Assured Shorthold Tenancy - what's a reasonable buyout payment to leave immediately?

BitterAndTwisted

This is a business arrangement: the OP has no emotional investment in the situation whatsoever. The family could be the type of people who would put their own granny on the street to get their hands on her house rather than being bereft in their terrible grief. We just don't know, do we?

Silly me: I didn't look for a thread on a different forum. In this case, as the family sound so very poisonous, I'd not be willing to leave the property for quite a large sum. The only problem is that the daughter sounds like she wouldn't be averse to making the OP's life a complete misery for however long it took to winkle them out.

Running_Horse

I guess I just read it differently. Sounds like the OP is wishing a financial obligation from the family that simply does not exist. Remember we only have one side of the story, and families can be very strange institiutions. My advice remains. Sort out your housing situation and get on with your life.

BitterAndTwisted

Very strange institutions indeed. From what I remember of the OP's thread the daughter definitely ransacked the house and possibly found a will leaving the property to someone other than herself. The daughter who abused her own father when he was terminally ill in hospital. What sounds like a rather dangerous and thoroughly unpleasant character. I wouldn't be keen to cross someone like that.

PasturesNew

I'd accept a month's rent, return of deposit right away and £500-1000 inconvenience money, to leave in a month. That would enable me to pay a deposit on a new place, pay the credit check fees, pay the first month's rent up front immediately and have the money to do the move and be compensated for my time for going and viewing and packing and moving.

absolutelybrassic

clutton wrote: »

i think his user name explains things......

Its just a name I chose years ago that seemed appropriate given the name of the website, would you judge me differently if I had a username of 'Millionaire'

I understand that while what I was proposing on here may have seemed a bit mercenary, I was actually exploring solutions to what would be a worst case scenario should things turn nasty. Nobody should have the insecurity of being made homeless with a couple of weeks notice and if you have not followed the correct procedure the local authority will not help as you will have been deemed to have made yourself voluntarily homeless. I know of someone who has had to sleep in their car during the recent cold weather. Unfortunately we have ended up in a situation in this country where even a modest flat now costs five or six times a working man's wage but that's a matter for another topic.

As it happens a reasonable compromise has been reached as the benefactor is happy for me to continue paying rent to stay there while all the business of probate goes through. That gives me a more reasonable opportunity to sort out alternative accommodation and for them it means the house isn't empty and a possible target for burglary.

Bibbitybob

absolutelybrassic wrote: »

Nobody should have the insecurity of being made homeless with a couple of weeks notice

But you won't, because surely your AST means that your landlord (or whoever inherits the house & your contract) has to give you two months notice.