Landlord Tenant Council Tax

[Beefy]

Urgently required information.

A landlord as let his 3 bedroom house to a tenant with a restriction that 1 bedroom remains for the sole use of the landlord (ie for storage). The tenant signed the tenancy agreement and agreed to using only 2 bedrooms.

The tenant as always paid the council tax at the property. Now that the tenant is being evicted, he is claiming that the landlord is liable for part of the council tax going back over 10 years!!

My understanding is that the tenant signed a contract and the landlords name is not on any documents. Not the landlord as never lived in or visited the property while the tenant was there leaving this to an agent.

Can the tenant claim arrears of council tax or part thereof?

Thanks in advance.

[Kati]

Re: Landlord Tenant Council Tax

[MENTION=15129]Crazy council[/MENTION] ... any idea??

[Crazy council]

Re: Landlord Tenant Council Tax

hi

would need to see the origional agreements to confirm, but no the LL would not be liable whilst the tenancy in affect, all standard AST ( tenancy ) have a sections that deals with the payment of council tax, there would have to be special provision in there indicating the LL had to pay

The room, If it was this way from the beginning of the tenancy, then there is nothing the tenant can claim, ( its not as unusual as it may seem for a LL to do this ) and it only causes difficulty's around insurance claims