Ending tenancy questions

fearLess

Hello all,

Sorry to revive my old thread but thought it would be relevant to the subject.

Now we've handed in our notice we have the month to get out basically, we have our new place all signed for picking up the keys today.

What kind of access do I need to give the LA, bearing in mind they are both a nightmare LA and LL. Leaving the house in an unsafe condition for over 6 months causing us to leave.

I signed a basic tenancy agreement, no inventory and our deposit was never protected. But the LA are still siding with the LL obviously because he's giving them business.

The LA has actually lied about what's inside the property on their website, stating it has electric shower etc when it doesn't - unless they are planning to put it in, but after taking (still ongoing) 6 months to paint an unpainted plastered ceiling with the light fittings hanging by the live wires I somehow guess forking out on an electric shower is the last of their worries.

Also I have no doubt whatsoever that the LL/LA will try and claim a lot of money for "damages", they already stated that the toilet leaking was our fault which it clearly wasn't and they're just looking to pin the blame.

Any suggestions on how I move forward? We only had a small deposit of £250 so I can see them trying to quote for more when anything we ever reported as going wrong was never righted and we just had to live with it.

G_M

What does your tenancy agreement say about access? Many TAs say the LL (agent) can show the property to prospective tenats in the last month. If you agreed to this, the LL has a contractual right.

However you have a common law right to 'quiet enjoyment' which may conflict. If you wish to contest the LL's contractual right (on grounds of QE) do it in wriing.

But best advice is o compromise: write saying you will permit viewings, say, twice a week on, say, Tues/Thurs evenings, by prior appointment - or whatever.

How the LL describes the property in the ad is not your concern. as you say, he may be planning to install a shower. You don't know.....

As the deposit was not protected:
1) you can claim 3 times the deposit as penalty, either now, or later
2) you could offer/agree not to do so provided your deposit is returned in full immediately after you leave
3) to claim the penalty you may be able to use the Small Claims track in the courts (£60ish + you claim the cost back), but you may not be able to (£1000ish) - ask your local court officials.