The Landlord Vanishes

[smokingboot]

My cousin in law has contacted me with strange news. They're somewhat shocked to learn that their landlord has dropped dead some 24 hours after he last visited them. He was young, 48, and they liked him, he would fix problems quickly, he was reliable and reasonable. His wife told them that she intends to sell the flat so they will to have to move, but everyone is being very decent and it's not like they're being forced out or hurried.

As startling is the news that his body has disappeared. It was taken to the Princess Royal Hospital, but they didn't have room to store it so it was then sent to Kings. But Kings Hospital says it hasn't received him. No-one knows where the dead landlord is. To make matters stranger, Bexley Police had his phone, and now they've lost it.

My cousin-in-law is very shocked. When someone dies in Spain, she told me, everything needs to be sorted with funeral and burial taking place within 24 hours, and she doesn't know why it isn't the same here. Me neither, but welcome to the Islands of Surreal. We're special you know.

I hope they find him.

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[conuly]

His wife told them that she intends to sell the flat so they will to have to move, but everyone is being very decent and it's not like they're being forced out or hurried.

Is it not the case that tenants have rights even if the landlord intends to sell!?

[smokingboot]

They do, though it can change from contract to contract, and the law has all sorts of complicated bits and add-ons about this. Unfair eviction is illegal certainly, but I don't think they'll want to argue the case even if it has sufficient merit to go before a court. The bad news is they have a toddler and a new born. The good news is they have good jobs and the financial potential to buy. It's upheaval, but hopefully no worse than that.