My rights as a tenant??

[jelly11b]

I am currently in a 6months contract, i have 6 months left as it starts on the 16/06/2010. I have been in the property for 12months already. I want to give my notice but in my contract it does not say anything about a notice period?It just says the land lord has to give us two months notice period. I rang the estate agency and they said i can gove one month but i will have to pay rent for the full term, or alternatley they can put it back on the market and find someone to take it over but they will charge mee £200.00 to do this.
My understanding was that after you have been in a property 12months you could give a months notice and not have any fee's or have to pay the rent in full for the whole 6months.

Could someone please advise on what my rights are?

[themas]

If this is a fixed term agreement for 6 months then you are committed for 6 months & can only avoid having to pay for the full term by agreement with the landlord/agent.

I assume you signed this 6 month agreement before you realised you would need to move out.

I don't understand what you say the agreement includes about the landlord's right to give you 2 months notice. My understanding of the position is that if the contract is for a fixed term, then it commits both parties unless there is a specific break clause in it (which is normally a clause giving the landlord the right to end the agreement at a particular time - not at any time).

[humpy07]

I was always under the impression that a Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement, ran for a fixed term of 6 months, then was on a month rolling basis, meaning that the contract would continue indefinitely until either party gives notice. These standard form contracts usually stipulate that the landlord must give 2 months notice and the tenant 1 months.

[bushbaby_de]

humpy, that is only the case if a new contract is not signed. Jelly has posted this topic elsewhere and got a lot of responses all saying that they are stuck with the six month contract.