UK Landlord Forum / Life

Hi all.

I am a landlord of a top floor flat. My tenant said that he found an eaten protein bar, eaten by a mouse. I am going to the property to seal the area where the mouse that he said came from (he said it climbed up the drain pipe in the end of the kitchen).

He is now breaking his contract earlier by a month - his 6 months are due mid May but he gave me notice today.

Do I accept the notice, or say that he needs to give me notice in mid May as per the Tenancy agreement?

Thank you

There's always the possibility that you'll be sealing the mouse in, rather than sealing it out.

When you say your tenant has given you notice, do you mean he intends to leave when the tenancy period ends next month? If so, he hasn't broken the agreement.

The tenancy agreement states that in mid May he can give me 2 months notice and leave. That will mean that he can leave mid July.
He emailed me today saying that the wants to start the 2 month notice today therefore leaving on 18/06.
Does that make sense?

Let him go...
Let him go...
Can't hold him there any more...
Turn away and seal the door
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the notice be valid
The mouse never bothered me anyway

You can buy humane traps,and then release him.Poisoning is cruel.The tenant has probably been leaving food lying around.The mouse has to eat.

If it's the difference between you finding a new tenant in June or a new tenant in July, what is it really going to cost you in the greater scheme of things?  As Hippogriff says, let him go and move on. Better that than having a resentful tenant in your property for three months.

As far as the mouse is concerned, yes, block the entrance points if you can. I've found the electric traps to be quite effective: they're humane in that it's a quick, clean kill. If you have a mouse and you don't deal with it, then pretty soon Mr Mouse will meet Mrs Mouse and they'll make sweet, sweet mouse jiggy, whereupon you'll end up with half a dozen or more mice to deal with.