Disconcerting gap between renting and buying - help needed

always_sunny

I did that, I put everything into storage and airBnB'ed for 2 weeks.
Storage is relatively cheap and the move was less stressful to be honest.
AirBnB is (depending on your location) also cheaper than rent.

Unless you have young kids, pets and plants, don't be too scared about the gap. Yes you could stay put and inconvenience the LL but securing something short term is not too difficult.

On the plus side, when you complete and get the keys and you're in a temp accommodation you will have time to clean the new place before moving in with the furniture!

Red-Squirrel_2

roisinford wrote: »

Thanks everyone. I hate the idea of staying with friends (family all live far away) without an end-date to give them, but hopefully it would only be for short term. I have looked at short term lets, but these tend to be hideously expensive... although might just have to bite the bullet

If it helps, I wouldn't have a problem at all with having a friend stay for this reason.

If it drags on, you could offer to pay for your room for the inconvenience, and spend a few weekends away!

Pixie5740

You cannot be a squatter. You have a legally binding contract that gives you exclusive occupation of the property. You will still have a legally binding contract allowing you exclusive occupation come 19th June.

Pixie5740

PasturesNew wrote: »

The short answer is: they can't MAKE you move out on the date, you could just stay .... but that's not nice and I'm sure you just want to be nice and leave on the right date.

Not nice? What a load of !!!!!.

What would be nice about a landlord, who ought to know how an AST can be ended before going out to find a tenant and accepting that tenant's money, expecting the tenant to add unnecessary stress and costs to the purchase of a new home just to accommodate the them?

agrinnall

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Not nice? What a load of !!!!!.

What would be nice about a landlord, who ought to know how an AST can be ended before going out to find a tenant and accepting that tenant's money, expecting the tenant to add unnecessary stress and costs to the purchase of a new home just to accommodate the them?

Some of us expect both the tenant and the landlord to adhere to the contract that both have signed, and if the tenant's AST is up on a certain date then they should move out by that date. It's what I have always done when I've been a tenant. In this particular case it might make sense for the OP not to do that, but I can certainly see how she would see that as acting impolitely.

always_sunny

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Not nice? What a load of !!!!!.

What would be nice about a landlord, who ought to know how an AST can be ended before going out to find a tenant and accepting that tenant's money, expecting the tenant to add unnecessary stress and costs to the purchase of a new home just to accommodate the them?

Geez - what a lot of agro!
It is very possible that the LL has served the eviction notice following the process and the tenant (the OP) has agreed to it. The stress and cost to buy a property have not much to do with the LL really!

mrginge

agrinnall wrote: »

Some of us expect both the tenant and the landlord to adhere to the contract that both have signed, and if the tenant's AST is up on a certain date then they should move out by that date. It's what I have always done when I've been a tenant. In this particular case it might make sense for the OP not to do that, but I can certainly see how she would see that as acting impolitely.

The OP is on a periodic tenancy so it will never be 'up on a certain date' unless one party has given notice.

Pixie5740

always_sunny wrote: »

Geez - what a lot of agro!
It is very possible that the LL has served the eviction notice following the process and the tenant (the OP) has agreed to it. The stress and cost to buy a property have not much to do with the LL really!

Read the information in the link I posted to earlier. A link you've been directed to on previous threads. A landlord cannot serve an eviction notice.

saajan_12

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Not nice? What a load of !!!!!.

What would be nice about a landlord, who ought to know how an AST can be ended before going out to find a tenant and accepting that tenant's money, expecting the tenant to add unnecessary stress and costs to the purchase of a new home just to accommodate the them?

Where is the suggestion that the LL expects the tenant to accomodate them or not knowing how an AST can be ended?

This is a periodic tenancy, which cannot be expected to continue forever. Both parties suggested their circumstances lead to mutual termination of the tenancy. It sounds like a mutual surrender of the tenancy was agreed. Equally the LL may have served proper notice, and be willing to follow the court procedure or the tenant may have served notice, it is not clear which, but OP seems reluctant to stay beyond the agreed / notice expiry date, no suggestion that the LL is demanding this!

Pixie5740

saajan_12 wrote: »

Where is the suggestion that the LL expects the tenant to accomodate them or not knowing how an AST can be ended?

This is a periodic tenancy, which cannot be expected to continue forever. Both parties suggested their circumstances lead to mutual termination of the tenancy. It sounds like a mutual surrender of the tenancy was agreed. Equally the LL may have served proper notice, and be willing to follow the court procedure or the tenant may have served notice, it is not clear which, but OP seems reluctant to stay beyond the agreed / notice expiry date, no suggestion that the LL is demanding this!

The OP says that the lease runs out 18th June and cannot be extended. That indicates to me that the fixed term ends 18th June and the landlord does not wish to extend the tenancy not that the OP currently has a peridic tenancy. However, as we all know a landlord cannot prevent a periodic tenancy from starting the day after the fixed term ends and that a tenancy can only be ended by the tenant or a court.