My Tenants moved in on a one year fixed-term AST (in England), got married and then separated shortly afterwards (she moved out, he is still there).
The fixed-term, on which they are both named, is ending on 8th September and the husband wishes to sign another one year fixed-term (which I am happy with), but the wife wishes to be released from any continuance of the tenancy, or from any new tenancy moving forward (they are both in agreement and it is amicable).
The wife originally paid the deposit (which is protected with the DPS) and is happy to 'sign it over' to the husband so that he doesn't need to pay it again.
Can someone please advise how I should go about this from a best-practice perspective?
Is it as simple as having her sign a Deed of Surrender or should I formally end the whole Tenancy with both of them; refund the deposit to her and then start again with him?
If the latter, should I also create a new Inventory in just his name?
The fixed-term, on which they are both named, is ending on 8th September and the husband wishes to sign another one year fixed-term (which I am happy with), but the wife wishes to be released from any continuance of the tenancy, or from any new tenancy moving forward (they are both in agreement and it is amicable).
The wife originally paid the deposit (which is protected with the DPS) and is happy to 'sign it over' to the husband so that he doesn't need to pay it again.
Can someone please advise how I should go about this from a best-practice perspective?
Is it as simple as having her sign a Deed of Surrender or should I formally end the whole Tenancy with both of them; refund the deposit to her and then start again with him?
If the latter, should I also create a new Inventory in just his name?
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