Required notice period on an assured shorthold periodic?

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Edit: I misread some of it.

N79

Emanef wrote: »

I've just had a reply from the agents' legal person and they seem to have given a good explanation;

So according to that, common law requires both parties to give four weeks notice, but the Housing Act then put a legal duty on the landlord to give two months? Seems an anomoly that a requirement was only placed on one party.... but then I guess UK law is full of such anomolies!

No - according to what you quote, and common law, notice must be at least 1 rental period.

franklee

Emanef wrote: »

I've just had a reply from the agents' legal person and they seem to have given a good explanation;

So according to that, common law requires both parties to give four weeks notice, but the Housing Act then put a legal duty on the landlord to give two months? Seems an anomoly that a requirement was only placed on one party.... but then I guess UK law is full of such anomolies!

I don't see any anomaly there as there's no reason why a landlord and a tenant should have to give the same notice. Remember the S21 is a no fault notice, so when a landlord uses it a tenant not at fault is being asked to leave their home.

Moving house to a landlord's schedule isn't a small event. No problem if you're young and renting furnished, but older with family and renting unfurnished and moving is a pain. Packing, arranging removals, changing children's schools, finding somewhere new to match the right dates, maybe cancelling pre-booked holidays, taking time off work, all the costs incurred for removals and referencing etc. etc.

When a tenant leaves the landlord needs to secure a new tenant which isn't of the same magnitude of work, neither does it turn the landlord's life upside down.

So arguably the tenant needs longer notice as he as more to do.