Tenant Problems in BC

[Cameron Robinson]

Evening BP!

I was hoping someone on here who invests in BC, Canada has some experience in dealing with tenants not wanting to sign the Mutual End of Tenancy form even when they said they wanted to move out.

My tenants signed a fixed 1-year lease agreement ending Dec 31 2022 and are now wanting to move out which I am happy for them to leave. The issue I am having is they refuse to sign the Mutual End of Tenancy form and refuse to put something in writing to say they are refusing to sign it. They say they are moving out on May 15 ( this was emailed to me and verbally said to me).

After speaking with Landlord BC about the situation they said that because the tenants have not provided 5 key parts of info (down below) I am unable to rent the unit out once they leave/abandon the unit because of the fixed term agreement.

•Tenants name • Address they are vacating from • Signature • Date the letter was written • Day they are vacating

I know that I will lose a month's rent here. I just want possession of the unit as soon as they leave while trying to mitigate potential damage to the property on their way out.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do to solve it?

Thanks

Cam