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[tanizard]

Um. How does one go about letting one's flatmates know that one wishes to move out as soon as possible, 6 weeks from Christmas, and yet still convince them to let you buy from them the bed that they have been letting you use for the past 6 months?

*pleads for advice*

Useless information: sayafterme and I have decided that Kian is Westlife's token black guy

Comments

[digitalsprawl]

maybe tell them you're really sorry to have to do this to them so close to christmas, but you'll make it up to them in the way of some extra cash by buying the bed off them?

i have no idea.

and hussy, why am i not on your linky list? *pouts*

[tanizard]

Ahahahaha, because Span made the style thinger, and I'm too stupid to know how to change it. I'll ask her to put you on there for me :)

[sayafterme]

HUSS-BANANA!

[tanizard]

DESPERADO-PINEAPPLE-Z0RZ!!!!!

[sayafterme]

FUCK. YOU KNOW WHATS AWESOMELY DISGUSTING!?? KIAN/MARK.

YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE.

[tanizard]

OMG. PLZ TELL ME YOU DID NOT READ THAT OR ANYTHING.

[sayafterme]

WHAT ARE YOU!? CRACKED?!

[tanizard]

DO YOU HONESTLY HAVE TO ASK???

[maudlinrose]

It should be in your tenancy agreement somewhere about how much notice you have to give, and as long as you're willing to pay rent for that entire notice period you can move out whenever you want.

Maybe say you'll keep paying rent until they find someone, up to a maximum of X weeks, since it's so close to Christmas? And keep the whole bed-buying negotiations separate?

I dunno, my first set of flatmates (up in Auckland) dumped my ass by leaving a letter on my bed.

[tanizard]

Uh...

...tenancy agreement?

[sayafterme]

you win at the law

[maudlinrose]

Uh.

Hmm. The standard period is two weeks; in the absence of a written agreement the notice needed will probably default to "a reasonable period," which will effectively mean two or three weeks. I think.

I'm totally basing this on what happened when I called the Department of Labour to say, "Hey, I have no contract, how much notice to I need to give to leave?" And they were all, 1) no contract? WTF? and 2) if you don't have an individual employment (or, I'm guessing, tenancy) agreement, everything defaults to whatever the law is.

I know you have to give at least a week's notice, and probably two; if you're really desperate for the bed, you could probably sweeten that by saying you'll pay till they find a new tenant, or for four weeks, whichever comes first.

[danbi]

Uh.

Bake them cookies?