Buying house with tenant in

G_M

An owner/LL who Exchanges contracts to sell a property 'with vacant possession', who has tenants, is either mad, or stupid, or has a mad/stupid solicitor!

HE is responsible for any costs his buyer incurs through his failure to sell "with vacant possession".

I'm amazed you were so nice to the buyer though. At 1.00 AM! 20 minutes on the buzzer?! And you did not call the police?!!

silvercar

Your Landlord has screwed up and IMHO received incredibly bad advice from his solicitor. The buyer is probably not at fault and as a FTB could possibly live a reasonable length of time in a hotel at the landlord's expense.

Having screwed up, your landlord either has to offer you whatever financial incentive it can to get you to move out or risk incurring costs from the buyer for failing to complete.

In your landlord's shoes, I would offer you whatever it takes to get you out and the deal done, then claim all this back from the solicitor for idiotic advice.

G_M

silvercar wrote: »

In your landlord's shoes, I would offer you whatever it takes to get you out and the deal done, then claim all this back from the solicitor for idiotic advice.

Assuming he used a solicitor and did not DIY......

And/or assuming he did not receive advice from a solicitor but choose to ignore it.....

But none of that affects the OP.

Bloodymary

thanks all

it all makes sense. Do you think if the LL occurs any penalty charges they can go after our deposit... not directly to cover these fine but for example for breach of lease? According to our lease we are not allowed pets in the flat and originally when we signed the contract and asked the EA he told us that the flat across the hall is also owned by the same LL and the people renting it have a dog so if we decide to get a pet it wouldn't be an issues. Few months ago my colleague found 4 kittens in a box in a car park so we didn't have much time to seek permission prior to taking the kitten in. Now I'm worried that they may get upset and go after the deposit even though the flat is immaculate - Ollie actually uses our toilet and apart from hair which we will clean there are no marks or other damages caused by him. I feel really stupid for not getting the permission in writing but whenever the EA looking after the flat has come in he always said it's fine and not to worry...

kinger101

The landlord cannot impose fines. Only charge for actual damages incurred or cleaning expenses.

Are you saying you've trained the cat to use the toilet? Does he flush as well?

Bloodymary

there are no damages whatsoever + I'm getting the flat professionally cleaned before we move out.

Ollie doesn't flush as the button is too stiff for him to press but he does try to cover with toilet paper so we were forced to move the toilet roll or would have to change it daily!

If you have a cat look up "Litter Kwitter" website on google. It was really easy to train him and we are so happy that there are no litter boxes to clean.