Room to let query

Derrigra

If a student agreed to rent a room for the year, paid a deposit and then said today they’re leaving at end of November where do you stand? They’ve paid until end of November.
Are they entitled to a return of their deposit considering you have turned down other students and won’t be able to replace them mid-semester?

ben.schlomo

Is it in writing?

The_Conductor

Its a licensee agreement- its not a formal lease- and as its a student- good luck chasing them.
If you or they decided they weren't happy with the financial arrangements at the end of their habitation with you- it would become a civil matter between you.
The only real thing you can do- is hand back their deposit, through gritted teeth, enquire as to the reason they decided to terminate their residence early- and ensure the particular scenario does not arise next time round. You live, you learn.

L1011

If you rent to students there is a constant risk of them moving on due to coupling up, dropping out, a space becoming available in a friend's house and so on. This time of year is when a student can dropout without losing the full years fees as far as I remember (it's been a while!), so that could easily be a cause

First years will always be a higher risk

Samuel T. Cogley

Let them go and chalk it up to experiance.

myshirt

This is a young person presumably? Are you that hard up for a couple of hundred quid?

They are a student. Give them back their money and move on.

Mrs OBumble

In the current rental market you're likely to have a new licensee within a week. Hand the deposit back, luness they did some damage

Terrlock

They Paid up until the end of November - why would you not give them their deposit back?

Your not out anything unless they have damaged your property in some way.

cronos

For a tenancy, at least in the first 6 months they just have to give 28 days notice.

Samuel T. Cogley

cronos wrote: »

For a tenancy, at least in the first 6 months they just have to give 28 days notice.

This isn't a tenancy it's just rent a room.