notice periods

wba31

So my official tenancy ends on 10 October, and I have had an email from the letting agents saying that they are putting the rent up by 10% on this date (8 working days?)

My wife and I cannot afford the proposed increase but have been told if we were to move out we have to give a months notice. Should the letting agents/landlord not allow that same period of notice on a rent increase (they have to give 2 months notice to remove us from property) or are they fine to have given us a little under 2 weeks notice of the rent increase?

Thanks

Guest101

You can leave before the 10th Oct with no notice (assuming that is the end of the fixed term)


You can ignore the rent increase, you do not have to pay it. (obviously you will likely be evicted)

Pixie5740

If you have a fixed term tenancy which ends 10th October then you don't need to give any notice as long as you move out on or before 10th October.

As for the rent increase does your tenancy agreement say anything about how and when the rent can be increased?

See Ending/Renewing an AST for further information as well as Rent Increases: How/When

wba31

Pixie5740 wrote: »

If you have a fixed term tenancy which ends 10th October then you don't need to give any notice as long as you move out on or before 10th October.

As for the rent increase does your tenancy agreement say anything about how and when the rent can be increased?

See Ending/Renewing an AST for further information as well as Rent Increases: How/When

Thank you both, and I will look at those links when im at home Pixie 5740

Thank you

G_M

As explained:

* you leave on/before 10th when the fixed term ends. No notice needed - that's what a fixed end date means: it ends the contract!

* they offer you a new tenancy agreement at the new rent. You
- agree, sign, stay and pay,or
- negotiate a lower amount sign stay and pay, or
- refuse to sign, stay and continue to pay original rent on a 'rolling' (periodic) tenancy. As no fixed term litlle security so may be given
a) 2 months notice (S21), or
b) S13 Notice to increase the rent (takes a full month, plus you can appeal)
-

wba31

So i checked the tenancy agreement last night and it ends on 10th December, so unclear what the email we received is about - and that will teach me for taking the wife's word for it!

I presume this is a 2 month notice of intention to increase the rent at the end of the tenancy, they have simply worded the email wrong.

Personally, i would have notified the letting agents that we are not prepared to pay anymore rent, and leave it in the landlords hands; keep us in at the original payment but know that we are looking after the property, or risk trying to increase and have to go through the process of getting new tenants. HOWEVER my wife panicked and called the letting agents advising we could pay £25 a month extra. I might try them this morning and retract that and see where it leaves us...

G_M

wba31 wrote: »

So i checked the tenancy agreement last night and it ends on 10th December, so unclear what the email we received is about - and that will teach me for taking the wife's word for it!

I presume this is a 2 month notice of intention to increase the rent at the end of the tenancy, they have simply worded the email wrong.

Personally, i would have notified the letting agents that we are not prepared to pay anymore rent, and leave it in the landlords hands; keep us in at the original payment but know that we are looking after the property, or risk trying to increase and have to go through the process of getting new tenants. HOWEVER my wife panicked and called the letting agents advising we could pay £25 a month extra. I might try them this morning and retract that and see where it leaves us...

I would do nothing.

I doubt they recorded the phone call, so ..... "accepted your proposed increased rent by phone? What phonecall?"

What does your tenancy agreement say about rent increases?

If it states the rent can be increased by 10% after, say12 months, and you've been there 12 months, then having now been notified of that increase, you have to accept it (unless you leave).

If it says something different, or nothing at all, then they can only offer you a rent increase which you can agree to if you wish, or refuse.

When the fixed term ends in Dec, they may offer you a new fixed term, at a new rent (of any amount they wish), which you can agree to or refuse.

If no new fixed term is agreed, you can remain on the current tenancy agreement and current rent, on a periodic tenancy as per the links pixie gave you above.