University child's belongings

[PurpleBlueAnemone]

My eldest child came home the week before lockdown her university having closed. She brought what she could carry on the train and left the majority of her belongings in the shared house she was renting.
So now 1) She and her housemates are wondering if they will have to pay rent for the final term
and
2)Whether or not they do have to pay rent how and when will she be able to get her belongings? Normally my DP would drive us up there-300 miles or so. We'd stay overnight at a Travelodge and then we'd all drive back down. I'm now distancing from DP. We don't live together, he's older and has mild COPD. I can drive but haven't long passed my test and am not that confident about a long motorway drive. The most I've ever driven before is about an hour and a half! Eldest's boyfriend has a car but its small and he'll be collecting his own stuff plus they are distancing from each other too.

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Uni or landlord accom? If uni ask them about storage? If landlord maybe ask if they can courier it?

You should contact the landlord re possible refund of rent.

With regard to collecting possessions, this largely depends on if the landlord offers a rent rebate for emptying the property early.

When is her house contract due to end?

Landlord. It wouldn't be packed up but maybe a housemate could do that. Or her BF

Well in a similar posistion. Yes fully intend and expect to pay the rent until end of contract, the house is still available. Not rushing to collect stuff at the moment. Planning to do a trip to collect things in june as hopefully things will be improving then.

It's the practicalities of collecting that are concerning me atm. Not so much the rent. It would be good to not pay rent but that puts more pressure on to collect stuff.

If it’s a normal rental control she might be able to give notice and not pay rent but student rentals are usually 12 month fixed term contracts.

And if she wants to move out it would have to be in a condition to hand back.

If she has the place until June I’d be leaving her stuff and hoping the restrictions are lifted by then.

Ah maleficent53 that's useful

At the moment, moving house is allowed. You could drive up there on one day, stay the night and then move her stuff back.

It wouldn’t be nice but you could do it

It's helpful to hear opinions on it.
Now I am thinking wait till end of housing contract. DD is fretting but she may just have to wait.

We think we'll have to pay the third term's rent. Bummer.

We're allowed to go back to empty the DC's room/ house just before the tenancy ends because it's in the legislation under fulfilling a legal obligation.

LimescaleCowboy are you worried about your stuff sitting in an empty house for three months?

And yes, you can move house now, or any time really. The only guidelines (and they are just guidelines) are on buying and selling and moving with removal firms.

Do what seems reasonable. Use common sense over subsequent self-isolation measures.

@PurpleBlueAnemone He's only left bedding, some clothes, an old tv, kitchen stuff. He brought tech, valuables and docs (e.g. passport) home with him.

If your DD has left valuables, including paperwork, I'd go and get them under moving house / legal obligation reasons.