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Gloriasub · 13/02/2024 22:09

We don’t have a good relationship with the landlord, but we have three years fixed term since Feb 2023 with a break clause starting in Feb 2025.
She doesnt fix the fences with overgrown trees (which has been collapsed due to storm) the council did ask her to fix it within a four-week timeframe, but she didnt act on it and the council didn’t really do anything about it.

anyways, we have purchased a place and its in a process of land search. The agent said let’s aim to have it completed in May this year.
if things go smoothly, we could get this done before Jun 2024.
we didn’t know if we should inform the landlord about early termination - as she may refuse our request…
or even if she accepts it, we may need to pay for the rent until break clause/end of the fixed term as she could claim she hasn’t found any new tenants. (Am I being paranoid??)

in the contract (as attached), if I didn’t get it wrong, we shall pay the rent until break clause, is that right?

should we keep renting it until December 2024 to inform the landlord we will be leaving on the date of break clause?!? It requires two months notice, so it’s okay for us to give out notice in Dec 2024 and then quit in Feb 2025 without early termination cost. Is that right?

thanks

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Broodingartist · 13/02/2024 22:59

No your not being paranoid, according to those costs you will be responsible for covering any rent between when you terminate and end of contracted tenancy unless a new tenant is found.

You would however be better off if you did terminate early and new tennants where found, rather than say leaving it empty and paying the rent on it till the end date. The piece that complicates this slightly is the comission costs that would be incurred, but should be easy to calculate

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Gloriasub · 13/02/2024 23:11

Broodingartist · 13/02/2024 22:59

No your not being paranoid, according to those costs you will be responsible for covering any rent between when you terminate and end of contracted tenancy unless a new tenant is found.

You would however be better off if you did terminate early and new tennants where found, rather than say leaving it empty and paying the rent on it till the end date. The piece that complicates this slightly is the comission costs that would be incurred, but should be easy to calculate

Thanks for your reply :”)

So you are saying we need to cover the rent until the fixed term ends (Feb 2026) instead of break clause(Feb 2025)?

I do feel like she would pretend not being able to find a tenant, but then she would repaint the house during the vacant period. She may even start renting it out after Feb 2026( cause she could get the lost from us and the commission)

my partner said who would do this when they can increase the rent and get a new tenant?!
but I would say why not having it empty and clean with someone(us) paying for their “loss” and then get a new tenant in 2026, plus the commission cost is shared by us?!

so she could totally act like this :/
I’d better to submit the notice in Dec to end the tenancy in break clause then :”(

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Broodingartist · 13/02/2024 23:26

Only to the break clause to be clear.

I'm not entirely sure how it would work, but you would probably have reasonable cause not to pay if the landlord cannot show reasonable attempts to re tennant the property.

Me personally I would vacate as soon as practical, set aside the potential rental costs, then if there not needed, have a nice holiday

OneForTheToad · 14/02/2024 06:41

Seems a bit foolhardy to have got yourself into this position, but anyway.
Advertise the property to rent yourself and find suitable tenants, provide their details to the landlord. You can sweeten this if desperate by offering one free months rent to a new tenant, or just sub-let it.

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Gloriasub · 14/02/2024 20:48

Broodingartist · 13/02/2024 23:26

Only to the break clause to be clear.

I'm not entirely sure how it would work, but you would probably have reasonable cause not to pay if the landlord cannot show reasonable attempts to re tennant the property.

Me personally I would vacate as soon as practical, set aside the potential rental costs, then if there not needed, have a nice holiday

Fingers-crossed it will work out eventually.
We have asked her to fix things, but she ignored us completely therefore we went to council. The council said the landlord was shocked that she didn't receive anything from us regarding repairs.
She is so Full of sh**🤦‍♀️
I gonna grow some balls to "negotiate" with her :/

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Gloriasub · 14/02/2024 20:53

OneForTheToad · 14/02/2024 06:41

Seems a bit foolhardy to have got yourself into this position, but anyway.
Advertise the property to rent yourself and find suitable tenants, provide their details to the landlord. You can sweeten this if desperate by offering one free months rent to a new tenant, or just sub-let it.

We were going to just test the water at first - to go viewings and to see which area we like.
But then we have limited choices and budget based on our criteria.... and then we have found a place that seems tick most of the boxes. So we just made an offer.
As buying places in uk is different than other countries, it can take a year or less to complete...especially at that point the seller was still looking for a place to buy... so we do have time for waiting. Ideally, we could get it done by December. But now they have also got their offer accepted without onward chains,,,, so it could speed things up...

I wish I could have someone I trust to rent my new place for a short period of time so that I can just use the break clause to my landlord 😿

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