Landlord notice

[m3sye]

What notice is needed to a tennant who has been in a house for 2.5 years? only 6 month agreement was signed

[mikebradford]

i asked the same question, answers are in here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[m3sye]

mikebradford said:

i asked the same question, answers are in here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Quite confusing that? cant work out if its 30 days or 60 days as only 6 months signed but been there 2.5years...

[The Tea Boy]

You'll need to sever a section 21 (2 months notice) to the tenants.

As they were on a 6 month AST it has now become a periodic month by month contract so no special terms on notices.

Matt

[cahami]

You need to serve a section 21a notice if the tendency has become periodic.

[m3sye]

Thanks chaps

[Wings]

Once a tenancy becomes a Statutory Periodic Tenancy Agreement, then to terminate the same, a landlord needs to serve either a Section 21 or section 8 Notice, the former being the most preferred for obtaining accelerated possession via the courts.

A Section 21 Notice, if the rental payments are paid monthly, requires more than 2 months notice, the same served before the anniversary day in the month when the original tenancy agreement commenced, the same usually the same day in the month when the rental payment is due to be paid.

For example if the next anniversary day is 2 July 2016, then the written Section 21 needs to be served before that date, with the two months Notice ending after 1st September 2016.

Failure to protect a tenancy Deposit, or with wrong dates on a Section 21 Notice, will invalidate the Section 21, with a large percentage being thrown out during court repossession proceedings.

https://www.gov.uk/evicting-tenants/section-21-and...

[S11Steve]

Slightly off topic, but if a tenant is on a monthly periodic after the initial AST lapsed, what notice period do they have to give - still the usual 4 weeks/1 month?

[dazwalsh]

1 month on a periodic tenancy

[Rangeroverover]

You also HAVE to send the S21 notice by post, not hand delivered

[dazwalsh]

Rangeroverover said:

You also HAVE to send the S21 notice by post, not hand delivered

And a witness for good measure