My tenants moved into my rental property on October 3rd several years ago. They were on a 6 month fixed assured shorthold tenancy agreement which changed to a periodic monthly AST after the first 6 months were up.
They served notice to quit this year on September 6th. In the tenancy agreement it states that the tenant must give one calendar month's written notice.
They moved out on October 6th. However by law are they liable to pay the full rent for this new rental period of 3rd October - 2nd November?
The letting agency who manages the property for me told them they could pay pro rata for the final rental period. The letting agency did not discuss any of this with me in advance and the tenant's are now refusing to pay the rent in full for the final rental period.
So they served one month's notice but they did not serve the notice on the last day or the first day of the rental period so I think by law I an entitled to ask for the outstanding rent. They also did not ask, and I did not agree to them only paying rent for the 3rd, 4th, 5th ad 6th of October. The letting agency arranged this with them with no consent from me.
The tenants have left the house with a lot of damage so I'm trying to calculate total costs in case I need to go to small claims court etc.
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Join our Property forum for renovation, DIY, and house selling advice.
Property/DIY
Is tenant legally liable to pay final rental period rent in full
8 replies
Solar99 · 24/10/2017 14:15
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.