Renting one's future home until sale completed

MM · 2004-10-17T18:03:27+00:00

I am looking at a property to buy which will become vacant in the nextfew days. What would be the chance of renting it short-term while thesale of my property in another part of the country is going through?Is this kind of thing ever done? I appreciate that many owners wouldbe afraid of problems like squatters and suchlike. But it would makelife a whole lot easier for me, and if the property will remain emptyanyway for 8 weeks plus while my sale here is being processed andcompleted, it would mean a few hundred quid extra for the owner.Surely a solicitor could draw up a legal agreement that would reassurethe owner that everything is above board?How it would happen is, I would rent it for, say, two months, thenarrange for completion on the purchase of it to coincide with the endof the rental period. I would effectively be 'moving into' a propertyI already occupy, though the status transfers from 'tenant' to 'newowner' on the date in question.MM