Landlord wants to sell early in tennancy

franklee

Mrs_Imp wrote: »

Just for a different perspective, we were in the position of possibly having to rent out our flat until it sold (finances). We wanted to make sure the tennant kept the place reasonable (we weren't expecting spotless) so we were going to give £50 per viewing if the place was ok, £100 per offer, and then if an offer completed, a further amount to help with moving costs. Plus reduced rent in the first place. So to me, £100 is too little.

A big difference between your scheme and the OP's is that you would have told prospective tenants up front it was to be for sale. That way you would have given yourself the best chance of screening out tenants who don't want viewings.

In the OP's case the OP was specifically told the property would not go up for sale till spring 2013, so the landlord has put it up for sale a year early. It's really the landlord's fault that she has landed a tenant who doesn't want viewings so early in the tenancy as if she had said there would be viewings upfront the OP could have rented elsewhere leaving the landlord free to get a tenant who didn't mind.

Obviously tenants are individual people who vary in how they want their home treated. If more landlords remembered that and were upfront with their plans then they would more likely choose a tenant that suits them better - even if that would need a reduced rent.