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hamilton987 wrote: »Sorry - this is my first rented property so if they refuse to leave I can be charged the current rent (£400) plus another £400 a month? What would the additional rent charge be for?
Under the Distress of Rent Act. (a very old law, still in use today)0 -
hamilton987 wrote: »Sorry - this is my first rented property so if they refuse to leave I can be charged the current rent (£400) plus another £400 a month? What would the additional rent charge be for?
When you give notice, it is for the tenancy as a whole not just for you personally. So if you give notice, A+B have to either start a new tenancy or move out. If neither of those things happen, then you and A as the original tenants have terminated the tenancy but not given the LL back her property, and so the double rent is a penalty for that.0 -
itchyfeet123 wrote: »When you give notice, it is for the tenancy as a whole not just for you personally. So if you give notice, A+B have to either start a new tenancy or move out. If neither of those things happen, then you and A as the original tenants have terminated the tenancy but not given the LL back her property, and so the double rent is a penalty for that.
Perfect - thanks all at least now I have the information behind me as well!0 -
* You cannot give notice just for yourself. You can only give notice to end the joint tenancy for which you are one party.
* since the tenancy appears to now be a Statutory Periodic Tenancy (the original fixed term has expired), either of the joint tenants can serve notice and it binds all joint tenants
* notice must be properly served - to the correct address, with the correct notice period (to align with the the tenancy's 'periods')
* it then ends the tenancy as a whole (not just your own liability), and all joint tenants must vacate the property - unless one or more of them create a new tenancy with the landlord permitting them to remain
Until the above happens you will remain a joint tenant, with liability for rent, damage etc.0
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