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Can I move now?
notrealname
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My lease is up for renewal. I was looking for somewhere bigger to move to but there hasn't been much in the market so I sent email to chasing estate agents saying that we would renew on existing basis "subject to contract". I haven't signed the new contact - but an amazing house has come up for rent and I want to put an offer on it. Can I do that? I should add that I would be quite happy to leave estate agents ("LL wants his bank to value the property - can you be home on Tuesday at 10am? No? Tough, you will have to be.") so not fussed about inconveniencing them, more where I stand legally.
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Assuming you are renting and completed your initial tenancy period you will now of reverted to a periodic tenancy. This means you can leave with 1 months notice or the landlord can give you 2 months notice to vacate. I recommend not signing any new tenancy if you plan on moving.0
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If it is as you say, then seems rather straightforward. You agreed to renew conditional on X. X has not yet happened, so you have not fully agreed. As long as you don't do X (ie sign the contract) then you can either
(1) leave by the end date of your current fixed term without notice; or
(2) move to periodic tenancy and give one rental period's notice to terminate (unless specified otherwise in your current agreement).0 -
I agree, just thought I might be missing something! Thank you.0
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And no, not periodic tenancy - around here letting agents force you sign another fixed term. Of course they can't 'force' legally, but they do not allow the periodic option to happen (no fee for renewing then, see?).0
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notrealname wrote: »And no, not periodic tenancy - around here letting agents force you sign another fixed term. Of course they can't 'force' legally, but they do not allow the periodic option to happen (no fee for renewing then, see?).
How do the agents 'not allow the periodic option to happen'? If you don't sign a renewal, what can they do? Also force the LL to serve notice? Even then you'd end up on periodic for a while unless you chose to leave early.0 -
notrealname wrote: »And no, not periodic tenancy - around here letting agents force you sign another fixed term. Of course they can't 'force' legally, but they do not allow the periodic option to happen (no fee for renewing then, see?).
I mean they cant 'not let it happen', but anyway0
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