Landlord has changed his mind!!!!!!!

slick-chic85

Hi peeps,

My BF rented a property for me approx 2 months ago as I had nowhere 2 live, when setting up the agreement on the 13th of Jan 08 I advised landlord/agent I would only be staying in the property for a month or two, he advised: That is fine as long as you give me one months notice you will get your deposit back and you may leave the property. I stayed in 1 property till the 4th of Feb where I discovered RATS.....(Gotta a terrible phobia didnt come out of the bedroom till my friend came round at 5pm the next day)....anyway I went to the agents and advised them of the vermin and stated I could not live there as BF was on holiday and I wanted to move. They offered me another property and said that I would lose a weeks rent on previous property and would have to pay a full months rent again for new 1 to which I agreed.When BF came back from his hols last week we went to see agent to sort out the monies and also give notice as I got a place of my own. Landlord said yes that is fine you will get your deposit back when you move. I gave landlord a cheque for the rent and left happily thinking everything was sorted....TILL FRIDAY...BF got a call from landlord stating he had signed a 6 month agreement and that we cannot move till end of month 6...luckily the cheque hadnt cleared so I cancelled it...and thought well landlord can keep deposit for this months rent because he will just mess me about when I come to move....Is it wrong of me to do this????????

poppy10_2

Technically he can chase you through the courts for the remaining 4 months rent.

Aesop

Yes Poppy10 is correct, if the Landlord wishes he can take you to court for the amount outstanding. Did you not receive a tenancy agreement? This would have shown how many months the contract for renting the property was for, and you would have to sign it to say you agree to it.

slick-chic85

Thanks for your advice guys,

however with regards to the tenancy agreement the tenancy is in my BF name and when I was moving to the 2nd property my BF was on holiday therefore the estate agent signed on his behalf. Not tenants signature as my BF was definately not in the country at the time the contract was signed!!!! Will they have a leg to stand on??? Also previous tenant moved out 6 weeks into tenancy and was refunded two weeks rent agent showed me proof!!! So why do I have to stay full 6 months when I was first advised I could opt out with 4 weeks notice????

subjecttocontract

aureol212 wrote: »

Yes Poppy10 is correct, if the Landlord wishes he can take you to court for the amount outstanding.

IMPORTANT

That ONLY applies provided that he mitigates his loses.

Meaning he has to actively look for a replacement tenant during that time or the court will rule in the tenants favour and he will get nothing. If he finds a replacement tenant he can only claim the void period.

Hope thats clear.