can i adjust my move out date?
i already have a notice.
It is a business….the landlord would be very foolish to have tenants moving in the same day you are due to move out.
However you have agreed to vacate the property on a specific day and the knock on effect of this is apparent. You are likely to become a trespasser if you over stay.
When did you give actually give notice? Are you on a periodic tenancy? Does it run from the 1st of the month?
You need to contact the landlord urgently to see if it’s viable to extend for 1 day.
If your notice is valid and it ends on the 30th Nov, then it’s likely to end at 12 midnight, if so the landlord cannot stipulate that you must be out by 12PM.
You gave notice and you are changing it by a day
It’s not a day’s rent but a month’s rent if you go on the rental anniversary !
It’s not a hotel rental payments are not by the day but by the month!!
You are actually liable for double the rent under the distress for rent act !
Giving notice and changing your mind is your problem not the landlord’s.
You didn’t make this new tenant possible . That’s just huberus talking .
It seems because it’s not going your way you’ve decided to be pernicious.
Man up and take responsibility for your notice .
Reading your post you are the one being difficult here.
You’ve given notice . Do the right thing and honor it .
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That would depend on what the contract reads
The contract says 12pm on move out date but we have been on a monthly rota for a while now.
12pm it is then
Is the periodic contractual or statutory
I think instead of being malicious come to an amicable solution
It may mean asking your new landlord for a compromise or a hotel for a night
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i completely understand what you saying but i did not just amend my move out date today.
i did it half way through my notice period because my new landlord made me aware in time and i passed the message to my current landlord immediately.
You do not know their circumstances to claim this.
If they have signed contract then landlord is liable for costs of putting them up in accommodation.
You can make it very easy. Find a van rental firm that caters for overnight storage, items could even stay in the van, load van on exit day, then book a hotel/air bnb for one night.
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I’m a bit confused by some of your responses, but if you’ve been served a s21 or s8 notice by the landlord and you’re asking whether you can move out a little later or earlier than the expiry of the notice, then the easiest way is to negotiate it with your landlord. Their notice doesn’t end your tenancy, so if you still have time, you could also serve your own notice to quit specifying the date you want to move provided the notice is otherwise valid.
Did you give notice and say you wanted to move out or did the landlord gave you notice.
If you gave you landlord notice then if you overstay you could find yourself legally liable for any costs you landlord or his next tenant incur finding a hotel or storing their goods while you move out ! This could be a lot of money!
If your landlord gave you notice then you “can” stay in the house till bailiffs evict you but the court will award all the court and bailiff costs against you. He can also claim losses due to distress or inability to to let the property. If he brings a county court judgement against you that will make it hard for you to find alternate accomodation in the current climate.
It is usually cheaper to store you property in a van or storage and move out on the agreed date and sleep at a friends or couch surf for couple of days. Even you have alternate accomodation lined up it may fall through if it becomes apparent you have a court order against you for previous landlords cost!
In the end its your own decision - but be careful - advisers often have their own agenda and assumptions and only you can make your own decisions .
My tenant was given a move out date as per his contract… His agent emailed me three days before he was to leave to say his next place wasn’t ready and he would have to stay…and dont hassle him!
I put him on a periodic tenancy and re-registered his deposit. He gave me no formal notice, didnt pay any rent, left when it suited him leaving the incoming new young family no where to go, didnt pay for cleaning then disputed his deposit!
Today I’ve just received his deposit back in full after adjudicator ruled in my favour. Im taking him to small claims court for the rest.
I’m sick of tenants doing as they please.
The rent is my only form of income. I can’t sell because the government removed indexation and taper relief.
As for the dreadful agent who lumbered me with this person, giving me no references of any kind or formal paperwork, ive reported her to the property Ombudsman. So consider the knock on implications of your actions. I dont wonder why so many landlords are selling up. Stick to the rules!
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