yellowroses
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You should read your lease in detail to find out if the issue of the house being sold is addressed. Part 4 rights are earned after 6 months and exist in addition to those rights in the lease. As things currently stand Part 4 is not going to help you, your best bet is the security of tenure contained in your lease (assuming it is not curtailed by a break clause)
If the lease makes no mention of early termination because of the house being sold then you cannot be compelled to leave. On the other hand, had you never signed a fixed term lease the second time then you'd be covered by part 4, which allows for termination of the lease where the house is being sold.
So, read the lease and see what it contains.
On a related point you should not be under an obligation to let strangers (i.e. those people viewing it) unless there is a specific provision in the lease.
Having being a former landlord my attitude was that a lease in practical terms gives a landlord very little rights. However the same does not work the other way around and the tenant has lots of rights under a lease and it contains their rights.
My view would be if there is no specific provision for the house to be on viewed in the lease then I would be looking for something in return for the landlord for letting access to the house.
Absolutely correct, TommyB.Such a condition would be superseded by the Residential Tenancies Act which gives tenants the right peaceful occupation. Tenants can't agree to waive the basic rights of this act.
Tell the landlord you will be ceasing all viewings immediately.
Tell the landlord you will be ceasing all viewings immediately.
Originally Posted by TommyB http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?p=1354617#post1354617
Tell the landlord you will be ceasing all viewings immediately.
That's very negative and unhelpful. If the tenant can agree a mutally acceptable time what is the issue.
Given that there is 9 months left on the contract and there is not a sale agreed yet it's highly unlikely that the house will be sold and contacts signed in 9 months. There are exceptions but in the current climate with house sales being interfered with by receivers, bank committees on one side and buyer and banks on the other I would expect it to take up to and over a year to sell.
there are exceptions ...
it was a record so not really the norm, but it can happen.
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