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S21(4) HA 1988 appears (to me) to say otherwise (that the S21 notice can be served during the contractual periodic period).
As it happens, the notice served hasn't been served under s(4) - because the dates are wrong - but your basic point is correct.
So, I'm wrong (but this notice is still not valid).
Hi there Sark
Recently my landlord mortgage came to the end of its term on another property and I had problems remortgaging because of the new affordability rules (not all landlords are wealthy!) and the mortgage company said I had to sell my property. This was devastating - is it worth creating more hell for your landlord when you don't know the circumstances. .
Without wishing to go too much into those sorts of details, he is a wealthy person. It's a matter of convenience for him rather than affordability.
A valid s21 notice can only be served after a tenancy ends and becomes periodic.
And a contractual periodic tenancy doesn't end until the contract's termination process has been satisfied.
What is the authority for this?
S21(4) HA 1988 appears (to me) to say otherwise (that the S21 notice can be served during the contractual periodic period).
Hi there Sark
As a Landlord I never want to fall out with my tenants and always try to be reasonable. We had to ask a tenant to leave many years ago so we could sell the property and gave them 2 months notice but also as an apology said they did not have to pay the last 2 months rent. Perhaps you can suggest this as you have been a good tenant for 5 years.
Recently my landlord mortgage came to the end of its term on another property and I had problems remortgaging because of the new affordability rules (not all landlords are wealthy!) and the mortgage company said I had to sell my property. This was devastating - is it worth creating more hell for your landlord when you don't know the circumstances. Can you not find another property to rent if you can not find a suitable property to buy.
You do seem to have taken this quite personally, but its possible that the landlord cant get a replacement btl motgage, which is a lot tougher these days or even that he just cant manage the massively increased bureaucracy.
As others have suggested, I would keep quiet about the invalid notice and keep it in my back pocket while I tried to negotiate more time.
It's very easy to get notice wrong - but that only matters if everyone falls out.
From the sound of it, you've accepted you're going to need to move and, so, hopefully, it's just about the time scale.
We wondered that too, but all indications are that he wants to test the market.
Oh, well there's no reason he couldn't do that for the sake of comparison, but still sell to you. Maybe you could ask what his estate agent suggests, and make him a lower offer?
Many thanks for the advice. The Tenancy agreement says section 21 arrangements apply if they need to repossess the property, so I was hoping this would be an additional factor if we are forced to defend an eviction.
We do indeed plan to ask him for more time in the hope he will be reasonable about it.
A valid s21 notice can only be served after a tenancy ends and becomes periodic.
And a contractual periodic tenancy doesn't end until the contract's termination process has been satisfied.
When that's happened, if you don't move out, a new staturory periodic tenancy arises automatically and then a s21 notice can be served (with the required 2 month's notice).
As, from the sound of it, the landlord's notice isn't actually valid, the contractual periodic tenancy won't end and any s21 notice would be invalid.
Many thanks for the advice. The Tenancy agreement says section 21 arrangements apply if they need to repossess the property, so I was hoping this would be an additional factor if we are forced to defend an eviction.
We do indeed plan to ask him for more time in the hope he will be reasonable about it.
If you're planning to leave, but just need more time, I'd tell the landlord that.
If they want you to leave and you don't, they'll have to go through a legal process that will take several months, while you will probably move out much quicker if the landlord is prepared to be flexible.
The landlord's notice needs to comply with the terms of the tenancy agreement, it doesn't have to be a section 21 notice.
If the tenancy agreement says that notice has to be by letter and be two month's notice, I agree that the notice isn't valid.
But there's no point telling the landlord that now.
But the sensible thing to do is to ask for some flexibility (it's something that landlords often forget - 2 months isn't really long enough to find somewhere else to live, get approved for it and actually move).
I am a first time landlord. Appreciate anyone's help on the interpretation of the termination clauses for my fully managed let property. The tenancy agreement started in 2017 for 1 year and then went into periodic to now. Tenancy is still active.
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