End of fixed term rental agreement

andyb_sv

My 6 month rental agreement recently ended at the end of February and we paid a sum of money to extend the agreement for a further 6 months but didn't sign a new contract. Does the act of myself paying the fee mean that legally I've signed up to a new agreement or should the letting agency have asked me to sign a new agreement?

Thanks,

anselld

If you wanted a new fixed term then yes, you should have signed an new agreement.

G_M

Go in to the agent and ask either for a new contract with LL or agent's signature and relevant dates, or for your money back.

Seems to me like you've popped into Sainsbury, paid them £100, and walked out without any shopping!

edit: you do realise you didn't need either a new contract OR to pay a fee?

00ec25

Techncially speaking you do not extend the agreement, you start a NEW agreeemnt for a new fixed term (and the LL can ask for a rent increase because it is a new agreement not an extension of the old one)

You appear to have been charged a fee for a contract renewal (which is what most LA like to do becuase they get a fee for doing so) but without a written agreemeent signed by both you and the LL starting the new fixed period dates you have wasted your money. Instead,assuming yiou are NOT in Scotland or NI, then you are now on a Statutory Periodic Tenancy - so insist the LA produces a new agreement as you have paid for it

alternatively did you really want to be tied into another fixed period? If not then stay on the periodic and fight the LA for the return of your money which you paid over for nothing

if you do not understand the types of tenancy read this