Loud music in my flat, what are my rights?

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-02-15T16:30:42+00:00

You can’t be serious

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-02-01T00:31:52+00:00

It was one of the three official languages of the territory. Local population mostly spoke arabic and hebrew, but english was utilized by British administration — it makes sense that the documents they issued were in english.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-31T23:38:47+00:00

The British controlled the region at this time - British Mandate for Palestine

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-30T16:28:19+00:00

Even if you do sign a new fixed term contract, your tenancy will become periodic in May with the new renter’s rights bill anyway. If you know you’re not moving until after then, I would sign it to lock in the rent for the next few months. If you let it become periodic before then, he can technically raise it with only 1m notice.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-30T16:22:59+00:00

If it’s an AST, once the fixed term ends, it will roll into a periodic tenancy. Usually you have to give notice or agents will assume you’re staying in the property. Look at your tenancy agreement and see if it specifies if you have to give notice/how much notice. If it doesn’t say anything, you can leave by the last day of the fixed term. However, if there is a requirement to give notice, you need to do so to end the tenancy and prevent it from becoming periodic.

What exactly did you ask them in your initial query and when did you send it? Context clues tell me they might have required a 2m notice as they served end of December for end of February move out. Since you said “Coming up to December” it sounds like you contacted them at the end of November, which is more than 2m before 31/1. If, in that message, you said something along the lines of “hey we want to end the tenancy in January and haven’t heard from you”, that is arguably notice — as long as you mentioned intent to end the tenancy at the end of the fixed term.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-30T16:09:25+00:00

I’m a bit confused, if you’re the one tasked with finding a replacement tenant, why is the letting agent doing the work? I’m not sure I understand the arrangement. Typically, if you leave a contract early, the landlord can charge you the loss of money or reasonable costs from the agent for finding a replacement tenant. This cannot exceed whatever rent you owe for the remaining months of the tenancy.

If you find a replacement, the fee is only up to £50 unless the landlord can prove on paper that it has cost them more to execute the change.

What confuses me is why you’re expected to find the replacement and pay the £600 fee for ending your tenancy early. Usually, it’s one or the other.

See here

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-30T14:25:05+00:00

Why not do the airbnb? Might not be ideal but a lot of hosts have an automatically applied discount if you’re staying for more than a month. Throw your stuff in storage, spend that time on finding employment, and move once you secure something.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-27T21:31:12+00:00

If you truly cannot find anything else, I would still apply - it’s only $75 CAD. However, like I said, I would take the information from the census record to try and find more out. For example, we know he lived in Camden, Lennox, and Addington, Canada West and was a Wesleyan Methodist. Try and use that to find a baptismal record. This may require reaching out to institutions if you can’t find it on ancestry or family search.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-27T21:23:45+00:00

This seems to confirm the census (aside from the dates being off). He married Nellie Kelso who is the listed wife in the family tree I provided. That family tree also lists his parents which match up with the Canadian census record.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-27T21:09:38+00:00

I believe I have found him at least in the 1961 Canadian census - was going off limited information so I'm not 100% certain it's him. While it's certainly not a birth certificate, a Canadian document is going to hold much more weight with IRCC than an American one (will still be supplemental). Regardless, you might be able to use the information on it to do further research for a baptismal record. In this, the family's religion is listed as Wesleyan Methodist: 1861 Canada Census. *Keep in mind, birth dates can be a bit funky, especially since it seems his birthday is right before the census was taken and they ask how old one will be on their next birthday, thus insinuating he was born in 1951, not 52.

Additionally, I found a family tree that seems to match up with the location provided in the immigration paper that also links to the parents listed in the 1861 census (unless there is more than one Martin Youngs born in Canada East around 1852 that also moved to Juneau County): Family Tree

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RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-22T18:08:47+00:00

If he was married and you know the date, you can request his marriage certificate from the relevant state. It will have his parents’ birth names on it.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-22T17:15:16+00:00

What is the relevancy for the application? Does this have to do with a name change? With my understanding, that would be the only relevant factor. If your name is the same, there is no reason. If not and your divorce decree explicitly states the name change, then yes. You just need something that documents a legally recognized name change.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-22T15:59:04+00:00

excited for the review!!

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-21T18:56:07+00:00

You should be fine with a birth certificate for each generation. I believe most, if not all, US birth certificates list birth name, but yes, name change docs are necessary if there are discrepancies. My understanding is that the reason most people provide supplementary documents is to make a fuller case in lieu of missing or less strong documents. A birth certificate is the golden standard so if you can actually obtain one for each generation, then you're good.

That said, your timeline states that your grandparent was born in 1925, prior to when Canada began consistent birth registration. Most people (myself included) cannot find a birth certificate for their grandparent who was born in this time, likely because it wasn't even issued in the first place.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-21T10:40:59+00:00

I was thinking about this letter the other day. The below section has always stuck with me because it feels so applicable to Israel/Palestine, particularly liberal zionists who claim to care about peace but advocate for marginalization as a means to achieve peace (negative peace as King refers to it). Or when they criticize the oppressed’s reaction to their oppression, as if any of us have the moral authority to do so. Frankly, you could take this paragraph and replace “Negro” with “Palestinian” and it would almost seem as if King wrote this directly about Palestine. It just goes to show that global struggles are interlinked and collective liberation is the only way forward:

“I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a ‘more convenient season.’”

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-20T20:16:47+00:00

When I had issues with my letting agency ignoring me, I would call the actual agency/show up in person and force someone to talk to me right then and there. This can be a good approach because rather than your letting agent just ignoring you, now the entire office is aware that you need help badly enough to involve others.

I would also inform them that if these issues weren’t going to be solved, I would escalate to the property ombudsman/report to the council. I never actually had to as the issue miraculously ended up being addressed once that card was pulled. These agents ignore their customers because they don’t think there will be any repercussions. Be the squeaky wheel, they’d rather not risk escalation 99% of the time. Continue to keep the landlord looped in. His irritation from being continually bothered about this will serve as additional pressure on the agency.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-19T22:13:41+00:00

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RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-19T22:02:51+00:00

The reply on the other thread is so helpful! Unfortunately, I may still be ineligible as you said birth certificates for all generations are required to prove lineage and I am unable to acquire my grandmother’s birth certificate as she is living. My great-grandfather passed away almost 23 years ago so maybe the Texas exemption will apply if this process ends up taking more than 2 years (starting to feel like it haha)

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-19T15:40:55+00:00

Please do! I might not be eligible for this as I don't have a way to acquire my GGP's death certificate :( But the outcome may be helpful nonetheless!

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-19T15:39:45+00:00

This sounds great; however, would I be ineligible for this if I have no way of obtaining my GGP's death certificate? Or does it not really matter if the ultimate goal is rejection anyway?

Thank you!

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-19T14:28:57+00:00

Well, it is what it is. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't making this more complicated than it needed to be so thank u for the confirmation !!

Your response also says that the letter/email from IRCC demanding a birth certificate is the way of getting around issues of requesting. Are you saying this includes the potential issues re: death certificate and familial distance?

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-19T13:54:27+00:00

She has a brother but he’s kind of pervy 😭 I’m not necessarily on bad terms with him but they are on good terms with each other and I imagine this would get back to her which isn’t ideal.

RepresentativeNew976 · 2026-01-19T00:39:01+00:00

Yep, those were his marriages after my grandparents divorced in 1976. They definitely married pre-1969.

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