Ending Contract - 6 Month Contract

dranzer01

If I do receive the S21 letter today or 23rd/24th June, I can technically wait it out until it goes to court and then I can present my case saying it was invalid?

SusieT

dranzer01 said:

If I do receive the S21 letter today or 23rd/24th June, I can technically wait it out until it goes to court and then I can present my case saying it was invalid?

Exactly what you can do. Then they have to rectify the faults, reissue the S21 (assuming legislation has not been passed by then that stops it), and start the whole process again.

dranzer01

Ive just received the one page section 21 letter in the post (dated 20th June on the letter front and on the letter itself).

I will be earmarking this as invalid.

TripleH

I'd make sure the landlord can't issue the s8 for 2 months rent arrears. That would be harder to defend.

Robbo66

dranzer01 said:

Ive just received the one page section 21 letter in the post (dated 20th June on the letter front and on the letter itself).

I will be earmarking this as invalid.

The expiry date is the important date not the date the letter was drawn up and posted. during a fixed term a section 21 can be served at any time except within the first 4 months but cannot expire before the end of said fixed term. If the expiry date coincides with the end of the of your fixed term then in all likely hood it will be valid as long as all other criteria have been met.

dranzer01

I moved in 25/02/2022

I received email that they want to terminate tenancy I believe 19/06/2022

I received the letter 22/06/2022

I am on a 6 month AST tenancy agreement, I believe there is no break clause, whereby the tenancy end date is 24/08/2022

dimbo61

So you moved in at the end of February 2022 and less than 4 months later your in Rent arrears ?

dranzer01

dimbo61 said:

So you moved in at the end of February 2022 and less than 4 months later your in Rent arrears ?

dimbo61 said:

So you moved in at the end of February 2022 and less than 4 months later your in Rent arrears ?

dimbo61 said:

So you moved in at the end of February 2022 and less than 4 months later your in Rent arrears ?

Do you want me to explain my whole life story or something? The length is irrelevant, I dont even know why that is a question on an open forum. Just like in life something regarding A happens , which then has a knock on effect to B , which in turn causes C.

Posing that question as if nobody goes through adversity or something. If youve never experienced anything negative , well done to you.

Very strange.

canaldumidi

dranzer01 said:

I moved in 25/02/2022

I received email that they want to terminate tenancy I believe 19/06/2022

I received the letter 22/06/2022

I am on a 6 month AST tenancy agreement, I believe there is no break clause, whereby the tenancy end date is 24/08/2022

What is the expiry date on the S21 Notice?

Robbo66 said:

The expiry date is the important date not the date the letter was drawn up and posted. during a fixed term a section 21 can be served at any time except within the first 4 months but cannot expire before the end of said fixed term. If the expiry date coincides with the end of the of your fixed term then in all likely hood it will be valid as long as all other criteria have been met.

Robbo66 is correct.

CardiffCrank

Robbo66 said:

dranzer01 said:

Ive just received the one page section 21 letter in the post (dated 20th June on the letter front and on the letter itself).

I will be earmarking this as invalid.

The expiry date is the important date not the date the letter was drawn up and posted. during a fixed term a section 21 can be served at any time except within the first 4 months but cannot expire before the end of said fixed term. If the expiry date coincides with the end of the of your fixed term then in all likely hood it will be valid as long as all other criteria have been met.

But it has been served in the first four months, so it's invalid. Right? I thought the whole point was to prevent the LL from routinely serving a S21 early in the tenancy "just in case".