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Can I leave my tenancy before end of contract?

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  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    Smodlet wrote: »
    True, but not everyone is that kind of tenant though it is easy to forget that on this board. Not everyone wants the hassle. Some prefer to abide by the rules and not go out of their way to cause themselves or their LLs a load of legal hassle, to say nothing of expense. Some tenants behave with decency. Let us hope the OP's LL does so too.
    Which 'rules'?
  • Smodlet
    Smodlet Posts: 6,976 Forumite
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    Which 'rules'?

    Those of decency. Google it if you don't know what it means.
  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    Smodlet wrote: »
    Those of decency. Google it if you don't know what it means.
    I know the meaning, I just don't understand the relevance. I don't concern myself with mr Sainsbury's, I see no reason to do so here.
  • Smodlet
    Smodlet Posts: 6,976 Forumite
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    What has a supermarket to say to anything regarding renting? Oh, don't bother.
  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    Smodlet wrote: »
    What has a supermarket to say to anything regarding renting? Oh, don't bother.
    I simply meant these are commercial relationships, and should be treated as such.


    I wouldn't waive my rights for consumer goods, so why would I as a tenant?
  • ThePants999
    ThePants999 Posts: 1,748 Forumite
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    Smodlet, either we have quite different views of decency, or you're extrapolating to the general case when I was being very specific to the OP.

    The OP and their landlord had been mutually agreeing 3-month extensions. However, the OP was now buying a property and wanted their tenancy to run up to completion on their property instead of staying for 3 months. I don't think it would be in any way "indecent" of a tenant in this situation to say "no, sorry, I don't want to sign another fixed term contract as I intend to leave within the next 3 months". If the landlord chose to respond to this by serving a section 21, I think that's a pretty significant breach of the "rules of decency" on THEIR part, and I wouldn't see any issue with the tenant staying until their completion date as long as that was before a court granted possession to the landlord.
  • Smodlet
    Smodlet Posts: 6,976 Forumite
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    Thank you, Pants; that makes sense.
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