Changed jobs, moved City and now I have no job.

[exelero]

Hello. I’ll try to keep it as short as possible. Basically I’ve been trying to get out of my job for quite some time and had interviews as well as a job offer starting from next Monday. The problem is that I rented a room through an agency and minimal tenancy agreement is 6 months, but I’ve been told today that now I have no job for the foreseeable future due to the virus we all know about.
My question is: Does a tenancy agreement have a cool down period like credit agreements do? Basically what I’m trying to do is to get out of the contract with losing as little money as possible. Because the location is in Oxfordshire and I realised that I can get a lot more job through agency where I am at the moment (Notts).
Thanks

[RSTurboPaul]

How long ago did you sign the agreement?

Did you sign in person or was it a 'distance sale'?


I have no idea if either of the above will make a difference, but they are the first questions that go through my mind.

[Pothole]

Surely your first thought should be to call and discuss with the landlord/their agent, not poll the myriad, mostly ill-informed opinions on here?

[exelero]

Pothole said:

Surely your first thought should be to call and discuss with the landlord/their agent, not poll the myriad, mostly ill-informed opinions on here?

Will do. I signed the contract on Friday btw

[p4cks]

Pothole said:

Surely your first thought should be to call and discuss with the landlord/their agent, not poll the myriad, mostly ill-informed opinions on here?

I thought it was just me that thought this! There really are some burks on here (incl me)

[syl]

I’d have thought if you told the landlord there’s no way you would be able to pay as you’ve lost your job, after seeing those programs on TV where it takes months to get you out with no recovery of lost rent (and a trashed property half the time) they’d be delighted to rip the contract up. Especially with the government saying they can’t evict non-payers for 3 months. I know I would if I had a rental property.

[anonymous-user]

syl said:

I’d have thought if you told the landlord there’s no way you would be able to pay as you’ve lost your job, after seeing those programs on TV where it takes months to get you out with no recovery of lost rent (and a trashed property half the time) they’d be delighted to rip the contract up. Especially with the government saying they can’t evict non-payers for 3 months. I know I would if I had a rental property.

This is what I’d have thought.

[livinginasia]

syl said:

I’d have thought if you told the landlord there’s no way you would be able to pay as you’ve lost your job, after seeing those programs on TV where it takes months to get you out with no recovery of lost rent (and a trashed property half the time) they’d be delighted to rip the contract up. Especially with the government saying they can’t evict non-payers for 3 months. I know I would if I had a rental property.

As a landlord of various properties in the uk myself this is exactly what I would do. I would be delighted you had told me and not moved into a flat you couldn’t pay for, especially in today’s circumstances.