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Breaking a fixed term lease

marymurphy3214 · 2019-02-25 18:20:17

In 3 months, I am likely to be relocating for a new job but this will require breaking a 12 month fixed term lease I have with a letting agent (vs a landlord directly). The current contract does not mention a break clause and I will have been living at the property 7 months at that point (moved in late Nov 2018). At this…

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25-02-2019 7:20pm

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marymurphy3214

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In 3 months, I am likely to be relocating for a new job but this will require breaking a 12 month fixed term lease I have with a letting agent (vs a landlord directly). The current contract does not mention a break clause and I will have been living at the property 7 months at that point (moved in late Nov 2018).

At this point I have not said anything to the letting agent, just in case the job falls through but I am looking for any advice for exiting the contract without losing the rather large deposit.

Many thanks,

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#2 25-02-2019 7:54pm
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You can ask to assign the lease to another party.
If the landlord refuses to allow you assign the lease to a suitable party- you are free to break the fixed term lease- you are however liable for any reasonable costs the landlord incurs in retenanting the property.

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