Ending a Tenants Contract early?

sappleton

We moved into a house with 12 month contract which included a 2 month break clause after 6 months, so would let us move out after 8 months

Since moving in I've lost my job and am struggling to pay rent, do you think it's possible that the contract could be ended after 6 months, is it something that could be negotiated with the landlord? are there any good excuses that could be used to do this?

any help much appreciated

Fat_Fairy

try laying the truth on your landlord and appealing to their better nature - i have had to do this before, i wrote it all down in a very apologetic letter and offered to assist with getting a replacement tenant (e.g showing viewers round) and the LL was fine with it.

Debt_Free_Chick

sappleton wrote: »

We moved into a house with 12 month contract which included a 2 month break clause after 6 months, so would let us move out after 8 months

Are you absolutely sure that the break clause is worded so that you cannot give notice until after 6 months? It's not worded so that you can give notice to end not earlier than 6 months after the start of the agreement?

If you post the precise words here we can tell you what you think, if that would help.

Robert_Sterling_3

Fat_Fairy wrote: »

try laying the truth on your landlord and appealing to their better nature - i have had to do this before, i wrote it all down in a very apologetic letter and offered to assist with getting a replacement tenant (e.g showing viewers round) and the LL was fine with it.

This is always a good opening gambit.
Good luck.

sappleton

thanks for the help. i'm pretty sure we were told we had the option to move out after 8 months but i'll check the agreement.

is there any template letters going around that I could use as a rough starting point?