Hi,
After 5 years quietly renting our flat, the landlord has decided to sell and gave us formal 'notice to quit'. He tells us his mortgage ends next year so he needs to sell.
He sent the notice via email on 9th April, giving us until 8th June to leave (the date on the attached letter). It arrived in our letterbox two days later.
We have an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, fixed for 6 months, and the tenancy agreement explicitly states that it will then become a contractual periodic tenancy after this. It's in England and started on 25th September.
We don't want to stay where we're not wanted and have been trying to find a new property to buy, but haven't yet been able to find a suitable one. So, I've been exploring our options.
From reading around, my understanding is that:
1) the landlord has given us short notice in his email by 1 day.
2) In our tenancy agreement, it specifically states that notice will be given by letter through the door, in which case the landlord has given us 3 days short notice.
3) For a contractual periodic tenancy, the notice to quit must explain that it's a section 21 notice - it does not do this.
Can anyone tell me if this is sufficient to invalidate the notice in a judges eyes?
As I say, we're trying to leave but feel that landlord should have given us a bit more time to do this under the circumstances
Many thanks in advance
Bob
After 5 years quietly renting our flat, the landlord has decided to sell and gave us formal 'notice to quit'. He tells us his mortgage ends next year so he needs to sell.
He sent the notice via email on 9th April, giving us until 8th June to leave (the date on the attached letter). It arrived in our letterbox two days later.
We have an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, fixed for 6 months, and the tenancy agreement explicitly states that it will then become a contractual periodic tenancy after this. It's in England and started on 25th September.
We don't want to stay where we're not wanted and have been trying to find a new property to buy, but haven't yet been able to find a suitable one. So, I've been exploring our options.
From reading around, my understanding is that:
1) the landlord has given us short notice in his email by 1 day.
2) In our tenancy agreement, it specifically states that notice will be given by letter through the door, in which case the landlord has given us 3 days short notice.
3) For a contractual periodic tenancy, the notice to quit must explain that it's a section 21 notice - it does not do this.
Can anyone tell me if this is sufficient to invalidate the notice in a judges eyes?
As I say, we're trying to leave but feel that landlord should have given us a bit more time to do this under the circumstances
Many thanks in advance
Bob
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