terminating 12 month ast early help please

panzer_pure

i have bought a house that will be ready in a few weeks for me to move into, which puts me into a situation were i will have 3 months of my rented house left and my own house. I have no problem at all paying both rent and mortgage till my ast runs out, but i have notified my landlord that to help him out i do not mind leaving my property early if he finds a suitable tenant that needs to be in sooner.

if my landlord does find a tenant who would like to rent before my ast is up, were would i stand with an early surrender? as i dont mind helping the landlord out but i do not want to be on the receiving end of a early termination fee or whatever could be thrown at me for violating my contract. if it were to cause more problems than its worth i would rather just keep the property right upto my last contracted day.

many thanks

SeduLOUs

Even if you are willing to pay (and keep the tenancy running) for the last three months, what does your tenancy say about leaving the property empty for long periods?

Leaving the property abandoned for 3 months will probably cause insurance issues for the LL, so there are usually clauses about it.

panzer_pure

SeduLOUs wrote: »

Even if you are willing to pay for the last three months, what does your tenancy say about leaving the property empty for long periods?

Leaving the property abandoned for 3 months will probably cause insurance issues for the LL, so there are usually clauses about it.

i wont be leaving the property for 3 months, me and my partner decided that, rather than move everything out in one day to the new house and take holidays to do so, we would move stuff out on evenings and do it bit by bit so there was no huge stress on the actually moving day. we just look at the extra time left on our tenancy as a grace that i can have the house fitted out with blinds/curtains/etc and sort out sky and broadband etc before we properly move in, i just want to make sure that if i do this favor to my landlord there are no repercussions

SeduLOUs

Can't see any repercussions if you are still living in the property and paying the rent.

If there is to be an early surrender then this would have to be mutually agreed, so if he hints at wanting to charge you a fee for leaving early and putting a new tenant in (or anything else you aren't keen on), then you just go back to the default position and stay in the property, giving notice in time to end at the 12 month mark.

If you do agree to an early surrender, get it in writing.

ognum

panzer_pure wrote: »

i wont be leaving the property for 3 months, me and my partner decided that, rather than move everything out in one day to the new house and take holidays to do so, we would move stuff out on evenings and do it bit by bit so there was no huge stress on the actually moving day. we just look at the extra time left on our tenancy as a grace that i can have the house fitted out with blinds/curtains/etc and sort out sky and broadband etc before we properly move in, i just want to make sure that if i do this favor to my landlord there are no repercussions

Sorry I don't really get it, how are you doing the LL a favour by giving him the work of finding an early replacement tenant. Your agreed tenancy period apparently is a year, if he lets you out of the tenancy early surely that's the LL doing you a favour!

G_M

Negotiation over a cup of tea. Invite him round and have cake ready too.

You and he can agree whatever you wish.

* If he proposes a termination fee for eary surrender you either
1) agree
2) offer half what he proposed or
3) forget about early termination and just end the tenancy after 12 months

* whatever you DO agree, get confirmed in writing so you both understand what has been agreed