My landlord is harassing me to allow viewings
I live in England
About a year ago, my partner and I moved into a privately rented house through an estate agent. We’ve always paid our rent on time and generally had no issues.
Early on, we reported a small maintenance issue to the estate agents, who passed us directly to the landlord. Long story short, the landlord never fixed it, so I ended up paying to have it repaired myself. During that process, the landlord got my direct number. At the time I wasn’t bothered because our conversations were friendly and the relationship seemed fine.
Fast forward to mid-April this year, and we were served a Section 21 with 2 months’ notice because the landlord wants to sell the house.
This caused a huge amount of stress because we’re a blended family with 4 children between us, so we need a large property. We were renting a 5-bed, and in our city most 4/5-bed houses get snapped up as student lets, so finding somewhere suitable has been extremely difficult. We asked the landlord if we could remain in the property while he looked for a buyer and were told “absolutely not.”
We have now managed to find somewhere else, but we’re downsizing from a 5-bed to a 4-bed and the house is currently chaos with packing, sorting belongings, and trying to manage children around it all.
At first, we allowed 2 viewings, but after that we told the estate agents we would not accept any more until we hand the keys back.
The landlord has now started calling me directly and has sent me a long WhatsApp message saying we need to allow viewings.