. So this was all earlier I am waiting for l and q to call me back they said they can see it says communal and they will sort out a key. Then just now I've had a docusign email for our tenancy, where they have removed the communal garden access. There us no covering note to explain any change, no phone call nothing at all. SORRY THIS IS SO LONG. My question is this. Can they just make a change to our tenancy firstly without speaking to us? Also, without explaining the change they could potentially of changed other terms and conditions? I've emailed back to ask for an explanation however I wanted to know legally where we stand? I thought our tenancy was a legally binding document? Since we moved in august 2015 all our terms have been then same even with the conversion. Any advice happily recieved. I just want some space for my daughter to play in, the garden is way big enough to share and tbh I've had enough of being so considerate of our neighbour when he doesn't seem to want to do the same. Appreciate any help.
