We were tricked as when were in the office he spoke to us never once mentioned a new tenancy. And when I was about to read he said he had another appointment and we need to leave. Knowing at the time we had kids with us had no choice but to leave. So it was a trick as he said it was for "insurance reasons". So YES we were tricked! And I'm not happy one bit as the place is not the greatest to live in the noise levels are to high so were not in a peaceful and quiet environment which the tenancy states they are providing.

My main concern was that we were tricked into signing an agreement not at any point did he say it's a new tenancy for 6 months. Else I would not have signed it. It starts from may 1st so wondering if their is like a cooling off peroid were I can break it and resort to the rolling month to month basis?

Thank you for the ant tips just done what was on the page so fingers crossed.now just to resolve the tenancy issue

Hi all I have lived in my landlords property for 8 months and had completed the AST peroid. We gained consent of the landlord to get a tenant in our spare room of which he asked that we all sign some paper work for insurance reasons. We went up and at time had the kids(no choice) ad signed the paper work quickly as he had other appointments. Upon getting back we found out that he locked us into another 6 months without telling us. None of us are happy about this as we were not told this at the time as we would not have signed if so. Do we have the right to break this within a certain amount. We also have an ant infestation in the kitchen which we informed him of and he said its our responsibility. I have been cleaning and scrubbing every day and bleaching only to discover the wooden door that leads onto the terrace has severe wood rot and that's how they are Getting in. And I can't spend 24/7 cleaning and scrubbing etc. I even bleached the area where they were coming in etc. I'm so upset at this as very unhappy here due to the noise from outside and the infestation means I can't sleep as I'm constantly worried about it. This in turn is affecting my health big time and at a loose end. I hope you can help.