Tenant have moved out without telling anyone.

dodger1

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Knock on the door and speak to them.

Agree with this, it's certainly what I'd do. Nothing menacing, just ask them what their intentions are regarding their tenancy on your property.

tumbledowngirl

dodger1 wrote: »

Agree with this, it's certainly what I'd do. Nothing menacing, just ask them what their intentions are regarding their tenancy on your property.

We asked our agent what would be to stop us doing this, and he told us the tenants could claim harassment.

The agent has requested to meet the tenants at our property early next week to discuss the tenancy - doubt he'll get a response, in which case we'll request he knocks on the door of their new address and speaks to them, or do it ourselves.

JuicyJesus

telboyo wrote: »

Just knock on their door and ask nicely for your property back or the rent arrears, if they don't comply claim on your landlord insurance.

I'd lay generous odds the "tenant" would then blame the landlord for not releasing them from their contract, and see it as hypocrisy on the landlord's part.

tumbledowngirl

Guest101 wrote: »

Hope ur following my earlier advice...

Yes - which is what I meant by going through the correct channels.

allthingsmustpass

tumbledowngirl wrote: »

They have requested all sorts of non-essential "repairs", none of which we had a duty to carry out but ALL of which we did - in order to keep the relationship on good terms.
They, in return, messed us about by paying the rent upto 2 weeks late over a period of several months and then requested to leave the agreement they had requested (we would normally have gone onto a rolling agreement after the end ofvthe AST.) They then abandon the property

You missed the bit where you refused their request to terminate early in an amicable way and rather high handedly thought 'that would be the end of the matter'.

That was plainly a mistake as you are now discovering.

Far better to meet them halfway on that request and negotiate an early surrender that doesn't leave you out of pocket. It would have been easy to do. That you have a property that requires so much maintenance is neither here nor there but does rather paint a picture of your attitude towards providing suitable accommodation that differs from this saintly picture you attempt to paint.

I dont really care to be honest but others reading this can perhaps learn from your mistake and be less dismissive of a tenants requests.

They didn't just leave. They tried to end it amicably to begin with. Id suggest you learn a lesson from this but I think the chances are slim.


Other readers, read between the lines. There was plenty of maintenance required and the tenants left early for a property in the same location. Why would you be so desperate to leave? There are two sides to every story.

tumbledowngirl

allthingsmustpass wrote: »

You missed the bit where you refused their request to terminate early in an amicable way and rather high handedly thought 'that would be the end of the matter'.

That was plainly a mistake as you are now discovering.

Far better to meet them halfway on that request and negotiate an early surrender that doesn't leave you out of pocket. It would have been easy to do. That you have a property that requires so much maintenance is neither here nor there but does rather paint a picture of your attitude towards providing suitable accommodation that differs from this saintly picture you attempt to paint.

I dont really care to be honest but others reading this can perhaps learn from your mistake and be less dismissive of a tenants requests

They didn't just leave. They tried to end it amicably to begin with. Id suggest you learn a lesson from this but I think the chances are slim.


Other readers, read between the lines. There was plenty of maintenance required and the tenants left early for a property in the same location. Why would you be so desperate to leave? There are two sides to every story.

Again, a million assumptions.
The "repairs" I mentioned were things like a misted up double glazed window - not detrimental to the tenants enjoyment of the property and not something a landlord HAS to repair, but we did so because they requested it.
Another was a pain of glass in the front door that THEY broke.

For your information, the tenants have moved into a bungalow from our 2 bedroom semi - perhaps that answers your question as to why they were "desperate to leave". (your description, not mine - no-one said they were desperate, they didn't try to negotiate any kind of deal to deal, they asked once and received an answer.)

If they were so desperate to leave, why did they request a 12 month agreement when they'd already been in the property 6 months?

Your suggestions that I'm trying to paint us as saintly, while implying the tenants have been more than reasonable in their behaviour is frankly laughable. Let me take a guess - you're a misjudged, ill-treated tenant yourself, who thinks all landlords are scum of the earth.

I'll repeat - tenancy agreements exist for a reason. Should the boot have been on the other foot and we had requested that the tenants leave mid way through the agreement and they'd refused, do you think it would be reasonable for us to access the property, chuck their belongings out and change the locks?
No, didn't think so.

Yorkie1

tumbledowngirl wrote: »

We asked our agent what would be to stop us doing this, and he told us the tenants could claim harassment.

The agent has requested to meet the tenants at our property early next week to discuss the tenancy - doubt he'll get a response, in which case we'll request he knocks on the door of their new address and speaks to them, or do it ourselves.

I tend to agree with your agent here.

Don't approach them at their new property (nor the LA) but do everything in writing, properly.

whalster

You have been given a lot of good advice here for running the tenancy better next time .

Go around to their new place get them to relinquish the tenancy smile nicely and chalk it up to experience

The most important piece of paper for you at the moment is that one stop chelping and remember you catch many more flies with honey than vinegar

whalster

The agent then is an idiot ! I have done this many times ,get the piece of paper turn the place around and it could be generating you income again in a couple of weeks, if your not cut our to be a landlord invest in Art!

Mylo_The_Moggy

mrginge wrote: »

Let yourself in at 3am when no-ones around, smash the place up.
Then sue them for all the damage

Absoloutely absurd advice!
Even if it was literally a joke.