Be worth letting the landlord know and try and negotiate (if you haven't already). If he's got any sort of sense, he'll prefer to let you stay on at the same rent rather than pay to find new tenants as well as losing money due to having a week or two with the property empty.
If he is not letting through an agency then he thinks you'll pay extra to avoid those costs/hassle.We have asked, but no budge, more fool him, been there almost two years, never caused him a problem, even maintained the place to a better standard than it was already. Oh well.
Anyone got a place to rent or flatshare, who would rather not go through the agency process?
My tenancey is up at the end of the year and the Landlord has hiked the prices again, so its time to get out.
Hove location would be ideal.