Leaving a rented property before contract is up with arrears

G_M

mrginge wrote: »

I gave up reading at that point.

Me too.

The poster is drip-feeding information, and when it comes it is ambiguous.

FBaby

You might be lucky! Be being one of those tenants any LL dread to have, they might be desperate to see the back of you, even to the point of accepting losing out financially.

Her desperation might even mean she gives you a good reference.

Guest101

TBagpuss wrote: »

1. If the neighbours are causing you problems then you can adress this directly. Speak to the neighbours, contact the local council (for noise issues) or the police (if theyare agressive or abusive).

Check your lease - see what it says abotu 'quiet enjoiyment' - iof you think that they are breaching that then write to the landlord to raise the issue, but if they are paying their rent she may decide that she would ratherhave them happy than you.

2. Rent - as others have said, if she failed to give you bank details you could have set the money aside so it could be paid as soon as details were provided. You could also have sent her a cheque.

3. If there is no deposit then she cannot witholdit. That would not stop youhavign responsibility for anydamae you cause, and she could pursue you via the courts if she wnated.

4. Moving out - you would need to read your lease. If it is a standard AST then you can probably leave at the end of February. if you leave sooner then you are liable for the rent until the end of the tenancy.

Your best bet is to talk to the landlord. Try to negotiate with them for an early surrender of the tenancy. It may help if you are able to identify new tenants so that she can minimise any void period, and you would normally need to pay for the additonal costs - e.g having an agreement for early termination drawn upm, possibly the cost of a new agreement with the new tenant.

Hpwever, it sounds as though the only real issue is with the neighbours, as the flea problem has now been dealt with and your rent arrears are a bigger problem for your landlord than for you, so rather than incur the cost of moving and the potential finacial liability of breaking your lease, you might di better to address the issue if the problem neighbours directly.
How does their drinking cause an issue for you?

Quiet enjoyment doesn't apply to neighbours

dekaspace

I could read their statement as this way, the cost of not living in the property for that week plus the costs of flea treatments would of swallowed a lot of that months rent money or any savings the person had so they couldn't afford to pay the full 2nd months rent.

That being said I remember quite a few years back a LL never turned up to collect rent on the agreed date or time and would nag me by phone and claim it was my fault expecting me to wait in 24/7 (yes they pretty much said that because I was on benefits so "didn't need to leave the house") and refused to give me bank details.

So people have said before its my fault for not paying him on time when he was the one that refused to give bank details or turn up to collect rent at reasonable notice.

ST1991

We had to treat the house we bought for fleas on the day we moved in (with all our stuff now in there...)

Went to the pet shop - they do house-flea-spray and a powder you can put down and then vaccuum up. I carried on the treatment for a month to ensure they were all definitely gone.

In total it didn't cost more than £50 for the treatment sprays and powders and i was treating it daily - so unless you got some super crazy industrial stuff it shouldn't have cost you a months rent!

dekaspace

Not that the OP has said, but a few nights in a hotel would cost quite a bit, maybe £200 for a week at last minute for a double bedroom maybe more.

ST1991

dekaspace wrote: »

Not that the OP has said, but a few nights in a hotel would cost quite a bit, maybe £200 for a week at last minute for a double bedroom maybe more.

That's true.

Wish OP would give more detail as to why they cannot simply pay the rent arrears immediately. I'm sure there is a good reason for it!
On another note - very strange the landlord didn't ask for a deposit...

dekaspace

I don't know if I can name agencies/ll but theres one I know of that has over 300 properties over the UK that doesn't take a deposit this is because his properties are in such bad conditon (which the flea thing makes me think of him) his tenants are either people on benefits or foreigners who don't know or can't stand up for their rights.

FBaby

Most LL who don't ask for a deposit do so because of the the potential legal problems attached with them. They just up the rent and put the money aside for potential damage/lack of rental and don't have to worry about S21 being rejected or being sued 3 times the monthly rent.

Guest101

FBaby wrote: »

Most LL who don't ask for a deposit do so because of the the potential legal problems attached with them. They just up the rent and put the money aside for potential damage/lack of rental and don't have to worry about S21 being rejected or being sued 3 times the monthly rent.

It's 3x the deposit not monthly rent.


I know that in 9/10 cases the deposit is the equivalent of the monthly rent, but often it's actually more.