ending tenancy - a question

anon23

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could answer a couple of questions for me regarding ending of a tenancy.

We’ve been renting our flat for about 3 years and are currently on a rolling contract. I was given to believe that I was required to give 1 months notice before I wished to move out. I contacted the estate agent to tender my notice (today) 6 weeks before the date we wished to move (start of august) to give the landlord a bit of extra time to find a tenant. Three days ago we paid our rent for the next month. The estate agent however has come back to us saying that we still have to pay next months rent as our notice doesn’t take effect until the the start of the next rent period. We expected to only pay 2 weeks worth of rent as is fair.

Question: is it standard to demand what is effectively 2 months notice? And if not do I have any legal case to deny the landlord the extra 2 weeks of rent he (or more likely the agent) demand?



Thanks in advance.

pickles110564

You seem very good tenant's to give notice.
In the past we have had tenant's that dont pay and when you chase them you find that they are leaving and use their deposit as the last months payment.
If you are moving on and have already secured the place you want do the same
Shame you dont want to rent in my area i would welcome you in with open arms
best of luck
Pickles

clutton_2

strictly speaking tenants must give notice on the "due date" - but i agree with pickles, a good landlord with a good tenant wont nit-pick like this.