Notice on Rental Flat

Shadowplay_2

Looking for a little advice,

We are close to completing on a house. i have phoned the LL to give notice on our rented flat. They have stated we need to give 2 months notice! i was under the impression it was a standard 1 month? Our original contract ran out over 3 years ago and we have never signed a contract with the current LL (the property was passed over from one LL to another 8 months ago).

I have timed the process so that giving 1 months notice should work out perfectly (exchange in two weeks-ish and 1 months notice runs out in 5 weeks), giving us time to move everything and clean. If we have to pay another months rent it will be completely wasted money.

What can i do?

Mike

VFR-Rider

Get him to show you in the contract the notice period?

Shadowplay_2

Cheers, i'll dig out the original contract when i get home and have a look.

So even though the contract is from the previous LLs it is relevant to the current LL?

Mike

littlemissmoney

He is talking rubbish. You are on a periodic tenancy so you only need to give one month.

http://england.shelter.org.uk/advice/advice-3145.cfm#wipLive-34410-5

clutton_2

utter rubb ish - one month is all you need to give

VFR-Rider

Yeah, sorry I meant show him his contract (the one that you never even had to sign!).

Sorry, but at least I think I'm funny

jamesd

When in a statutory periodic tenancy landlords have to give two months, tenants one month. The new landlord inherited the rights and responsibilities of the original agreement when they purchased the place.

Shadowplay_2

Thanks eveyone, i will include the above terminology in my notice letter and state that i am giving one month notice. I'll check my old contract and if it says one month notice i'll include a copy but i think i'm right in concluding that as we are on a rolling contract it doesnt matter what the old contract said. :rotfl:

and they say buying a house is stressfull...

barnaby-bear

Shadowplay wrote: »

Thanks eveyone, i will include the above terminology in my notice letter and state that i am giving one month notice. I'll check my old contract and if it says one month notice i'll include a copy but i think i'm right in concluding that as we are on a rolling contract it doesnt matter what the old contract said. :rotfl:

and they say buying a house is stressfull...

Remember you have to get the dates right or it can end up being nearly two months if you miss the date correct for rent period... but if you get dates right it's just one month.... do it in writing and I'd do it recorded for peace of mind....

scrummy_mummy_2

Shadowplay wrote: »

Thanks eveyone, i will include the above terminology in my notice letter and state that i am giving one month notice. I'll check my old contract and if it says one month notice i'll include a copy but i think i'm right in concluding that as we are on a rolling contract it doesnt matter what the old contract said. :rotfl:

and they say buying a house is stressfull...

It does matter what the old contract said (In some respects) because the Main Terms of the original AST apply to the statutory periodic contract once the main fixed term agreement concludes....that means, the main bits of the original agreement carry over to the new periodic or month to month agreement. (As long as those terms are legally correct of course!)

Shadowplay_2

Ok, can i just check something.

We signed the original contract on 15/05/04 (for a six month term), which means we where statutory periodic from 15/11/04. When the new LL took over from the previous they changed the rent payment date to the 01/of each month.

So which date does the notice date need to adhere to?