<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by josephinekelly
There is nothing in the rental contract I have which covers such a contingency and although I am lucky this time, it is something I will give consideration to next time. [/quote] It's really unusual not to have something in your contract in the Terms and Conditions about this. Are you sure it doesn't say anything about 'force majeure' (which means a superior or overpowering force or an unexpected or uncontrollable event) somewhere?