From the landlord's perspective

AngryDog

Ive just been through this myself.
My LL called me less than 6 weeks asking me to find somewhere else to live. I originally signed a 12 month agreement and then verbally said I would stay for another 12 months at the end of the term. no other paperwork was signed.

As a result I felt that I would move out at my earliest convenience, which happens to be this coming Saturday.

My current LL is very much an amateur. I doubt that he still has my deposit bond, he never in the time prior to my moving in, or during my time in the house, had the gas boiler serviced and I doubt he had any kind of insurances on the property to cover it. Nor was he very good when it came to asking for work to be done (like damp / mould etc because the windows cannot be opened in the house due to problems with them).

My new LL seems be a bit better but only time will tell. I have asked for the option of a break after 1 year but the initial contract is for 2 years. I doubt that I will take that option up but circumstances can always change.

Personally, as much as I hate this kind of behavior from the OP, sometimes there is a valid reason behind it. Just ask your tennants. The worse that they can do is say no. My LL explained why he had to ask me to leave early. I was ok with his reasons and started looking for somewhere to live straight away.

Graham_Devon

This sort of thing is going to get more and more common, with so many landlords that, in their own words "are not running this as a business".

franklee

Yazmina wrote: »

My tenants are 12 months into an 18 month contract. I relied on an agency to write the break clause. I would like to end the tenancy three months early but the break clause was not written properly and is useless.

Yazmina wrote: »

I've no intention of asking them to move at Christmas. I haven't approached them at all yet and, if they agree, I'm looking for a Jan/Feb move.

They've got six months left on the contract (18-12). You wish them out three months early, which makes it in three months time. End September plus three months is end December. Maybe you can give us more accurate dates although if you can be flexible on the dates and only want one or two months early then you may as well wait till nearer the end?