Landlord rights to sell property without a tenant still under tenancy agreement?

clutton_2

""I had heard that there is a statutory law in place about this...so if anyone actually knows for sure the legal requirement please do let me know. "

no - there is no way - you have signed a legally binding document and you cannot get out of it - listen to the advice you have already been given

if you seriously think that a tenant will leave for 1 m ontsh rent - you must be crackers !!!

have you ANY idea how much it costs to move house these days ???

If i were your tenant, i would be saying that you will need to pay for a removals van, my new lettings agents' fees to register with a new agent to find a new home, post re-direction charges, and so on and so on

i would also want my deposit back in full so that i have funds for a new deposit in my new home and i would expect a good reference ...
the law is 100% on the side of the tenant in this scenario....

i am a LL of 10 years by the way

alunharford

The answer is no, and you need to be very careful not to break the protection from eviction act. If you were to do anything that a court viewed as harassment, you could go to prison for a long time.
If the tenant is willing to leave for 1 months rent, that's a real bargain! Expect more like 6 months if your tenant takes advice.

theartfullodger

Alun refers to

“Protection from Eviction Act 1977”
Section 1

• • Unlawful eviction and harassment
  • s.1(3A) (as was amended by the Housing Act 1988) which states:
    "the landlord of a residential occupier or an agent of the landlord shall be guilty of an offence if he does acts likely to interfere with the peace or comfort of the residential occupier or members of his household."

You should assume your tenant (or his mates/relos) will be reading this thread... (ain't the t'InterWeb great!)

Cheers!

Lodger

mandi

Hanafubuki wrote: »

I am sure I can bribe them to move out with a months free rent or something,

I am a tenant whats the " or something " ?, because wild horses wouldnt get me out for a months rent :rolleyes:

property.advert

What would I require to move out ? Well, I've got a young child so that adds an extra dimension but let's look at the figures and what you can do to solve the problem.

First of all, find your tenant a new property, at least as good as the one you let to him. Of course you allow him to find his own property but landlord to landlord there are ways to deal with this. You could perhaps offer him this new property with 6 months rent paid and his deposit transferred. Cover all his removal costs etc.

I guess your 14 month agreement has a break clause ? If not, then why not ? Too late now anyway.

If I were paying £1000 a month, I'd want £6000 to move out or even more if I thought you really had to sell. I might demand £50,000 or as high as I thought you would have to pay. If I were you, I would not wait for an intelligent tenant to do some digging and find out why you want him out and just remove the cash element and offer 6 months rent at another place or perhaps the equivalent of about 3 or 4 month's rent in cash.