Tenant has proposed to pay a week’s rent each month till they move in then the full rent after moving in? How is that NOT a request to change the T&C by the tenant ? How is that accepting the AST and NOT a counter offer to the T&C in the AST sent by the LL?
What would constitute a counter offer if not paying a different amount for a different service ?
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It would have to be agreed as a change of terms by the landlord.
Exactly and as it hasn’t been agreed by the LL. Tenant hasn’t agreed to the AST and LL hasn’t agreed to the tenant’s counter offer. So then surely there’s not a contract which has to have agreed terms and conditions to be a contract?
Or do you think there still is a contract ? Why?
I think that would be a risky argument in court and one that the tenant could defeat at any point before it got there simply by signing the contract.
that’s an assumption. The best we can say is that, when prompted, she pay’s a week’s worth of rent.
because as explained
Anyway, Patti seems to have left us to it. Maybe this was a coursework question for some landlord exam. 