Thanks.

The lease is expired and the settlement date falls after the date the tenants have to vacate the premises. So basically the vendor has done what he needs to do. But as mentioned earlier the tenants have indicated to stay 2 weeks longer. But I refuse to accept settlement if the tenants are still there.

I suspect the vendor just hopes settlement will take place so that the tenants become my problem, which obviously I do not want.

My solicitor mentioned something about issuing a notice to complete should the tenants still be there when I conduct my final inspection.