Moving Out But Scared To Tell My Landlord

[Frogs88]

I'm a lodger. I really need to move out of this house is filthy there is mold all over the place, flies and slug infestations. Its dirty and my landlord (live in) is really really loud and makes sexist statements. I hate it here and I regretted moving in the second that I did. I have decided that as most rooms I have looked at are available now and they don't want to wait a month I am going to give in my notice now (there are plenty of cleaner quieter affordable places available in the city). Except my landlord who has never had a lodger before and never known any of the laws or anything doesn't want me to leave because he needs the money. I want to give my notice to him tomorrow with my last rent. I am just afraid because I know he is prone to being irrational and losing his temper.

 

[Em C.]

Can you have a friend go with you?

 

[Frogs88]

No friends in the city.

 

[Frogs88]

Which also means no where to go if he throws me out ect..

 

[Em C.]

Can you move out around the same time you give your notice?

 

[Frogs88]

I have to give a months notice.

 

[Em C.]

To when you stop paying, you dont have to be there

 

[AngelKeeperJ]

Do you have the money to put a place on 'hold', so that if he does get nasty, you can go there? Be sure to give him notice in writing, with a copy for yourself. You have a lock on your room, correct?

 

[Frogs88]

Yes I have a lock. No to the money, i'm getting a little in debt just to move but my T and doctor agree that the house is affecting me badly.

 

[Ice_Fire]

Can you sort out where you're going etc and then give your notice for in a month after that? It's expensive in as much as you'll have to fork out your current rent and the first month on your new place, but that way you can leave and give your notice a month 'prior' but physically leave straight away?

 

[Frogs88]

No I can't afford to do that I am off ill at the moment because my flashbacks have got too bad to work. But they are bad because I feel completely stuck here and that feeling of being stuck is what triggers me.

 

[Ice_Fire]

:( that's a really tough situation. I'm not sure what to suggest. Do you see much of him when in the communal areas? Just wondering if you could hand your notice in via a letter shoved under his door or placed in the kitchen?