Ending student accommodation lease early

silvercar

Scotland is totally different, both in tenancy terms and student loans.

silvercar

I put a few money saving ideas for students here:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6116645/coronovirus-student-money-saving-when-your-academic-year-has-been-cut-short

Larac

I am a guarantor on my daughters accomodation -  if she does not pay then they will come after me.  This is a very typical arrangement.  We have also signed the flat for next academic year as a guarantor - so that will also have to be paid.  I assume that SL will continue for the next academic year - but who knows in this situation.

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I live in a flat in London.  I had a lodger who is an Erasmus international student.  He had paid up until the end of May.    On Sunday it was clear to me that I would need to leave the flat as soon as possible to go stay with my elderly parents who face going under quarantine and have no other relatives nearby.   My lodger's exchange programme (and entire university) was about to be shut down, and it looked like flights home to his country might stop.    Yet he was seeming like he planned to sit out the crisis in London.   (His life seemed to take place on his laptop even before the crisis).

But on Sunday, I just told him, look, you need to go home.   Get the earliest flight.  I'll refund your money from the date of your flight.   He had paid me up until the end of May, and according to our contract no refund was due.  But I needed him out of the flat so I could get out of there and back to my parents, and also it seemed like the right thing to do.   He flew home on Wednesday and I'm about to refund him.

So, my situation is a little unusual because it was more in my interest to get him to leave, than to worry about the money.   Still, I hope that other private landlords will be reasonable, given this unprecedented situation!

molerat

bris said:

My daughter is having to end the tenancy early but as it's Aberdeen uni she is at she has a new Scottish tenancy agreement that means she only has to give 28 days notice, none of the old rules apply in Scotland. As the rents paid in advance its only a 1 week cross over for her so they can leave for just 1 more weeks rent.

Has England still not followed this model lease yet? I thought they were adopting it in the rest of the UK

For me the term go home is to where they are living at the time, so thats not back to parents.

Granddaughter is in the same boat in Aberdeen.  A lot depends now on what her boyfriend's work is doing as there are rumours they will be shutting down.  She also works in Aberdeen so a lot of things to consider.  The 28 days notice is a bonus really, the broadband exit fee will be tough as she had to pay a full installation charge at the start.