Que Sera Sera Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi all, if the house sale goes through,fingers crossed and all that, we will have to rent a property here in the uk until our Visa comes through. Now I have some questions as I have never done this before. If we sign a lease and our visa comes halfway through ie we sign for 6 months and the visa comes in 4, are we tied to 6 months or can we leave with say a months notice ? Some of the houses we have our eye on have been to let for quite a while empty. Does that mean we can haggle with the price of the rent, or is that just not done? Any help greatly appreciated!:yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest17301 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi Cath, Generally you are tied in to a 6 month contract but there are sometimes shorter term lets available. If properties are empty for a while the landlord may be open to a rolling 1 month contract to get some rental income(ie renew lease every month), worth a try. Rent is always negotiable, usually only get £50-100 off a month though. We've rented for years due to never being sure where we wanted to live. Glad we haven't got a house to sell as does make things simpler. Our lease runs out on Jan 14th- excellent timing as we plan to leave around that time. Landlady is being very flexible though as we have rented from her for a few years now and says we just need to give 1 months notice if we go sooner. On our last property we were desperate to move quickly due to neighbours from hell and had to pay rent after we moved out till the landlord found suitable replacement tenants. Still cheaper than costs involved in selling property though. Shame we have no equity to take but seems that lots of people selling up now are losing out due to the drop in prices. Good luck x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongrel Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi Cath, Generally you are tied in to a 6 month contract but there are sometimes shorter term lets available. If properties are empty for a while the landlord may be open to a rolling 1 month contract to get some rental income(ie renew lease every month), worth a try. Rent is always negotiable, usually only get £50-100 off a month though. We've rented for years due to never being sure where we wanted to live. Glad we haven't got a house to sell as does make things simpler. Our lease runs out on Jan 14th- excellent timing as we plan to leave around that time. Landlady is being very flexible though as we have rented from her for a few years now and says we just need to give 1 months notice if we go sooner. On our last property we were desperate to move quickly due to neighbours from hell and had to pay rent after we moved out till the landlord found suitable replacement tenants. Still cheaper than costs involved in selling property though. Shame we have no equity to take but seems that lots of people selling up now are losing out due to the drop in prices. Good luck x We found the same got a 6 month rental b4 we came we left in Feb but contract up to April ( the owners had emigrated to oz in oct) . We let the agency know early jan but they told us they could not try for a relet because they were selling so we had to stump up the rent. We are in contact with the ex landlords , they live in brissy, due to not selling they are now renting it out again.Bloody typical i say bloddy typical Mally from Kally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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