House Rental Contract help

You cannot break the fixed term without agreement from the LL. Also you have to give your months notice that you will be leaving after month 6. The deadline for notice to leave after 6 months would require you to hand a notice in at the start of Month 5.
 
ColdAsIce said:
You cannot break the fixed term without agreement from the LL. Also you have to give your months notice that you will be leaving after month 6. The deadline for notice to leave after 6 months would require you to hand a notice in at the start of Month 5.
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That isn't actually right. You don't actually have to do anything you can just up and leave on the last day of your AST. It is just polite to notify the landlord you don't actually have to do it.
 
AFK_Matrix said:
That isn't actually right. You don't actually have to do anything you can just up and leave on the last day of your AST. It is just polite to notify the landlord you don't actually have to do it.
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"No less than one months notice shall be given to terminate the contract, even when at the end of a contract period"

Same as a phone contract, the contract will move onto a rolling contract with one months notice required to leave. He needs to give one month notice that he will be leaving at the end of the tenancy.
 
Yeah giving notice at the end isn't a problem, i figured as much. It's just whether or not i could leave in the middle, and it seems the consensus is i'd just need to explain my situation and see if he agreed to advertise the room again. Hoping it wont come to that anyway.
 
Anything wrong with the flat/room? LL won't be in a hurry to re-advertise the room. I would be willing to be a fair amount he will keep you locked into that contract for the full 6 months.
 
ColdAsIce said:
"No less than one months notice shall be given to terminate the contract, even when at the end of a contract period"

Same as a phone contract, the contract will move onto a rolling contract with one months notice required to leave. He needs to give one month notice that he will be leaving at the end of the tenancy.
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yes, but the law says you don't need to give notice to leave on the last day of the fixed term. That term in the contract is unlawful (see grumpysculler's post), as is the term about the landlord giving only one month's notice and especially within the fixed term. After that point though you do need to give a month.
 
Thanks Zogger, glad to know there are people out there who know the law and what is and isn't enforcable in a contract.

You have to realise that letting agents have no formal training and I could go and be one tomorrow if I wanted. So they rarely have a clue about housing law and how to draw up a contract. A contract can not over rule the Housing Act laws so if the contract said you had to jump up and down 3 times when the AST ends it's not enforcable lol. If you can't take mine or Zogger's word for it go to the Money Saving Expert forum where there are landlords etc there and they can quote the relevent bits of the law about not having to give notice at the end of your AST. It is purely good manners to do it.
 
AFK_Matrix said:
Thanks Zogger, glad to know there are people out there who know the law and what is and isn't enforcable in a contract.

You have to realise that letting agents have no formal training and I could go and be one tomorrow if I wanted. So they rarely have a clue about housing law and how to draw up a contract. A contract can not over rule the Housing Act laws so if the contract said you had to jump up and down 3 times when the AST ends it's not enforcable lol. If you can't take mine or Zogger's word for it go to the Money Saving Expert forum where there are landlords etc there and they can quote the relevent bits of the law about not having to give notice at the end of your AST. It is purely good manners to do it.
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Anyone that plays it that way is just asking for trouble. You would need to guarantee the keys are in the hands of the LL before/on the last day, have all your stuff moved out and then make arrangements after you have moved out to have the flat inspected for damage/cleaning. That is if you want your deposit back...
 
Of course and I didn't say any different. But you said that they have to give notice which is not correct that is all. You can if you wanted to just up and leave on the last day of the AST as long as you have done the things you suggest. All I am doing is saying you don't HAVE to give notice, so if you don't and hand the keys back etc then you can't be chased or anything. And if the LL and LA know what they are doing then they should know this and they have 6 months to prepare to get another tenant.

The problem comes when you have cowboy LL's and LA's that have no clue and get all worried and irrate as you have up and left, they don't have a leg to stand on as they knew 6 months previously that this could happen. So one month or something before the AST is to end they can contact the tenant and ask about what they are planning to do or factor in that they may have a void period if the tenant did up and leave.

And to be fair what you have said needs to happen on which ever day they have to move out so I can't really see the problem tbh.
 
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You'd probably struggle if you turned up at the LA's office with the keys on the last day, but it is legal to do so. The inspection is for the LL to arrange - nowadays the LL has to prove deductions and can't just keep the deposit.

More realistically, you could call the LA/LL a few days or a week beforehand. Even write them a letter to create a paper trail.

The comparison with phone contracts isn't valid - most tenancy law is governed by specific statutes (including all the terms being discussed). Other contracts are not. So as well as needing to be fair, the contract also needs to obey the laws that govern it. Those statutory provisions cannot be removed by a contract.
 
Well I only wanted to correct the mistake and let you have all the facts about renting, as it is nice to be knowledgeable of all your rights so you don't put yourself in the doodoo as it can be a confusing thing.
 
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