Mental health illness, letting agent wont allow me to leave

kurgon

CFC wrote: »

I've never heard such nonsense. They are a business, they extended the lease at the OP's request, and their duty is to the landlord, to avoid any loss to that person.

In relation to capacity, the OP advised that he knew what he was doing.

OP, go back and look at the contracts re the guarantor and the extension and seek advice. Country guy gives some sensible advice.

I like how you deleted the part in my post that said the posts were contradictory. If someone is delusional they will not have capacity to make certain decisions. The OP indicates they were unwell;

'I thought/believed they were trying to make me homeless, This is why i tried to extend the agreement.'

While the estate agent is a business, if they are taking instruction from someone who does not have the capacity then those instrucyions have no legal basis and the tenancy would be void. As a letting agent they also have responsibiltiy to the person who is renting the accomodation, not only to the owner of the house. They act as an agent for both parties.

Might be better not to take comments out of context in the future.

CFC

kurgon wrote: »

I like how you deleted the part in my post that said the posts were contradictory. If someone is delusional they will not have capacity to make certain decisions. The OP indicates they were unwell;

The OP has indicated that he knew what he was doing although his reasoning was faulty - it's not then for you to say he was delusiona,l to my mind. However that is irrelevant.

A contract is still enforcable unless it is apparant to the other party that the contractee is suffering from a mental disability. Not only that but housing is a 'necessity' and therefore falls under different rules.

The biggest silliness in your post though was to say that the letting agents were bullying him. Stuff and nonsense, language of the playground.