Rights around neighbour harresment and landlord knowledge

[Ellisisland]

We moved into our current rental around 8 months ago on an initial 6 month contract we have recently signed on for another year. How ever our neighbour across the road has quite severe mental health and behavioural problems and has become 'fixated' on our house. Ringing the doorbell 4 times a day. Constantly trying to dig up our front garden and various other things including shouting through the letterbox at me. He has a nurse who I have spoken to and a community police officer as well and he has a history of this behaviour but particularly with our house.
I spoke to our agent who had no knowledge of anything ( I rang just to let them know what was going on so any damage to the property was not caused by us) however after speaking with neighbours and the police it seems our landlord used to live in the property and fell out with him and he starts with this pattern of behaviour with her and now whenever he has a breakdown (roughly every 18mnths) he targets our house as she used to live here.

My questions is if we felt that we wanted to leave the tenancy early due to this situation do we have any rights to break the tenancy based on the fact that the landlord was aware of this and did not disclose it to us?

I would suggest calling Shelter's helpline for legal advice.

Best of luck OP.

Mmm Doubt you a have much of a case at all especially if you have signed on again after an initial 6 mths. Landlords do not have the same disclosure responsibilities as vendors and if everything has been ok for 6 mtyhs she would have had to by psychic or a phychasitist to have for seen a resumption of this behaviour really. I would advise you to deal with the behaviour and maybe ask if the landlord will try to let the property again and you will maybe help pay some of the fees

Thanks Balls. Will give them a ring and see if they have any advice.

Mellow - I suspected that would be the case. I guess our only option is to stick it out to the end of the year and move then. Thanks for replying.

Ellisiland just approach your landlady and say you need to move would she consider it if you help her find tenants etc - worth a go !! I would also speak to the police if the NDN behaviour continues

what mellow says. Contact social services and the nurse again, the landlord and shelter can't do anything but maybe they can.