Hi all,
I have a query about my(tenant) AST. A tenant wishes to leave as part of 1 year break clause in a 24 month AST - another person has already been found and passed all credentials and searches.
There is no rent review clause, nor a explicit point made about fair rent increases within the contract however the landlord wishes to increase the rent by an unspecified amount - and wishes to talk to us about this next week.
As a long term renter of previous properties I’d usually have no problem negotiating a rent increase or accepting a small rise however the problems we faced with the properties in the first year of tenancy have been aplenty: Unclean facilities upon moving in, broken window pane brackets, poor insulation causing dire noise pollution, dire plumbing due to the landlord cutting corners - causing a bathroom to be unusable for nearly 3 months… the list goes on. We have finally got the property in a place which could be classed as habitable after entering 50% into the contract.
My question based on the above is what ground do I have to stand on when it comes to declining the rent increase? And does this affect the other tenants ability to join the property?
Apologies for any waffling or unclear points! I have ADHD so tend to get carried away!