Boulder to London

As you may recall, we moved into an awesome place a few months ago and are still learning the ins and outs of the London housing market. When we first moved over here, we were advised to get a ‘6-month break clause’ put into the lease. Apparently this is quite standard and it gives the tenant the option to move out after 6 months and the landlord the option to kick you out. When we proposed it in our first lease, the landlord did not accept it and we were stuck 12 months in a place that was too small and had a pack of screaming kids upstairs.

When we found our current place in Islington, the clause was not included in the standard lease, so we asked that it be put in based on our first experience. About 1 week into the lease, we realised that we loved the place and that we had successfully negotiated in the right to be kicked out after just 6 months. Well, our fears came true last week as we received the dreaded letter from KFH saying that our landlord would like to move back into her flat and so we start the process all over again…

I have two appointments today and I’ll let you know how it goes. If the last two experiences are any indication, I will soon be educated on some new obscure feature of the London property market.