Tenants have left property before end of one year tenancy, no notice

theartfullodger

Tenants do not need to give any notice to leave before end of fixed term, albeit they remain liable for rent etc...

Grumpy_chap

JackAubrey said:

 It's meant to be a profesional company, the biggest lettings agency in the country, (begins with CON) but my experience has been terrible.

In businesses such as Letting Agencies, being part of a group or not being part of a group is somewhat immaterial.  It is a service business and all comes down to the personnel in the local branch.  Typically, there are only a handful of staff in each branch.  They can be brilliant one year, have a couple of staff changes, and then be the exact opposite (or vice versa).

theartfullodger

To be a lettings agent in England requires no qualifications, no training, no criminal records check. ie could all be on early release from Brixton fo fraud & GBH.

My son & his two house-mates received an s21 notice from ""award winning" (really) estate agent, again big.

I (i;m an evil landlord) pointed out to son & they to agent that the notice was invalid and why.  Agent said it was valid.. Months of argument.  In the end on day landlord wanted them gone (he was selling) they realised it was invalid.  He came round, signed a cheque (large!) to them and off they all went.

ReadySteadyPop

FlorayG said:

It depends whether they just left or if the agent let them terminate the tenancy. I would have thought the agent would not be allowed to do that without your agreement. If they just upped and scarpered then yes they are still responsible for all the bills including council tax; plus, you have to make all reasonable efforts to contact them and determine for sure if they are coming back or not before you can occupy the property and re-advertise it ( assuming they scarpered)

How long of a void period could that imply, isn`t that very unfair to the landlord?

ReadySteadyPop

theartfullodger said:

Tenants do not need to give any notice to leave before end of fixed term, albeit they remain liable for rent etc...

Cheeky not to give notice to a good landlord though.

Hoenir

ReadySteadyPop said:

theartfullodger said:

Tenants do not need to give any notice to leave before end of fixed term, albeit they remain liable for rent etc...

Cheeky not to give notice to a good landlord though.

If no forwarding address has been left. I can think of something far ruder. 

ReadySteadyPop

Hoenir said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

theartfullodger said:

Tenants do not need to give any notice to leave before end of fixed term, albeit they remain liable for rent etc...

Cheeky not to give notice to a good landlord though.

If no forwarding address has been left. I can think of something far ruder. 

Leaving the gas bill?

saajan_12

Grumpy_chap said:

JackAubrey said:

 leave the deposit untouched to set against damage a the property. 

Yes, that is what you need to do.  The deposit is for exposure to damage (beyond wear & tear) and not unpaid rent.  If the deposit is withheld for any reason other than damage (which needs to be quantified and evidenced) the deposit scheme will usually require that the deposit is returned to the former tenant.

Incorrect. The deposit is for damages (in a contractual sense) from a tenant's breach of the contract. Much of this will be physical property damage, but doesn't have to be. 

While the tenancy is still in place, I agree that the LL should chase rent as usual without considering the deposit. However after the tenancy is over, the LL can withhold for rent arreas just as much as for physical damages. They would just need to prove it to the deposit scheme if the tenant didn't agree. 

theartfullodger

ReadySteadyPop said:

theartfullodger said:

Tenants do not need to give any notice to leave before end of fixed term, albeit they remain liable for rent etc...

Cheeky not to give notice to a good landlord though.

Statement of fact:  Also cheeky for landlords not to give addresses to good tenants (legal requirement..) though... happens

Rumana03

You need to go and double check the property. I once had a tenant up & leave without giving any notice. After trying to contact them and not getting anywhere, I eventually went to check myself. There were bills piled high on the floor which had not been paid. The red warning type ones. The electricity to the property had been cut because the bills had remained upaid for so long.
It was clear the tenant was not coming back because majority of their stuff was gone. Only some small items were left. I couldn't even tell how long it had been that they had been gone for.

It was a major headache for me having to phone each company to inform them that the tenant has left without informing me & I had no forwarding address for them.

The council are very strange and didn't even think to inform me that the tenant had not been paying council tax for a long time.