Landlord selling house

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YvetteN91 wrote: »

That sounds great and I would love to send it to them. The only thing is: we have already asked to leave the contract early and they told us that we can leave but only when they have sold their house. Something I don't think is going to happen before the end of August. So this means, we will have to stay here, even though we found a property to move into next month. Meaning we can't move into this property, but if they do sell the house, let's say, within 2 weeks, we have to go?! This makes looking for a new property very hard, since we don't know when we have to be out by.

Look at the notice requirements.

They can't sell in two weeks and then you leave they still need to serve notice. You have quite a lot of control over when you leave.

You don't seem to be understanding what the good people here are telling you.

Landlord let us leave now or you won't be marketing this property while we are in it(subject to you reading your tenancy agreement).

Before that check the tax situation asap.

AnotherJoe

YvetteN91 wrote: »

but if they do sell the house, let's say, within 2 weeks, we have to go?! This makes looking for a new property very hard, since we don't know when we have to be out by.

No !! I think you've missed the point. You can't leave before the end of the contract but similarly they can't make you leave before it ends either.

Even after the contract ends, if you don't wish to leave you can drag it out until they get the courts involved which will take months.

Add to that, they will find it difficult to sell with sitting tenants (you) still in place so they ought to regard it as a benefit you can move early.

This is why there is room for negotiation,you will allow early access in exchange for being released from tenancy early. I suggest you play hard ball, certainly no keys, no access for viewings, and no tidying the place up.

It sounds to me as if you landlord is as naive as you about these aspects. Perhaps when you refuse to allow access (and most definitely don't give them keys) they may wake up and smell the coffee.

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This is what I did with my LL. At first I was ok with viewings, but I'd spend days tidying up and then have a five minute viewing. It was quite ridiculous. Of course, a lot of the people weren't serious.

I finally got it through my head that I was helping the LL to make me homeless and stopped allowing viewings. Like most LL's he wanted me paying the rent while the sale process was going on.., but that wasn't good for me. As you say, if he'd made me want to help him the situation would probably have been different (done repairs etc) but as it was, I dug my heels in and didn't co-operate.

There is no way I'd have given keys to an EA. No way I'd feel ok having strangers tramping through the house I was living in. You don't even know if the EA stays with them (things could disappear).

As has already been said, if you make it clear you won't allow viewings unless there is some room for negotiation to allow you to move when you find somewhere (in writing as you don't want the LL to go back on this), then the house won't be sold. The LL can't do anything as you are still in your fixed period.

marksoton

Some people really do want their :bdaycake: and to eat it.

You need to answer some of the questions asked by others and send an email to the effect of what G_M has stated but....

No keys
No viewings
Change the locks

That should bring the greedy 50d to the negotiating table.

Pixie5740

If your LL lives in New Zealand and doesn't use a letting agent, what address has been given for the serving of notices in your tenancy agreement?

Crashy_Time

Tenant liable for tax is news to me. Just pack and leave, and don`t leave any forwarding address, they can keep the deposit for their trouble and sort out their tax affairs themselves. You said you had a place lined up, just go!