Hey guys,

 

Anyone have any advise? basicly i used to live with my old man etc and he got into rent arrears and now the landlord is calming almost £9200 in rent arrears from us. not a problem usually but myself, the old man, sister and brother are all on the agreement and he is suing us all. all money went from dads account and i used to give him my share. is there anything I can do?

 

do I admit on the N9A 1/4 of the cost? I'm already in an IVA so cant afford to pay again but I also cant prove I gave dad my share of the rent. landlord does not want to talk about it and on working out my expenses it would take me 21 years to pay the full amount off on my own at 35 quid a month if he accepts that, but if i accept only 1/4 then its only about 2300 and that is not so bad. I only have about 35 quid left after i pay my usuall expenses as that is all i have left after rent/fuel/food/wedding expenses etc.

 

The reason dad got into this mess is the window on his room was so rotten it fell out and he reported it to the agent, (told him in person, not via letters) and they never got it replaced, had a guy come out once and measure it up then when they came back it was the wrong size, so they changed to another company and said they would be there at a specific time, but they never turned up at the time they said and then turned up another day when noone was there or so they clame. then it got to the point that the agent said we needed to call them and arrange a time to fit it, the company never returned any calls and still never came out, 20 months of no window made dad ill and had to have lots of time off work, but it got to a point that it had to be unpaid so dad could not afford his share of the rent etc.

 

Is there anything we can do? also the contracts when we signed them was not witnessed by anyone, do they still count as legal? anyone know where i can get cheap / free advise? as i am broke, am always in my overdraft and the IVA takes most of my income anyway.

 

:cry::cry::cry::(

iff the house was so bad then why did you live there so long??:confused:

 

no where else to go mate, could not afford to move again and it was a nice place apart from the issues.

 

StellaZ just spoken to sister, and she said at one point the landlord was on the phone every day asking about the rent.:rant: