How to approach letting agency to end contract early?

jjlandlord

Yorkie1 wrote: »

On here, the advice is always that statute over-rides contract. Why should it be any different in the specific circumstances envisaged here?

Statute does not say that LL must always give 24 hour notice. Statute says that in every tenancy agreement there is a clause, be it implicit, that states this: So this right of entry on 24 hour notice is actually granted by contract, imho.
And in principle it's possible that other explicit contractual clauses create other arrangements. A common case is for viewings by prospective tenants towards the end of the tenancy.

rentergirl

anselld wrote: »

Ask for an inspection by the environmental health officer at the local council.
They can at least they can get things fixed if they are genuinely unsafe.
And as a side effect you might make the agents life difficult enough to consider a negotiated early termination.

Quote al the above, and politely state you want out. See what they say. Good luck as it's worth a try.