AJW

Our property is in Edinburgh. We are looking for somewhere for them to stay while the work is done, they have no friends or family in the area that can take them in. SAL has given us the same advise thank you. I feel that if we found them somewhere to stay things would be okay, but it is an almost impossible task when you live half way across the world in a different time zone.

Thank you noworriesmate (love your profile name and pic btw) & Lady Rainicorn. The matter is urgent, they have been living with rotting walls, kitchen cabinets and a very big damp problem in the bathroom for a while (not to our knowledge, we were told everything was been sorted out.) Anyway there was a leak in a pipe that has now been sourced and fixed, so no more leaking water, but the damage is serious and the house needs weeks to dry out even with dehumidifiers now in place. Also because work is in the bathroom they have to be housed elsewhere while the work is carried out. We don't want to give them notice we don't think that would be fair, and also we need the house fixed asap. noworriesmate, you said "If the lease is in it's first 6 months then the landlord would be responsible for the costs of re-housing the tenants while the repairs were completed." We are way past the first 6 months, they have been in the house for almost 19 months, do they then have to find their own alternate accommodation?

I don't think any other company will take on the house until it is fixed, so until this is completed we have to try and sort it out. Our tenants are angry and I'm not sure what they are going to do. I need to know where I stand legally. There is no contract in place between us and the tenants, our contract was with our property manager and so was theirs.

We are needing to do repairs on our house in the UK, insurance is covering these expenses but the tenants have to move out for a period of 4 to 6 weeks (we are looking for alternate accommodation for them). Unfortunately our property manger has decided this was all too much for her to deal with and quit. We now have no idea where we stand legally?? There is no contract in place, between us and the tenants. Has anyone been in a similar situation or is their a lawyer out there that knows where we go from here??