Leaving a rental property early.

theartfullodger

mrsemrsi86 wrote: »

...... We have tried with our current agency for them to get in touch with our landlord and ask permission for us to leave early (within 3weeks instead of 4) but they haven't been very cooperative and have said they can't get in touch with him. ...

You (yes, YOU!! - keep copy of letter/email..) contact the landlord yourself about this.

You either already have his address, can find details on social media/google or £3 with land registry gives owners details of your property,.....

liveyoung

Have you tried to contact your Landlord yourself? If I was asking for a favor from my landlord I would do it myself and not ask an agency to do it.

mrsemrsi86

We have them official notice on 25th February. Our rent due date was 20th February. We haven't paid rent for the period of 20th Feb - 20th March. They are asking us to pay and stay for another months rent, so 20th March- 20th April. Ideally we would be happy to just give them the rent for the 5 days that we were over that way we can still leave when we like and not risk losing the new house as I did mention above, the new landlord will not wait until the 20th April for us to move in. They will give the property to someone else! We will then won't have to pay the full months rent and be able to leave without a fuss!

I think the best option is to appeal and hope they'll let us pay up to the 25th March and no more. That way we avoid no bad feelings.

FBaby

So because YOU have put yourself in the situation you are in and are not prepared to pay for both properties, you think it is right that your landlord should be the one losing out financially?

Because the reality is that it is highly unlikely they will find someone to come in in three weeks time. What a self-centred view of the world!

The reality is that the agent is probably not making efforts because they know the landlord will not agree. After all, what should they (as per above, leading to them losing out financially so that you don't). The rules are the rules, you've decided not to follow them, yet think you are in the right.

Your deposit is not to pay your last month's rent, it is secure funds in case you are not leaving the property in the same condition it was when you moved in spare wear and tear.

mrsemrsi86

We have no way of getting in touch with our landlord. Everything is done through the letting agent.

AdrianC

mrsemrsi86 wrote: »

We have them official notice on 25th February. Our rent due date was 20th February.

So, as has been said several times, you missed the point at which you could give notice and leave on 19th March. Your notice takes effect from 20th March, and expires on 19th April.

We haven't paid rent for the period of 20th Feb - 20th March.

You need to.

They are asking us to pay and stay for another months rent, so 20th March- 20th April.

Unless they agree to you ending the tenancy early, you need to.

I think the best option is to appeal and hope they'll let us pay up to the 25th March and no more. That way we avoid no bad feelings.

Yep, that's definitely the best option - and the best way to get them on your side is to PAY THE RENT YOU OWE THEM FOR MARCH, apologising profusely as you do so!

mrsemrsi86

Without being rude, I asked a simple question about what I should do in a situation and am getting a fair bit of abuse from the majority. Thank you to the people who didn't personally attack me and gave me sound advice. I'll take on board the positive what the minority has advised.

I think we will do as one of the first posters suggested and pay this months rent and the next so we aren't affecting either parties, that way we able to move when we want to! Thank goodness for family who are there to help out, we should be able to borrow the money!

AdrianC

mrsemrsi86 wrote: »

Without being rude, I asked a simple question about what I should do in a situation and am getting a fair bit of abuse from the majority.

I've just re-read the thread - and still can't see any abuse or personal attack. What I have seen is people stressing how seriously you should be taking the situation, and explaining exactly what the situation is. You still appear to be in denial about that...

This is a situation of your own making, 100%, and you are asking the landlord for a favour to get you out of your contractual obligations. Yet you think that withholding rent and complaining that the agent isn't jumping at your command is the right answer? It isn't. It really, really isn't.

At worst, you are going to find yourself being given notice, having your new landlord withdraw the offer due to an unsatisfactory reference from your current landlord, and being taken to court for the rent you owe.

duchy

You have a contract with your landlord - If you want him to do you a favour and release you from the legally binding contract early -(and all the advantage to doing that is yours - there is no benefit to them) why on earth would you pee him off by with-holding rent. It would be the one thing guaranteed to make him say no as you've created bad feeling.

I really don't understand your logic at all. You wanted a favour from your landlord but you did the one thing guaranteed to make him say no. Why on earth would you do that ????

Oh and it isn't abusive just because people aren't telling you what you want to hear either !!

danslenoir

mrsemrsi86 wrote: »

We have no way of getting in touch with our landlord. Everything is done through the letting agent.

Your letting agent is legally obliged to give you your landlord's contact details if you request them. So you do have a way of getting in touch with the landlord.

If I was your landlord though, after you decided to withhold due rent from me, I would not be amenable to any requests for early surrender.