DH viewed a house on his own in late November last year. He was told the move in date would be mid December and that he liked the house. Then we arranged a second viewing a week later, in early December, so I could view it as well. I liked the house too but this time the agent said the landlord had changed the move in date to the new year in 2015. We said okay to that. So now new move in date is in 15 January 2015. Then we paid the deposit, fees, etc. Last week I called the agent to make sure that this is still valid. She said yes, don't worry. The landlord of the property contacted her around Christmas to say everything should be as planned.
Yesterday DH called into her office to check everything is as planned. He had to make a booking for a large van to do the move. She wasn't there but her assistant was. Assistant looked on the PC and said yeah it says the move in date is 15 January. But just to double check, she called the landlord on the spot. Landlord didn't pick up, so she said she will send our agent an email to let her know first thing this morning that she tried calling the landlord of the house to double check move in date but landlord didn't pick up. DH then said he would call the agent himself today to see if there's any news.
He tried calling the agent again today at 3.45 pm only to be told by agent's assistant that the agent went home early so isn't there to answer the phone. But she checked the computer system again for him and said the move in date is now listed as the 19th of January instead. DH said he will ring again tomorrow to try and reach the agent to see what's going on.
Hmm... I feel like we're being messed around on moving in dates. But the agent did explain to us before that the landlord was in the process of buying a new house to move into and the buying process caused all the date changes and delays.
If the move in date has indeed changed to January 19, it's not the end of the world as our last day at our current property is January 19. Just that we have originally planned on moving over 4 days to make it easier. But if moving in on the 19th Jan, then that means we have to move everything in 1 day by ourselves and that's going to be much harder work. Also, what if the move in date changes again and goes beyond Jan 19? Then we'd be truly stuffed. Will have to live in hotel and have all our things put in temporary storage.
I'm getting a little worried now as our current agent has already arranged with us to do a viewing with a prospective renter in 2 days' time. If we get delayed in our moving date again, it could cause problems with anyone who is going to rent and move into our current property too. And I don't wish to trouble our current agent and landlord by asking for a later move out date. They may not agree to it anyway.
Is there anything we can do about this situation? I'm concerned about the additional expenses we may incur if our move in date for the new property goes over Jan 19. No tenancy contract has been drawn up yet so they could potentially change dates without breaching any contracts?
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Move-in date keeps changing. What to do?
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kettleoffish · 06/01/2015 16:42
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