Ending a tenancy agreement early

BarginBetty79

Has anyone managed to successfully end a rental short term tenancy agreement with a letting agent early.
I recently signed a 7 month agreement on a flat which I am regretting. I was told by the letting agent the tenant in the flat up stairs was of similar age and was quiet and this has not turned out to be the case, I don’t want to complain as she’s just behaving as I did at her age. But it’s effecting my sleep patterns and the noise is giving me anxiety. I’ve been told I’ll get used to it but I can’t see this happening.
I wondered if it was possible to get the letting agent to agree to let me end my tenancy early, If I agreed to stay until they found new tenants. I can’t afford to loose my deposit so don’t want to just up and leave.

I’d be grateful for any advice.

paddyandstumpy

You can only ask, they are under no obligation though.

G_M

BarginBetty79 wrote: »

I wondered if it was possible to get the letting agent to agree to let me end my tenancy early, If I agreed to stay until they found new tenants. .

Yes, it's possible. But it's not a right, so you have to ask, and they have to agree.

More accurately, the landlord has to agree. Why not ask him?

BarginBetty79

I’ve never met the land lord, everything is done through the letting agents. As was suggested, I can only ask the question. I just don’t want it to have any repercussions if I have any problems with the property.

G_M

BarginBetty79 wrote: »

I’ve never met the land lord, everything is done through the letting agents.
Write and ask for the LL's address.


Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 S1

As was suggested, I can only ask the question. I just don’t want it to have any repercussions if I have any problems with the property.

What repercussions? The answer will be yes, or yes with condittions, or no.

Pinkypink1

Yes you can.
I had to leave end my tenancy early when renting my flat as my mother had a stroke. I had to provide medical evidence of my mums condition. The letting agency was not happy but the landlord agreed. I had to pay the letting agents advertising fee for a new tenant which was £300.
If you can get some medical evidence for your anxiety which the situation is causing you it may help.

dimbo61

So sad to hear that a Noisy neighbour is making your life unbearable.
Why not pop up stairs after work and knock on the door.
Explain in a polite way that her noise is making it difficult to sleep at night.

00ec25

Pinkypink1 wrote: »

Yes you can.
I had to leave end my tenancy early when renting my flat as my mother had a stroke. I had to provide medical evidence of my mums condition. The letting agency was not happy but the landlord agreed. I had to pay the letting agents advertising fee for a new tenant which was £300.
If you can get some medical evidence for your anxiety which the situation is causing you it may help.

sorry but your experience does not alter the fact the OP's landlord has to agree to let the OP end early. Just because your LL was sympathetic to your situation does not mean the OP's LL will be sympathetic to his "anxiety", medical certificate or not.

You have no right to go early, all you can do is ask and meet whatever conditions are imposed by the LL - which typically result paying his costs, if he agrees to let you go in the first place...

BarginBetty79

Hi All,
Following my previous post regarding my 6 month rental agreement, I have today spoken to the letting agent who have said that the only way I could terminate my agreement early is agree to pay the landlords advertising fees and rent until he finds new tenants. I can't afford to do this so looks like I'm stuck there. To be fair, the noise from the upstairs flat isn't what would be classed as 'unsociable noise' but is just more down to the bad insulation and the other tenants being a lot younger than myself so tend to keep different hours. I enjoy sitting a reading the quiet and its just not possible to do with the noise from the tv and walking around upstairs.

What I'm looking for is any helpful advice from anyone that's been in a similar position of how best to survive the next 6 months, I need to try and save as much as possible and have been warned that if I spend to much time away from the property, its going to make the noise feel 100 times worse when I am there.

I know 6 months doesn't sound that long, but it's already feeling like a lifetime away!

Many thanks
BB x

PokerPlayer111

00ec25 wrote: »

sorry but your experience does not alter the fact the OP's landlord has to agree to let the OP end early. Just because your LL was sympathetic to your situation does not mean the OP's LL will be sympathetic to his "anxiety", medical certificate or not.

You have no right to go early, all you can do is ask and meet whatever conditions are imposed by the LL - which typically result paying his costs, if he agrees to let you go in the first place...

I have no idea on the actual legal. Im interested to know if physical issues are treated different from mental in a legal sense? What happens if you signed a letting agreement for 6 months then 1 month after get hit by a car and end up needing round the clock care in a special unit so have to leave your property and never come back. Does the landlord legally have the right to charge the tennent for the full 6 months?

Note: Just want to know if anyone knows the legal standings in a situation like that? Answers like... sick pay would cover it is no good thx

Pixie5740

PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

I have no idea on the actual legal. Im interested to know if physical issues are treated different from mental in a legal sense? What happens if you signed a letting agreement for 6 months then 1 month after get hit by a car and end up needing round the clock care in a special unit so have to leave your property and never come back. Does the landlord legally have the right to charge the tennent for the full 6 months?

Note: Just want to know if anyone knows the legal standings in a situation like that? Answers like... sick pay would cover it is no good thx

Yes the landlord would still be legally entitled to the rent because legally there is still a tenancy in place. The landlord can't just get a new tenant in because that would mean illegally evicting the tenant who had been run over by a bus.

Even if the tenant goes to prison the landlord is still legally entitled to the rent and would have to go through the full legal process if (s)he wanted to re-let the property.

In fact a tenant dying doesn't end the tenancy nor the landlord's right to the rent.