About To Become Homeless

clutton_2

your current landlord cannot force you - he needs a court order to get you out - explain what has happened nicely to him - and he will have to accommodate you until you find a new place.

pinkshoes

clutton wrote: »

your current landlord cannot force you - he needs a court order to get you out - explain what has happened nicely to him - and he will have to accommodate you until you find a new place.

That's a bit harsh on the people who have signed a contract to move in on the 3rd March!

We might end up with a posting along the lines of "I've signed a rental contract but the old tenants are now refusing to move out..."!

I presume they might also loose their reference if they did that, and if the landlord got a court order, it could put off future landlords to let to them??

Rupa

Something similar happened to me once. It all worked out ok in the end but I was told that you should not leave the house if you have nowhere to go, especially with kids and being pregnant, and you should take legal action against the landlord of the new house. The present LL will take action against you, the new tenants against him etc. The EA will probably not get involved as the contract is between you and LL, not EA. Your present LL was foolish to let the house before you had vacated the property purely for reasons like this. Even if your reference etc went through ok, what if there was a flood or something similar the night before you were due to move in?

blue_monkey_2

Yes, agree with the above. We are in a similar situation, the tenant cannot leave of her own without a court telling her to otherwise she is making herself homeless, only the court can tell her to leave not a landlord - I've learned a lot ince we was asked to leave in November as the house was going to be sold. That court case is being heard next month and we'll probably be in here another month after that!! While it is harsh pinkshoes if someone has children then they cannot be forced onto the streets if there is nowhere for them to live, can they?

Did anything come up OP?

poppy10_2

pinkshoes wrote: »

It's harsh on their behalf, but if a tenancy is subject to a contract/reference/credit check, then it would be a little foolish to hand in your notice on your current property until you had signed for another one...

That's a bit silly. Generally you have to give at least one months notice to your existing landlord. Whenever I've moved I've identified a few places I'm interested in, handed in my notice and then started the ball rolling with finding a new place. Generally referencing and credit checks have not been completed until about 7 days before I move in, at the earliest.

kunekune

Reality is, if you are thinking of moving, you usually have to plan to pay double rent for a while. We paid double rent for 2 months when we moved in October. I might be unusually panicky, but I wasn't willing to give notice until we knew for sure - and because of the agreement we had, that meant 3 month notice. Fortunately, he got someone in earlier than that. And let us know.