Discovered house is holiday let only

Pixie5740

As for how your TA can be valid well your situation isn't a million miles away from those tenants renting from landlords who don't have co sent to let from their mortgage lenders. The landlords don't have permission to let and are in breach of the mortgage T&C. However, that contract is between the landlord and lender it has nothing to do with the tenant or the contract the tenant has with the landlord.

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Do you have any young children?

DaftyDuck

Just treat your life as a holiday... I find it helps me!

Shakin_Steve

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Sounds like you want to break the lease for your own reasons.

So you did a bit of investigation and reported your own tenancy to the council?
Now you're not seeing the action you'd hoped would happen?

Is that where we are with this?

Because the advice your getting is that you're ok, it's the landlord's problem. He may end up having to accommodate you elsewhere but the lease itself will still stand.

But if you're actually looking for a way to break this lease, then that's what you should be asking here.

Nail, head, hammer :T

davidmcn

MartinMI wrote: »

how is the contract valid when the contract is based on the property being leasable

The contract is valid because there's no reason why it's invalid.

The property is leasable because your landlord is your landlord, and you've got occupation of the property in exchange for your rent.

elmer

Also have you been billed for Council Tax as Holiday lets are usually NDR and come under Small Business Bonus, so you may have 13 months council tax to pay?

elmer

Fuzzyness

just curious as to where the property is in terms of general location (town centre, suburban, middle of the countryside) as this have had some bearing as to why use of the property was restricted to holiday use in the first place. subject to where it is, the LL may actually have a good case for returning the house to full residential use as it would count towards the local authority's housing numbers. conversely, if you live in a touristy area, using a holiday let for non holiday use would restrict the amount of holiday accommodation available and may count against the LL when he seeks to change the use.

macman

13 months occupation implies that you may have signed a new STA only a month or so ago. Your first post implies that you knew about this situation more than a month ago. If so, why did you recontract for 6 or 12 months?
If you didn't, then you can give your contractual notice and leave.
As above, the LL's breach of planning regs does not invalidate your tenancy agreement.

csgohan4

OP not coming back as he's busted, shame really

Cakeguts

The planning permission for a holiday let only is nothing to do with you. You don't own the property. This is the landlord's problem to sort out. You have a contract with the landlord that is still in existence. What the landlord has got planning permission for makes no difference to your contract with him to rent his house. So you just carry on and the landlord has to sort out the planning permission.