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Can my friend leave rented house earlier!!!

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  • jjlandlord
    jjlandlord Posts: 5,099 Forumite
    edited 19 June 2012 at 8:12PM
    So I'm a bad guy for suggesting that having a dodgy patio door is not dramatic to the point of being worth attempting to get out of the contract?

    Do people read and understand comments? Or they do they just expect to be cajoled by a psychological support group?
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I don't think you understand: the OP's chum is determined to get out of this AST and is only interested in posts which will suggest ways on how to achieve this.

    Unfortunately there are none, so they will just have to get on with things as best they can, acting on the opinions people have offered. Or pay rent for two places at the same time
  • jjlandlord
    jjlandlord Posts: 5,099 Forumite
    I don't think you understand: the OP's chum is determined to get out of this AST and is only interested in posts which will suggest ways on how to achieve this.

    Oh I understood that the instant a 5 month old baby was mentioned... ;)
  • propertyman
    propertyman Posts: 2,922 Forumite
    If they want to get out early
    -they could refuse to pay rent and allow the landlord to take possession, but a county court judgement is rarely a good thing.
    - they might claim that the contract has been frustrated due to the landlords unwilingness tp rpovide what was agreed, nd required. The cost oad risk of losing is such that it would be cheaper to pay the rent to the end of the term.

    That's why most replies are focused on solving the problems not walking away.

    If you can establish that there is damp, not simply a lack of heating, or poor heating practices by the tenant, that water is coming in , and that it is easy to force entry to the patio door, then you can start action against the landlord through the disrepair protocol;
    http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/protocol/prot_hou


    That may get him to agree to end the tenancy.


    As to the cooker, google the make, and draw the markings on a removable label and stick them on the cooker.
    Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
    Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold";
    if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn
  • samuela66
    samuela66 Posts: 1,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    jjlandlord wrote: »
    So I'm a bad guy for suggesting that having a dodgy patio door is not dramatic to the point of being worth attempting to get out of the contract?

    Do people read and understand comments? Or they do they just expect to be cajoled by a psychological support group?


    Yes I read replies, I dont need to be cajoled by anyone..... now go away and give your pathetic replies to someone else
    Sam B
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