united-kingdom rental-property rent
UK - Cooling off period after signing rental contract
<p>I'm in process to sign a contract for a flat. The conditions written are the following: <em>one year</em> with no break clause.   </p>

<p>Before signing I'm trying to find out the following information.</p>

<ul>
<li>Is there in UK a cooling off period after the signature of a rental contract to break it? (e.g., 1 week)</li>
<li>Is there a way to break it before the 1 year is over? Is mutual agreement the only way?</li>
</ul>

<p>No, you can not break the lease early without an agreement or their would be no reason to have a lease. You would just pay by the month.</p>

<p><a href="https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting/how_tenants_can_end_a_fixed_term_tenancy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting/how_tenants_can_end_a_fixed_term_tenancy</a></p>

<p>If you aren't sure you want to live there for the whole term of the lease you should probably keep looking.</p>
