Notice Letter Template

biged670

Hi all,

I'm going to be giving notice on my rented property in the next few days. Just wondered if there was a decent template knocking about anywhere?

Cheers

Pixie5740

There's not a template as far as I'm aware. You don't need War and Peace just something like:

Dear [insert landlord's name],

I am writing to give notice to end my tenancy on xx/xx/2015.

Yours sincerely,

biged670

Get proof of postage.

See also Ending an AST (assuming that it's an AST you have).

theartfullodger

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/pdf/Tenants-Notice-to-Quit.pdf

biged670

Thanks both

MollyD_2

I just emailed my landlord saying I was moving out and could we arrange an inspection and they were fine about it!

arbrighton

MollyD wrote: »

I just emailed my landlord saying I was moving out and could we arrange an inspection and they were fine about it!

That might be the case, but officially it needs to be in writing on paper still

jjlandlord

arbrighton wrote: »

That might be the case, but officially it needs to be in writing on paper still

No, it needs to be in writing.
An email is in writing and if the landlord acknowledged receipt and acceptance e.g. by replying there is no problem.

booksurr

jjlandlord wrote: »

Not, it needs to be in writing.
An email is in writing and if the landlord acknowledged receipt and acceptance e.g. by replying there is no problem.

unless you have a legal precedent to support that I would rather stick to the advice that service by e mail is not acceptable unless that method has been agreed to by the LL in advance
http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part06/pd_part06a#4.1
Service by fax or other electronic means
4.1 Subject to the provisions of rule 6.23(5) and (6), where a document is to be served by fax or other electronic means –
(1) the party who is to be served or the solicitor acting for that party must previously have indicated in writing to the party serving –
(a) that the party to be served or the solicitor is willing to accept service by fax or other electronic means; and
(b) the fax number, e-mail address or other electronic identification to which it must be sent; and
(2) the following are to be taken as sufficient written indications for the purposes of paragraph 4.1(1) –
(a) a fax number set out on the writing paper of the solicitor acting for the party to be served;
(b) an e-mail address set out on the writing paper of the solicitor acting for the party to be served but only where it is stated that the e-mail address may be used for service; or
(c) a fax number, e-mail address or electronic identification set out on a statement of case or a response to a claim filed with the court.
4.2 Where a party intends to serve a document by electronic means (other than by fax) that party must first ask the party who is to be served whether there are any limitations to the recipient's agreement to accept service by such means (for example, the format in which documents are to be sent and the maximum size of attachments that may be received).
4.3 Where a document is served by electronic means, the party serving the document need not in addition send or deliver a hard copy.

jjlandlord

booksurr wrote: »

unless you have a legal precedent to support that I would rather stick to the advice that service by e mail is not acceptable unless that method has been agreed to by the LL in advance.

I mentioned acknowledgement and acceptance so as to deal with the scenario whereby the method was not agreed in advance.

At law the only requirement is for the notice to be in writing. If the landlord accepts the notice then whatever was previously agreed does not matter.

This is confirmed by case law. I'm sure you'll be able to find it since you seem keen to find all sorts of details.

There is no need to create problems where none exist.

However, indeed tenants should be careful when giving notice by email when that method of service was not agreed in advance because if the landlord does not acknowledge and accept the notice then it is indeed invalid.

booksurr

jjlandlord wrote: »

I mentioned acknowledgement and acceptance so as to deal with the scenario whereby the method was not agreed in advance.

yes you did, but you left out the context thereby rendering your comments misleading since the question was can notice be given by email, to which the correct answer is: it can, but it has no validity unless ....

jjlandlord

booksurr wrote: »

yes you did, but you left out the context thereby rendering your comments misleading since the question was can notice be given by email, to which the correct answer is: it can, but it has no validity unless ....

My comment was not misleading, I was replying to a specific comment (which was incorrect and misleading) and qualified my reply with a clear 'if'. However yours were typically arrogant, argumentative and obviously made in bad faith as you are changing your point.

And apparently the mob jumps on the bandwagon. Typical and sad, really.

Good day, Sir.