Private renting advice.

wannabe_a_saver

Jeremy535897 said:

See https://www.gov.uk/private-renting-tenancy-agreements/your-landlord-wants-to-end-your-tenancy

From your link:

If you do not leave the property

Your landlord cannot remove you by force. If the notice period expires and you do not leave the property, your landlord may start the process of eviction through the courts.

Jeremy535897

There is a big difference, though, between your statement earlier "A landlord can't end a tenancy, only the tenant or the court can." and "Your landlord cannot remove you by force". Apart from anything else, potential future landlords may seek a reference from earlier landlords.

wannabe_a_saver

Jeremy535897 said:

There is a big difference, though, between your statement earlier "A landlord can't end a tenancy, only the tenant or the court can." and "Your landlord cannot remove you by force". Apart from anything else, potential future landlords may seek a reference from earlier landlords.

What I said is entirely true, when a landlord serves notice they are serving notice of their intention to go to court to regain possession of the property.  Its just for convenience and to avoid extra costs that most tenants choose to leave before it gets to that point. 

wannabe_a_saver

https://www.gov.uk/evicting-tenants

You'll note that a section 21 is a 'notice of seeking possession', not an eviction order. 

CKhalvashi

Mickey666 said:

If your tenancy is already ending on 31st May (in 6 weeks) but you are not ready to buy somewhere for another three months (in 12 weeks), what were you planning to do at the end of your tenancy?  Also, 'ready to buy' could easily mean the start of a 4, 5, 6 month process (judging by numerous posts about conveyancing delays on here) so you could quite easily not be able to move into your newly purchased home until the end of the year.  So where were you planning to live until you buy somewhere?

Seem to me that the landlord's wish to sell his property might be the least of your issues. 

It might also be highly optimistic of the landlord to think he can sell by 31st May anyway . . .  or perhaps it's just his way of confirming he wants you out by then, ie when your current lease ends?

A 6 month process is completely fine bearing in mind the current emergency legislation.

Jeremy535897 said:

wannabe_a_saver said:

Jeremy535897 said:

If a fixed term tenancy comes to an end, and the landlord does not want to renew it, there is not much you can do. The coronavirus related rules regarding the non-serving of eviction notices expire on 31 May 2021.

They don’t have to leave, the fixed term will automatically roll over to a periodic tenancy.

If the landlord allows it, yes. The trouble is, he won't.

A tenancy can only be ended by a tenant or a court.

The landlord is running a regulated enterprise and therefore needs to stick to the terms of running that business, including the law.

OP, this one is likely to come down to negotiation. If you can come to an arrangement that you will push for things to be done as fast as reasonably possible on your end in exchange for flexibility on his/her end, there is a good chance an agreement can be reached somewhere that suits both of you. It's likely to take him as long to sell as you to buy, and a gentle reminder of this may go a long way.