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sudden notice by landlord

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  • bris
    bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite
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    If you want to stay as long as possible don't tell him his email is worthless. He may not even know he has to give you an s21 (well he mustn't or he would have) and try to go to court. This would take a few months then the judge would throw it out. You could be there for another year if he really is clueless.
  • watchingmymoney
    watchingmymoney Posts: 38 Forumite
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    The landlord sent me the notification by email and he also left a printed letter downstairs with the rest of the post.
    @N79 Thank you for your info! I extended the original 1 year AST so that it ran from 26 May 2008 to 25 May 2009. I've been paying monthly since but never signed another extension of the original AST.
    @ Tamarto: thank you!
  • N79
    N79 Posts: 2,615 Forumite
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    So now you have to decide what you want to do. String the eviction out as long as possible or try to leave on some sort of amicable terms with your pratt of a LL?
  • Rabster8
    Rabster8 Posts: 14 Forumite
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    N79 wrote: »
    So now you have to decide what you want to do. String the eviction out as long as possible or try to leave on some sort of amicable terms with your pratt of a LL?

    The Landlord may have made an honest mistake about the notice period required.
    How about politely point out that he should give you two months notice, then find another place? If you are on a monthly periodic contract surely it was recognised and accepted that either party might give relatively short notice to quit, otherwise you would have gone for a more secure 12 month tenancy agreement.

    Seems a lot of people on this thread want you to start a war when theres a proper and right way of doing things.
  • sequence
    sequence Posts: 1,877 Forumite
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    Rabster8 wrote: »
    The Landlord may have made an honest mistake about the notice period required.
    How about politely point out that he should give you two months notice, then find another place? If you are on a monthly periodic contract surely it was recognised and accepted that either party might give relatively short notice to quit, otherwise you would have gone for a more secure 12 month tenancy agreement.

    Seems a lot of people on this thread want you to start a war when theres a proper and right way of doing things.

    Yes the proper and right way is for the landlord to not be clueless about the most basic points of the law regarding tenancies. The proper and right way is for the landlord to give 2months notice via S21 ?
  • Rabster8
    Rabster8 Posts: 14 Forumite
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    sequence wrote: »
    Yes the proper and right way is for the landlord to not be clueless about the most basic points of the law regarding tenancies. The proper and right way is for the landlord to give 2months notice via S21 ?

    The proper, right and courteous way is to point out someone's possibly honest mistake before declaring war on them.
  • watchingmymoney
    watchingmymoney Posts: 38 Forumite
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    So the landlord has to send me a new letter then telling me to be out in 2 months or does it legally have to be the specific S21 form?
    thanks!
  • angrypirate
    angrypirate Posts: 1,151 Forumite
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    It legally has to be the specific S21 form. Hold off on telling him tho - if you notify him on the 26th Jan he cant evict you until 25th April as the notice has to be 2 complete rental periods (ie months).
  • piglet25
    piglet25 Posts: 927 Forumite
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    Just out of interest, what would be the case if the deposit hadn't been placed with scheme and just popped into the LL back pocket?
  • EmRayMarRhys
    EmRayMarRhys Posts: 109 Forumite
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    piglet from my understanding if the deposit hasn't been protected then the LL cannot issue a section 21. Therefore the LL cannot evict the T.
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