Assured Shorthold Tenancy

indiedisco

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

You can check with all three deposit schemes yourself: I think you just need the full postal address of the property concerned. Did your LL ever confirm which scheme it's in?

What address do you have for your LL on your tenancy agreement? There should be an address quoted on there for the "serving of notices"?

No, I don't know the names of the schemes...can you point me in their direction?

The address quoted is that of the flat below where the LL used to live but the flat has been unoccupied for 6 months and had tenants in for 6 months and apparently someone new is moving in in a week or so.

BitterAndTwisted

DPS-Deposit Protection Scheme. depositprotection.com

My Deposits. mydeposits.com

TDS-Tenancy Deposit Scheme. thedepositservice.co.uk

tbs624

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

My Deposits. mydeposits.com

no,unless you are a US investor it's http://mydeposits.co.uk

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

TDS-Tenancy Deposit Scheme. thedepositservice.co.uk

nope, it's http://www.thedisputeservice.co.uk/

tbs624

indiedisco wrote: »

...I have been assured that deposit is in a scheme ...

Have you been given the Scheme's "Prescribed Information" by your LL? If not , as she seems keen on statutory obligations, you might like to point her in the direction of the Housing Act 2004, s213 and a Statutory Instrument - the Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007.

On the notice issue, she is confusing the stat obligation for her, as LL, to provide you, as T, with 2 months notice under s21 of the Housing Act 1988

As well as referring her to Shelter......

What happens when my agreement runs out?

If your agreement is for a fixed-term (eg six months), you can leave on the last day of the fixed-term without giving notice. But you must ensure that you do not stay even one day over, or you will automatically become a periodic tenant and will have to give proper notice or come to an agreement with your landlord.
If you intend to leave on the last day you are not legally required to give the landlord any notice, but it's usually a good idea to do so, to avoid any dispute about when you actually left. Good communication helps things to go smoothly. Remember that you may need a reference to get a new home and, if you've paid a deposit, you're more likely to get it back if you keep the landlord informed.

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.....you can quote from the Office of Fair Trading guidelines
http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/unfair_contract_terms/oft356.pdf

p26, 3.62: A fixed term tenancy comes to an end when the fixed term runs out and a tenant does not have to give notice to end it.

p35, 3.78: A tenant is not required to give notice to bring the tenancy to an end at the end of the fixed term. That is because a fixed term agreement comes to an end at the end of the fixed term, and no periodic tenancy will arise if the tenant then leaves.