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What are the consequences of moving out having signed a 12 month tenancy agreement?
Surely in this case, none?
Property was not ready and to a decent(healthy) standard. The property owner expected the tenants to vacate so the house could be made liveable. They also admitted responsibility for the situation with their (derisory) compensation offer.
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I would imagine they would dispute the state of the property, despite photos.
They have said the tenants need to move out, temporarily, for redecoratiing, which they will surely describe as cosmetic.
The offer was a "gesture of goodwill", which presumably means no admission of the property being uninhabitable.The 2018 Homes Act has a list of things that make a property unfit for human habitation, and the standard seems to be stacked in the landlord's favour. We would be getting into an argument about whether each issue met the threshold or not, with the landlord arguing that they were trying to put everything right in any case.
Markyboy
They viewed the house, but with tenants and all their stuff in there. I'm not sure a group of 18 year olds were looking for the bad stuff and it only became clear when they moved in.
You're right about the decorating. They had two months from when it was pointed out to get it done. I think the damp is more fundamental than condensation.
What are the consequences of moving out having signed a 12 month tenancy agreement?