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Serving a notice to quit
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normalpeopleworryme
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I am a landlord. I have had a fixed term contract with tennats (through a lettings agency) for 12 months. It ends10th September.
I have asked the letting agents to give the tenants notice to quit, with a view of them vacating 10th October (ie - 2 months from 10th August). The lettings company say this is not possile - I can only serve it either on the 10th July (which I've missed, obvs) or 10th September, meaning they leave in Nvember.
Is this correct?
I have asked the letting agents to give the tenants notice to quit, with a view of them vacating 10th October (ie - 2 months from 10th August). The lettings company say this is not possile - I can only serve it either on the 10th July (which I've missed, obvs) or 10th September, meaning they leave in Nvember.
Is this correct?
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No, they are incorrect.
They need to give 2 months notice(assuming rental periods are monthly) which can expire at anytime including mid period.
As Sec 21 is easy to do. Do it yourself.Well life is harsh, hug me don't reject me.0 -
They wouldn't leave on the 10th though, it would be the 9th.0
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They tell me you can't serve notice within a fixed term tenancy...0
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Fire them - they are wrong. If they were correct, it would make every tenancy n+2 months, rather than n months!0
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thank you - thought it was strange...
So just to confirm...
I am in my rights to serve notice to quit even though they are in a 12 month fixed term tenancy.
Therefore, I can ask them to leave now, with two months notice, so they should vacate 9th October.0 -
Read Ending/Renewing an AST.
Just because you serve notice it doesn't mean the tenants have to/will leave the property on the date the notice expires. This is because your notice does not end the tenancy that can only be done by the tenants, a court or mutual surrender.0 -
Correct - although there is no guarantee they will actually leave on 9th October...but that's a whole different kettle of fish as Pixie has said.normalpeopleworryme wrote: »thank you - thought it was strange...
So just to confirm...
I am in my rights to serve notice to quit even though they are in a 12 month fixed term tenancy.
Therefore, I can ask them to leave now, with two months notice, so they should vacate 9th October.0 -
Oh don't! Scary thought!0
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