Ash-Kennard Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 (edited) Basically in february ish 4 of us decided we were going to get a house together. We found a 4 bedroom house for £62 a week, tom was on holiday when we agreed to sign it, so we went ahead and signed up for it anyways with 3 signatures. We have now gone past the date for our summer retainer and deposits to get paid, but tom still hasnt signed the contract, and as he has failed uni this year doesn't plan to sign it until he knows he can get on a course. My landlord is now demanding that we pay toms share or find another person immediately, which is virtually impossible as uni finished a while ago and everyone i know is in their own house or halls by now. what can i do? also im at coventry uni, so if anyones going there next year and needs a house. let me know EDIT: almost forgot to say, why have they stopped individual contracts for students and need a house one instead? Edited July 13, 2010 by Ash-Kennard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrayvon Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Your best bet is to hope for a first year that hasn't got into halls or has come through clearing or something. It means you will end up with a random person but you won't have to pay out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 EDIT: almost forgot to say, why have they stopped individual contracts for students and need a house one instead? To cover themselves for stuff like this. If you read the contract carefully, it'll probably tell you in that. All depends on what you agreed and what was signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 ahh also. he sent our original contract to tom for him to sign, but tom gave a fake address cos he didnt wanna get bombarded with shit. so yeh, the land lord just has a photocopy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 It's called joint liability. It also means if none of you pay anything they can chase up any one, two or three of you for the whole amount. You really should have read through this before signing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 It's called joint liability. It also means if none of you pay anything they can chase up any one, two or three of you for the whole amount. You really should have read through this before signing! i did read through it. he read it to us with a copy of the contract in front of each of us. but at the time i assumed that tom would be signing very soon anyways. i hate how messy this is getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Tom sounds like a f**king dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 To fail a year of uni, you have to be pretty fecking dickish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Assumption is the mother of all f**k ups. Good luck finding someone else though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 also, i dont have a copy of the contract, i dont have receipts of the cheques i gave him for deposit etc. but as there are only 3 signatures, does that make the contract void until a 4th signs it? also my boss was saying something about requiring an independent witness for when we all signed the contract? what do i do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich J Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 I may be wrong, infact I probably am but anyway. When we signed our contract I questioned what would happen if one of us didnt sign and she said because all the tenant's weren't on the form it was void, however that therefore meant we didnt get the house as we weren't all agreeing to the conditions. So therefore its possible you could argue that and look for another house. However although it is his job to pay, technically all the liability will fall to you three until a new person moves in. Unless this Tom is legit and pays. Another thing is a fall back payer, someone if Tom couldnt/ wasnt paying would pay, generally a parent, but I guess he never sorted that out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 also, i dont have a copy of the contract, i dont have receipts of the cheques i gave him for deposit etc. but as there are only 3 signatures, does that make the contract void until a 4th signs it? also my boss was saying something about requiring an independent witness for when we all signed the contract? what do i do? The independent witness is someone who isn't the signing tenant or the landlord. If you were all present at the same time to sign it that usually counts as you were witnesses to each other. If the contract specifically states that "ash" "tom" "joe bloggs" are to undertake a short-hold tenancy agreement for the following property for the following time then you can swing it that your friend not participating is not what you originally signed into. You should be able to blag that the contract is void due to the initial terms not being met as specified within the contract. If the contract is a list type whereby the list of tenants is solely at the rear without a covering letter at the front specifying the entire group then any and every name on the list would be liable. My advise is request a copy of the contract, this way you can see where you stand and we can offer better advise. When did you pay your deposit? The landlord is legally obliged to deliver notice of where your deposits are being held in compliance with the 2007 tenancy deposit scheme. This notice must be given to you by the landlord within 14 days of you paying the initial deposit. You also need to ask for these details if they haven't already been given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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