Help with end of tenancy

GoodOmelette

We're looking at not continuing with our tenancy at the end of our contract. The problem is we're not sure if the new place we're moving too will be ready by the end of our contract or sometime afterwards.
Looking through the contract, it says: "Notwithstanding the fixed term stated in Clause 1 Of the Main Terms of the Tenancy, the parties hereby agree that this agreement may be terminated by either party giving to the other at least two months notice in writing, such notice not to expire until after six months of
the dtart date of the term. "

In particular we're worried about the six month part. Does that mean if we have to sign a new contract at the end of our current one we'd have to wait six months before we could move out?

If that's the case, if anyone has any advice on how we can get around that, I'd be really grateful.

A quick side note. We don't want to ask our estate agent because the last time we brought something like this up they told the landlord we had served notice and freaked the landlord out to the point where we started looking at selling the place!

Thanks for all your advice.

G_M

No. The Break Clause you quote applies to the current fixed term.


Of course, if you sign a new fixed term contract, then you'll be bound by whatever conditions are in that so read and negotiate before signing!


But better, just go to a periodic tenancy. See


* Ending/renewing an AST: what happens when a fixed term ends? How can a LL or tenant end a tenancy? What is a periodic tenancy?