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HELP please with student rent agreement
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the landlady is open to my daughter finding someone else and has even said she can help with viewing.
I very much appreciate what you're saying around coping strategies, I work in mental health so have been helping with these and also with CBT which has helped. I do understand too about you describing living in the moment, anxiety seems to blunt out any rational thinking for the future within these situations.
many thanks and all the best with your son.0 -
there is no court in any land that is going to come after a young woman with a mental illness giving 6 months notice even after signing a contract. The job now is to find someone to replace her so the landlady and other tenants are not out of pocket in anyway. I work inmental health so disagree this would be very much unreasonable. If you knew what people with mental illness went through then you would surely agree.Not sure I'd count on the landlord dropping it. They will want their money (not unreasonably).0 -
Your daughter should speak to the university's housing team and get them to run through any future contracts to her before she signs.
Student houseshares are always vulnerable to one person dropping out or screwing the others over with unpaid rent. If this causes anxiety, she may have to look at renting privately on her own (or making a special case for living in Halls if available), although this is always more expensive.They are an EYESORES!!!!0 -
there is no court in any land that is going to come after a young woman with a mental illness giving 6 months notice even after signing a contract. The job now is to find someone to replace her so the landlady and other tenants are not out of pocket in anyway. I work inmental health so disagree this would be very much unreasonable. If you knew what people with mental illness went through then you would surely agree.
No. You are wrong.
The court does not come after your daughter, the LL does. And the LL would win.
There's one thing getting sympathy for mental health issues, and totally different thinking the law simply does not apply.
It's not your job to find a replacement, as miss Samantha said.0 -
of course the law applies, I'm saying the landlady stated it is her (my daughters) job to find someone else to take her place. I know its not but if my daughter does find someone else the problem is solved. As Miss Samantha says she would be walking away from the contract and not be part of the tenancy.No. You are wrong.
The court does not come after your daughter, the LL does. And the LL would win.
There's one thing getting sympathy for mental health issues, and totally different thinking the law simply does not apply.
It's not your job to find a replacement, as miss Samantha said.0 -
of course the law applies, I'm saying the landlady stated it is her (my daughters) job to find someone else to take her place. I know its not but if my daughter does find someone else the problem is solved. As Miss Samantha says she would be walking away from the contract and not be part of the tenancy.
You could end up wasting a lot of time for the landlord to reject all the candidates too0 -
it was the landlords idea, she said it was up to my daughter to find a replacement!! I know its not but if she does find someone its a win win. She gets her deposit back and out of the contract!!You could end up wasting a lot of time for the landlord to reject all the candidates too0 -
it was the landlords idea, she said it was up to my daughter to find a replacement!! I know its not but if she does find someone its a win win. She gets her deposit back and out of the contract!!
I think you've misunderstood, finding someone will be easy, but the LL still has to accept them.0 -
it was the landlords idea, she said it was up to my daughter to find a replacement!! I know its not but if she does find someone its a win win. She gets her deposit back and out of the contract!!
It's a win for your daughter if she finds someone. It's 'indifferent' to the landlord.0 -
The Landlady is running a business and she would far rather have 5 tenants paying the rent each month than try and chase your daughter through the courts.
You must write a letter asking if you can back out of the contract.
Has she spoken to the university housing officer, Does the university have a housing office like Manchester Student Homes.
They offer Free adverts for students looking for replacement tenants or other students to buddy up with0
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