Terminating rental contract early - advice please

tim123456789

G_M wrote: »

Not so.

The reason most tenancy agreements have such a clause is because..... all buildings insurance policies have such clauses.

If the tenant breaks the clause and leaves the property 'unoccupied' for longer than the period specified, the landlord's insurance would be invalid. Fire? No valid insurance claim!

Yep

and I repeat If the tenant wishes to take on this risk there is nothing that the LL can do to force him.

And I don't mean nothing practically, I mean nothing at all.

tim

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MRSB wrote: »

Hi, sorry was in a tiz when I wrote the post so didn't search the forum very well. I've had a look at some of the other threads, which have been helpful.

We are in England, and have signed an assured shorthold tenancy, this is the second contract for this property the first contract expired on October 7th 2012, and the current contract has dates of 8th October 2012 to 7th August 2013.

Our deposit is protected, and we have paid an extra £200 into this as part of a pet agreement.

I have now looked at our rental contract, and it does not say anything about early termination. I have emailed the letting agent to ask where we stand with this as I was sure that there was a clause, but this may have been on the previous contract which I have not checked.

We will be looking to move in to the new property on 1st May, and have been very lucky be allowed to secure it so far in advance of our moving in date.

Thanks

OP - keep negotiating. You want to surrender the tenancy on the 1 May or soon after and need to find out what the LL wants for this. The "normal" deal, if such a thing exists, is that you pay the re-letting costs plus rent up to the date the new Ts move in but you can, of course, try to negotiate anything you think fair.

If you can't agree and decide to let the tenancy run to the end of the fixed term, just make sure you comply with any clause in the contract (if there is one) that requires you to give notice to end the tenancy at the end of the fixed term to avoid any follow on tenancies arising.