Landlord wants to sell, but wont let us leave

[danniellabella]

We were told last week that our landlord will be putting the house on the market and would be willing to negotiate an earlier end date to our lease which expires 21 August. She is wanting to put the house on the market ASAP but doesn't want to do it until we've moved out.

We looked at a great house over the weekend and were just advised our application was accepted. I rang the current property manager to find out how early we can end the lease. She rang the landlord and the landlord said no earlier than 2 weeks before the end of our lease! Unfortunately we had to turn down the other house.

What I don't understand is why the landlord said she wants to put the house on the market ASAP but wont do it before we move out and yet she's not willing to let us leave early?

[Kazbah]

Did you get anything in writing from the landlord about the earlier comms?

[danniellabella]

We have a letter from the property manager stating that we will not be offered a lease renewal, just a general run of the mill letter. We were advised by phone that the landlord was going to sell and about the negotiation of the end of the lease term.

[Visitor7]

I guess she doesn't want it siting empty and her receiving no income? Bummer for you guys though. You never know, the seller might get a buyer who wants vacant possession asap and you get to leave early. That's what happened to us when we sold on of our houses. We paid our tenants out in cash + removal expenses just to get the house sold.

[danniellabella]

I guess she doesn't want it siting empty and her receiving no income? Bummer for you guys though. You never know, the seller might get a buyer who wants vacant possession asap and you get to leave early. That's what happened to us when we sold on of our houses. We paid our tenants out in cash + removal expenses just to get the house sold.

I really don't want any opens conducted while we're still living here though. I guess what we want is for the landlord to allow us to move out before it's on the market and opens are conducted.

[Marlene]

Let them know that you won't negotiate with them then, stick to the original lease.

[danniellabella]

Let them know that you won't negotiate with them then, stick to the original lease.

But we want to move out sooner than just two weeks before the end of the lease which is the earliest they'll let us without penalty.

[Arimeh]

Ahhh this is soo similar to what happened to us, they told us that they wanted us out, they had the place on the market, so we prepared ourselves and got ourself a place to buy ourselves, and THEN they said that they wouldn't let us out of the lease, and that they never said that to us!!!! Bunch of baaaaarrrrstards. We had to pay for a month extra rent plus our mortgage on our new place because of them. GRR.

[Asparagus and Lemons]

Well that is confusing! Your getting some mixed messages there! Obviously they arent that desperate to sell!

[ladybird11]

Have you called the Real Estate Institute of SA for some advice hun?