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Rent-related Money-Moral Dilemma...
Luisa1981
Posts: 91 Forumite
Hi,
I'm looking for detached responses and thought people on here are used to/enjoy this kind of thing.
Person A and Person B share a house. They are in a relationship.
The relationship breaks down. They agree that they need to move out. No one will stay in the flat. Person A has nowhere immediate to go. Person B does, so agrees to go, cancelling their share of the rent. Rent is paid up until the end of the month.
Person A is left in the house until they find suitable accommodation. This is likely to be another month at least.
Should Person B pay for another month in the house until Person A finds a place?
Need impartial advice please!!
Thanks
I'm looking for detached responses and thought people on here are used to/enjoy this kind of thing.
Person A and Person B share a house. They are in a relationship.
The relationship breaks down. They agree that they need to move out. No one will stay in the flat. Person A has nowhere immediate to go. Person B does, so agrees to go, cancelling their share of the rent. Rent is paid up until the end of the month.
Person A is left in the house until they find suitable accommodation. This is likely to be another month at least.
Should Person B pay for another month in the house until Person A finds a place?
Need impartial advice please!!
Thanks
Disgruntled saver (hating low interest rates) who LOVES a good survey and a freebie!
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When does the fixed term end?
If it is a periodic tenancy, what if the rent date?If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
June but house is in popular area so will get snapped up as lovely.
Rent date 19 of month.
Person B out by this Friday.Disgruntled saver (hating low interest rates) who LOVES a good survey and a freebie!
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My opinion for what its worth is that you should give notice and both pay rent until the notice is up. If one of you wants to stay longer then they should pay the rent alone for that period.
Hope that helps!0 -
That would leave person B paying rent for 2 accommodations at the same time, so personally I'd say no.Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out0
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Depends on the reason (and the sums involved and who can afford what). Is another month likely to drag on for 6 months?
I was in a similar situation and was the partner who had somewhere to go to immediately.
I moved out but continued paying my share of the rent until she was able to move. About 3 months. This was the earliest date we could negotiate with the landlord to terminate the contract.
So yes, I was paying 1.5 x rent for about 3 months.0 -
Person B is moving to stay with family and putting stuff in storage. Person A had originally agreed to see out the tenancy, then realised how much it would cost in reality.
They wish to remain friends.Disgruntled saver (hating low interest rates) who LOVES a good survey and a freebie!
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Then they need to come to some sort of agreement. Technically if they are both named on the tenancy then they are both liable for the rent until the last day of the tenancy in June. When did the tenancy start? Is there a possible break clause?Person B is moving to stay with family and putting stuff in storage. Person A had originally agreed to see out the tenancy, then realised how much it would cost in reality.
They wish to remain friends.:footie:
Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. 0 -
Seeing that person B is likely to have less expenses with moving back in with family, and they wish to remain friends, how about person B paying one third and person A two thirds.Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
I just checked with Shelter:
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/renting_and_leasehold/ending_a_tenancy_or_licence/ending_a_fixed_term_agreement
B is liable all the way!Disgruntled saver (hating low interest rates) who LOVES a good survey and a freebie!
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