Any reasonable reasons to terminate tenancy without early costs

[Gloriasub]

The landlord isn't fixing the collapsed fences with overgrown trees. It's been a year.
But our fixed term ends in 2026....break clause in Feb 2025.
Wondering if we can get a solicitor to issue a letter to the landlord - stating the landlord isn't taking any repairing action. We then have no choice but to terminate the tenancy, in which we shall not be responsible for the early termination cost as the landlord has not provided a safe space for us.

It seems complicated.. it's more like better to speak with the landlord first? But I don't think she will reply to us..

What communication and/or discussions have you actually had with the landlord about the broken fence?

What is their stance - are they refusing outright, dragging their feet or claiming the repair is unnecessary?

The council had told them to fix it within four-weeks last year in summer, but they didn't do it...the council didn't take any actions...

We have contacted them via the estate website, where we have the contract, certificates and for rent payment. The landlord said we shall contact the "property manager" (that's her partner/builder)
whenever there's an issue..
But the "property manager " just reads the message without doing anything, so we reported the issues via the estate website so that she could get notification and emails.

Anyways, we have also contacted the council. The council called her. she claimed that she has not been made aware of any complaint and that she is surprised that I contacted her from the Council regarding these issues.
She was saying she has got the fence "fixed"

I have shown them pictures, but they just read it without any replies.

That's frustrating

Which country are you in? What is the length of your contract? No break clause until February 2025 seems excessively lengthy. Why do you wish to terminate early? If the only issue is some overhanging trees, I’m not sure that you have very solid grounds for termination.

We are in London.
We had issue with her before as well.
But anyways, it's just that we have found another place to purchase and if the transaction goes smoothly, it will be completed in May or June..

We have a break clause in Feb 2025. It takes two months notice therefore we are thinking to terminate it in Dec with the break clause. But then if we can have a place in May or June, we may then need to pay the rent and the mortgage at the same time with two places to stay...

I was thinking to move gradually so that we can end the contract in Dec, but it's like six months.... a bit long to move from one place to another. lol

You do appreciate that the break clause means that you give two months notice in December and then continue to pay until the break date in Feb '25? From what you have written it sounds as if you think you only have to pay to December?

I think your best bet is to try to negotiate an early release with the landlord. The rental market is insane in London so I don't think she will have any problem reletting the property, particularly if you are amenable to viewings at any reasonable time. She is however under no obligation to let you do so and if she has been ignoring your communications so far, she may continue to do so.

We will still pay until Feb 2025 (the break clause begins) , just that we will give her the notice in Dec.
But just wondering if there's a way to terminate earlier , especially she doesn't seem like to deal with us , meaning that she is more likely not allowing us to terminate early (even if we would pay some sort of early termination costs.. but then again, she might even allow us to terminate early and then have us paying her lost while she's pretending she couldn't find any tenants and leaving the house empty)