Thread: Giving notice to my landlord

Quote: Originally Posted by tbs624 Statutory Starlight - have you been given formal notification of an address for whoever is your current LL? It's a legal requirement under the LL & T Act 1987. If you don't have an address you as T cannot serve repairs notices or indeed formal written notice that you are leaving.Without a "S48 notice" you do not have to pay rent until your LL gives you that information. I...

How would you feel if your landlady turned up tomorrow and asked you to start packing, you'd expect fair notice right? Are you sure you aren't in a rolling monthly contract?

What kind of lease was this which was not renewed? Do you still have a copy of it to hand?

1 months notice is usually considered fair, given from rent date.

Quote: No Im on no contract what so ever. I have NO contact with her NOT true. Just because it is not written down does not mean there is no contract. a) If there WAS initially a written contract with your original friend, then assuming this has expired (ie the 6 or 12 month term or whatever is up) then you have a periodic tenancy. b) if there was NEVER a written contract then there is a verbal one. You pay rent and in return get a place to...

If you pay rent monthly you are on a statuary periodic tenancy with a period of one month. You need to give one months notice ending at the end of a period. Take the start date of a period as the date you moved in. For example move in on the 5th give notice of a least a month to move on on the 4th. As you had a contract originally, that would likely have been an assured short hold tenancy and you automatically go onto a statuary periodic...

Quote: Originally Posted by franklee If you pay rent monthly you are on a statuary periodic tenancy with a period of one month. You need to give one months notice ending at the end of a period. Take the start date of a period as the date you moved in. For example move in on the 5th give notice of a least a month to move on on the 4th. As you had a contract originally, that would likely have been an assured short hold tenancy and you...