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[paulamis]

Absolutely, when I did it they cleared the house, signed a letter surrendering tenancy and I changed the locks even though they returned key - then £500 in cash with signed receipt.

This was a few years ago so I had 6 week deposit in hand and there were a lot less rules, I was only a few...

[paulamis]

Just putting this out there, unpalatable as it is, if you offer them a grand to leave, will they?

Obviously, start lower, get a story in place etc, eg get some for sale boards up, say you have a buyer who knows the street so does not need to see inside, getting a bargain, but wants vacant...

[paulamis]

They can dream up a far more extensive list than that, I would consider the management fee to include arranging the professional services, I would hope they could even manage the items that are supposed to be handled by a lay-person like reviewing the fire safety inspection, but my experience is......

[paulamis]

I shall take "Senior member" as a compliment

This is about picking your battles the stress and financial risk to save maybe £100 a year ain't worth it.

For this battle if you wanted to have it, should you not shun the MA and talk to the FH, the FH is the one...

[paulamis]

You need to tread carefully, this may be one of those case where you need to pay for an expert.

See here https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/infor...session-claims it is 4 years old but I do not think anything got easier for landlords in that time.

Good luck....

[paulamis]

A far better account than I could manage is here
https://www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk/r...-twelve-months

By the time you have spent hundreds bringing the case the FH and MA can just write a new contract, they do not have to tell you when...

[paulamis]

On the face of it No, it has to be over a year, however if the contract is written such that notice can only be given to bring the contract to a close after a year, eg 12 months then 3 months notice, then Yes.

However the contract can just be replaced at a moment's notice with one that...

[paulamis]

These people usually operate for freeholders, but still useful to leaseholders.
https://bradysolicitors.com/brady-bl...e-charge-debt/

Key bit is have they billed you any service charges in the last 3 years?...