ending tenancy agreement early

[becks20]

anyone know if you can end a tenancy agreement early?
my landlord said 3 weeks ago i could leave because of roof but i said no but now my circumstances have changed and i cannot pay rent or bills here from the next tenancy month.

do i tell them i cant afford to pay rent or do i say its because the roof hasnt been fixed? x

 

[megsmeadow]

Tell them the rent is too expensive with the roof in a state of disrepair, maybe they'll drop the rent as they'll surely want to keep the place tenanted? I rent out my house

 

[becks20]

well my landlord already has to top up my rent to pay his mortgage and water rates etc here so he`d be better if i left as i cnt afford to pay any of the bills or rent as i will only be receieving £33 a week :/

 

[megsmeadow]

ah, sticky one then. Do you have somewhere else to go?

 

[vixforever]

Why £33 a week hun? That's crap!

 

[becks20]

benefits officer told me to claim as a couple with my OH and he works but is not on alot but he would have to pay £650 rent a month bills of mine and his and he wuld be in debt each month as he dnt even earn 650 a month :/ so ill just be getting my child benefit and id have to move in with inlaws till my OH can get a place x

 

[vixforever]

Oh god that's so shit! Do you have to pay anything back? You can try and claim child tax credits and working tax credits for your OH too x

 

[becks20]

no i dnt have to pay anything back as iv done nothing wrong. im looking into tax credits but am a little confused can you still claim if you hav savings? as my oh has got money that he wants to use for a mortgage so there is no way we can touch it till we get a place, which hes hoping to get one soon x

 

[vixforever]

Hmmm tricky well if you've done nothing wring then the officer was chatting shit and you can carry on living by yourself with the kids get a second opinion hun xx

 

[becks20]

well i thought u could hav ppl stay 3nights a week and i kinda said my oh stays once if i need help with baby or my daughter and he said your not allowed any nights but hes keepin that to himself unless i dnt go down as a couple for 1 bloody night. id rather just leave n go to work wen babys a year x

 

[titch]

I ended my tenancy agreement early before. As long as you and your landlord agree its fine. If I was a landlord I would prefer someone coming to be asap and explaining that theres a problem with their income and they wont be able to pay. Instead of just not paying and still living there.

Im sure if you explain that you'll no longer be able to afford the rent he will agree to end the agreement.

this benefits decision doesnt seem right to me you know

 

[vixforever]

seems a bit fishy to me too x

 

[becks20]

yea i no it dont seem right to me either but tbh id rather leave because he said if i dnt ill be investigated further and could end up having to pay money back o them x

 

[titch]

I think he doesnt believe you and thinks your OH lives there. Didnt he ask if you could prove where your OH lives?

 

[becks20]

he has proof of where my oh lives as hes been investigating him because of me and got info from his work. iv been in touch with Citizens advice bureau but i feel like im digging a bigger hole. they say my oh should be providing for us even though he cant afford to. but he recons they can prosacute me if i dnt go as a couple or if they can negotiate with the benefit office they might beable to keep me as i am or have me put on job seekers.

really am not having a good day x

 

[titch]

this is all so confusing, I cant imagine how you must feel. Obviously men have a responsibility to provide for the LOs once they are born but seeing as you guys arent living together surely you have no financial obligation to eachother. Youre not married or anything FFS. for all they know you could have only known eachother 10 months!

 

[skimpy]

well i thought u could hav ppl stay 3nights a week and i kinda said my oh stays once if i need help with baby or my daughter and he said your not allowed any nights but hes keepin that to himself unless i dnt go down as a couple for 1 bloody night. id rather just leave n go to work wen babys a year x

Its actually 4 nights a week they can stay and it is still not classed as co-habiting.

you will get working tax credits if you claim as a couple, and child tax credits if you claim as single person.

there is no way you can live off what you are going to attempt to.

if you had to leave your accomodation because of poor conditions, then you also qualify to count yourself as technically homeless with your local council and housing associations. they will by law have to provide a roof over your head, be is a B+B or whatever. stick that out for a while and you will get offered somewhere more permanent.

please dont suffer. it is not yor fault this has happened, and everyone deserves a comfortable, dry home

 

[becks20]

I Just phoned my estate agents to leave here and shes going to talk to the landlord as to if he will agree to me leaving. its only 3months early so fingers crossed. ill then have to move into inlaws until we find a place together. My OH was agreed a mortgage as he wanted to buy his own place and me move in at a later date but he hasnt found anywhere yet but i guess it will have to be speeded up. just really cant believe how shit my weeks been so far. It just shows if you lie you get further then if u tell the truth x

 

[titch]

 

[emmaandamyleigh]

by law your landlord is suppose to find you somewhere for you and the kids somewhere to live till the roof is fixed and benifits is lying as you can have him stopping 3 nights and claim benifits if he doesnt move in with you im with amys dad he works i got a flat for me and amy to live in as its alot bigger for us but chris isnt moving but will be stopping. the meaning of living together means if you wash his clothes cook him food and share a toilet and bathroom is what they told me is what living together means if your on your own but dont do any of that then your not living together so you can get income support on your own and tax credits weather or not he has saving as your claiming for yourself aslong as its not a joint bank account with your name on if you understand what im meaning here you could go to the local council and say the property you live in is unsuitable for you to live in with the kids and landlord agrees to help you there by writing aletter saying he is evict you due to disrepear on the prperty and its no long in a livable condition as the roof needs fixing theres always the case that it could be endagering your life