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Giving notice
hippocrates1
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Is it ok to give notice via email to the letting agent? I do not have my landlords address/ a printer. I have his mobile number. He texts me about anything including when he increased my rent charge without any formal letter etc.
is it therefore acceptable to send an email to the letting agent and a text to him to give notice?
is it therefore acceptable to send an email to the letting agent and a text to him to give notice?
DIP 09/02/21
Offer on property 17/02/21
Offer accepted 18/02/21
Mortgage application submitted 22/02/21
Desktop valuation 22/02/21
Mortgage offer received 22/02/21
Solicitor instructed 23/02/21
Draft contract received and enquiries sent 02/03/21
searches back 08/03/21
Enquiries back 10/06/21
Exchanged 23/06/21
Offer on property 17/02/21
Offer accepted 18/02/21
Mortgage application submitted 22/02/21
Desktop valuation 22/02/21
Mortgage offer received 22/02/21
Solicitor instructed 23/02/21
Draft contract received and enquiries sent 02/03/21
searches back 08/03/21
Enquiries back 10/06/21
Exchanged 23/06/21
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Does your tenancy agreement say email is an accepted method of serving notice? What address is given in your tenancy agreement for the serving of notices because that’s where you should be sending your notice.hippocrates1 said:Is it ok to give notice via email to the letting agent? I do not have my landlords address/ a printer. I have his mobile number. He texts me about anything including when he increased my rent charge without any formal letter etc.
is it therefore acceptable to send an email to the letting agent and a text to him to give notice?3 -
Do you have pen and paper to post / hand deliver written notice?Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.2
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Why not text the landlord and ask? Then retain the reply. Or read the tenancy agreement. However, it seems sensible to text the landlord anyway.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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If you have no address for serving notice on Landlord (often c/o agent, quite legal) then no rent is due (!).1
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Buy a pen and paper !3
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It's OK to give email notice but that email notice might not be accepted as valid. Read your tenancy agreement!
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Who writes letters these days. Mine accepted notice by email. Most do especially with lots of people working from home
My tenancy agreement was sent to me by email and digitally signed.0 -
Emails are seen as valid these daysdavidmcn said:
People who want to ensure they've served a legally valid notice, that's who.Sotts said:Who writes letters these days.
A notice or document can be given by: handing it to the tenant or landlord in person. ... emailing it to the tenant, landlord or agent at the email address they have specified for receiving that notice or document when giving consent to service by email.
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And has the OP's landlord provided such an email address at which they accept service? If not, then service by post is what will need to be done (they must provide a suitable address for that purpose).Sotts said:
Emails are seen as valid these daysdavidmcn said:
People who want to ensure they've served a legally valid notice, that's who.Sotts said:Who writes letters these days.
A notice or document can be given by: handing it to the tenant or landlord in person. ... emailing it to the tenant, landlord or agent at the email address they have specified for receiving that notice or document when giving consent to service by email.
(leaving aside the question of whether there's such a thing as deemed service by email once you've worked out how to prove that you sent it in the first place)0
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