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early termination of letting contract

TrueEnigma
TrueEnigma Posts: 2
Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
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in House buying, renting & selling
My daughter is currently renting a flat on a 12 month fixed contract which ends Oct. She has asked to terminate her contract early (end June) as she has got a job out of the area. The letting agent has agreed to this but says she has to pay £650 admin fee which includes advertising. There is no mention of this in her contract or any other information relating to early termination of contract. They have told her that she is not liable for the money if it does not get rented out until the time when her contract naturally comes to an end.
We are aware that she is liable for the rent until it is rented but this admin fee seems way off the mark. Any advice?

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  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    your daughter is legally bound to pay for the full term, or until the LA/LL gets a new tenant. the LL/LA are entitled to mitigate their loss by charging for advertising and other costs involved in allowing the tenant to leave early.
  • sm9ai
    sm9ai Posts: 485 Forumite
    Depends upon the rent. Assuming the £650 is one month or one and a half months and that is all she is liable for then it seems a very good deal.

    She could quite easiliy be told to pay the rest of the rent until October.
  • TrueEnigma
    TrueEnigma Posts: 2
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Newbie
    Thank you for your replies, they were very helpful.
  • SquatNow
    SquatNow Posts: 2,285 Forumite
    Has she tried finding a replacement tennant herself?

    Should be able to do a deal with the LA if she does.
    Bankruptcy isn't the worst that can happen to you. The worst that can happen is your forced to live the rest of your life in abject poverty trying to repay the debts.
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