How long should the legal part take?

Tiglet2

watermelonspring said:

There is no chain. 

Having no chain makes no difference whatsoever to the length of time it will take your conveyancer to do the legal work on your transaction.

Falafels

When I rented my property out, tenancies typically went from a 6 month AST to a rolling one. It was no trouble at all. In fact, I'd far rather this happened than having to go through all the faff and expense of finding a new tenant every 6 months, losing one month's rent on estate agent's fees etc during the process. Your landlady may well be fine with it, especially if you've been good tenants. You really, really need to discuss this with her; unless she's got some pressing reason to have you out of there at the end of the fixed term tenancy, it's not likely to be a problem. 

I can't believe you haven't done this already!

davidmcn

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

If you're only talking about a couple of extra months (and you continue paying the rent!) why on earth would she be going to court?

Falafels

davidmcn said:

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

If you're only talking about a couple of extra months (and you continue paying the rent!) why on earth would she be going to court?

Quite! I can't see any reason at all why this need to be confrontational or unpleasant; I also don't understand why they haven't talked to the landlady about it!

ThriftyGinger

Not having a chain makes no difference to the length of time it takes to sort out the legal side of things, unfortunately, it also depends what nasties your conveyancer finds - I'm also a FTB, no chain, but thanks to other people's !!!!!!-ups it's going to be much longer than the 8-12 weeks I'd been quoted or hoped for.

I hope you have a smoother time than I am!

watermelonspring

Falafels said:

davidmcn said:

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

If you're only talking about a couple of extra months (and you continue paying the rent!) why on earth would she be going to court?

Quite! I can't see any reason at all why this need to be confrontational or unpleasant; I also don't understand why they haven't talked to the landlady about it!

Do you mean that I should mention that I’m buying a property? I don’t have a mortgage so I actually have nothing. I think it’s a bit mean (and confrontational I guess) if a landlord refuses a monthly rolling tenancy but the tenant just says whatever, I’m going to stay here anyway and you’ll have to evict me.  

watermelonspring

Tiglet2 said:

watermelonspring said:

There is no chain. 

Having no chain makes no difference whatsoever to the length of time it will take your conveyancer to do the legal work on your transaction.

You’re right! D’oh!!!

watermelonspring

ThriftyGinger said:

Not having a chain makes no difference to the length of time it takes to sort out the legal side of things, unfortunately, it also depends what nasties your conveyancer finds - I'm also a FTB, no chain, but thanks to other people's !!!!!!-ups it's going to be much longer than the 8-12 weeks I'd been quoted or hoped for.

I hope you have a smoother time than I am!

Silly me I thought it made a difference but you’re totally right! It’s bloody stressful isn’t it?!

Comms69

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

davidmcn said:

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

If you're only talking about a couple of extra months (and you continue paying the rent!) why on earth would she be going to court?

Quite! I can't see any reason at all why this need to be confrontational or unpleasant; I also don't understand why they haven't talked to the landlady about it!

Do you mean that I should mention that I’m buying a property? I don’t have a mortgage so I actually have nothing. I think it’s a bit mean (and confrontational I guess) if a landlord refuses a monthly rolling tenancy but the tenant just says whatever, I’m going to stay here anyway and you’ll have to evict me.  

Do you have the same issues with any other commercial entity? Just curious why this landlord shouldnt be subject to the same statutory responsibilities as any other business?

moneysavinghero

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

davidmcn said:

watermelonspring said:

Comms69 said:

watermelonspring said:

Falafels said:

watermelonspring said:

moneysavinghero said:

Does not matter what your landlord wants. Once you fixed term ends you will automatically go onto a monthly. Only way landlord  could then get you out is by giving you 6 months notice.

I have heard that but it seems quite confrontational to refuse to sign a fixed tenancy but continue to live there against her wishes. I don’t want to be *that* tenant. 

It will just go to a rolling tenancy. I can totally understand why you don't want to be 'that' tenant, but explain your situation fully, and that you will be out of the property as soon as possible. Is your landlady in a hurry for you to move out?

We haven’t mentioned anything yet in case this all falls through and we’d have nowhere to live. 

Ye, the landlord cant evict you until basically 2022....

I know but I won’t be doing that sort of thing, making her go to go court etc

If you're only talking about a couple of extra months (and you continue paying the rent!) why on earth would she be going to court?

Quite! I can't see any reason at all why this need to be confrontational or unpleasant; I also don't understand why they haven't talked to the landlady about it!

Do you mean that I should mention that I’m buying a property? I don’t have a mortgage so I actually have nothing. I think it’s a bit mean (and confrontational I guess) if a landlord refuses a monthly rolling tenancy but the tenant just says whatever, I’m going to stay here anyway and you’ll have to evict me.  

The landlord cannot refuse a monthly rolling tenancy. It is not the tenant saying whatever, it is the law of the land saying whatever.