Help!! Landlord wants to sell up

dancingfairy

So it appears the landlady wants you out, whether it's for a genuine reason or not. Your contract appears to have a break clause that can be used and served from the 6 month onwards I think ( I can't be bothered to go back and find the exact details).
It's a rubbish situation to be in. You can either sit and wait it out and wait and see if the landlady served you notice or you can accept that you are likely to be leaving sooner rather than later and take action yourselves.

You can serve your own notice in accordance with the tenancy agreement of you find somewhere ( I'm assuming you wouldn't serve notice without somewhere lined up) or you could offer to negotiate, clearly if both parties agree to mutually end the contract that's fine. The question is what terms do you want to sweeten the deal? A good reference? Deposit returned in full, a contribution to moving or storage costs?

Bear in mind it's not that long until the landlady can serve notice and then she's got to give you 2 months notice so she is unlikely to pay huge sums to get you out early but you never know, certainly you can ask for a contribution towards moving costs. She may just be glad to get you out for whatever reason and glad she do want have to go to court so she may just be happy to pay you to go.

Whilst it's horrible to be in this situation and to have it thrown on you, you do have some control over dates and have the upper hand ( as in you could be bloody minded and downright awkward and string things out of you wanted). I personally wouldnt though,i'd probably trying and negotiate some money towards moving costs of I could once I'd coped with the shock and disappointment and tried to get my head around it all.

I hope your next place works out better it can be so unsettling renting.

Df

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Guest101 wrote: »

I understand your point, but I don't agree with it

Clearly you don't, as you keep asserting I am saying something completely different from what I am saying.

Riggyman

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

Clearly you don't, as you keep asserting I am saying something completely different from what I am saying.

Do us all a favour and p1ss off?

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Riggyman wrote: »

Do us all a favour and p1ss off?

His and your inability to understand a simple argument is not my problem.