Help! Minimum notice needed to be served

SGE1

*sigh*, I'm back.

Landlord has served notice - 2 months, he finally acknowledged that that was right - but 2 months from yesterday (rather than from rent day) - so, stating we're due to move out by 1 Nov (rather than 14th Nov).

I've written and emailed a letter stating that that's not right, but his new tactic is to ignore me. Any ideas?

N79

As I said above forget rent days as they are not relevent. Rental periods are.

This new notice is obviously not valid so you can ignore it if you want, issue your own notice and leave on the 14th Nov. Or you could stay longer if you wish - any possession proceedings launched by the LL will fail provided you defend them.

Edit

I also notice that you now mention the 14th instead of the 15th. Did you fixed period end (the last day) on the 15th or the 14th?

SGE1

N79 wrote: »

As I said above forget rent days as they are not relevent. Rental periods are.

This new notice is obviously not valid so you can ignore it if you want, issue your own notice and leave on the 14th Nov. Or you could stay longer if you wish - any possession proceedings launched by the LL will fail provided you defend them.

Edit

I also notice that you now mention the 14th instead of the 15th. Did you fixed period end (the last day) on the 15th or the 14th?

Sorry - yes I understand the distinction between rent day and period, I'm using them interchangeably, and muddling my words!

And I did mean the 14th - the fixed period started on the 15th and so ended on the 14th.

Fire_Fox

Be very careful that you serve your notice on time - if the landlord is going to be difficult you may need to do this by recorded delivery, so give the letter a week for him to go and collect it from Royal Mail if he happens to be out when the postie tries to deliver. You might also serve notice by hand to be sure but I would go for belt and braces so you have proof if there is a later dispute.