Notice of termination

My name is Mud

Hello

We live in a rented house (just under two years), in which the landlord is in receivership.

We have been paying rent to the agent of the receiver, and only today we have been given a notice of termination as the property is to be put for sale on the market.

I understand the legal position for the part4 tenancy, however is there any other protection we can avail of so as not to move out in the 46 days of notice, but ultimately move when we have found a suitable place to live?

We have a 7 month old baby so wouldn't be keen on moving immediately. We would want to find suitable accommodation but this may prove difficult in the time frame given.

Is there anything about the 'family home' that we could use to stay on while finding alternative accommodation?

Anybody had any experience with this?

djimi

You would be best to talk to the receiver and see if you can come to an arrangement. If the property is only now being put on the market then its highly unlikely that it will be sold in the 46 days that they have given you (which should actually be 42 days according to the part 4 tenancy), so they might be open to extending this by a few weeks to allow you more time to find somewhere suitable.

Im not aware of anything that would allow you to stay longer than the notice period though, so if they dont agree to an extension Im not really sure if there is much that you can do.

D3PO

there are no laws that allow you to stay past the notice period legally for what seems perfectly legitimate reason for termination notice.

With all due respect if you cant find somewhere suitable to live in 46 days there's something seriously wrong and your not looking hard enough, that said of course there is no harm in speaking to the receiver and seeing if you can extend the notice period.

My name is Mud

D3PO wrote: »

there are no laws that allow you to stay past the notice period legally for what seems perfectly legitimate reason for termination notice.

With all due respect if you cant find somewhere suitable to live in 46 days there's something seriously wrong and your not looking hard enough, that said of course there is no harm in speaking to the receiver and seeing if you can extend the notice period.

Thanks for the replies.

There is no issue in finding accommodation, plenty of suitable houses. The problem is the crèche for the little man. Finding a place that has a nearby crèche that is suitable is quite difficult, and also to find a crèche that is not full!

In our current place, that was very hard to find. Now we have to do it all again.

the_syco

My name is Mud wrote: »

In our current place, that was very hard to find. Now we have to do it all again.

Maybe work backwards, and get a list of crèches first, and find a house near one with space?