Hey all, was just thinking back to my days as a student tenant, and just wondered about two things:
1) When I was a tenant, we had year fixed term ASTs. However, we paid the rent in 10 monthly instalments, and didn't pay anything for the last 2 months - i.e. we paid 10 payments of 1.2 monthly rental. How woudl this affect the timescales required for Section 21, and the requirements for arrears prior to serving a Section 8? Would you need to be 2.4 months in arrears before you could serve a S8? It confuses me as there appears to be no fixed rental period as such, because for the last two months there are no payments. Maybe I am over complicating it though?
2) If a student tenant was to default on the rent, and the guarantor was successfully persued for the rent, could the guarantor successfully persue the tenant for the amount he has had to pay?
Thanks for all thoughts on this!
1) When I was a tenant, we had year fixed term ASTs. However, we paid the rent in 10 monthly instalments, and didn't pay anything for the last 2 months - i.e. we paid 10 payments of 1.2 monthly rental. How woudl this affect the timescales required for Section 21, and the requirements for arrears prior to serving a Section 8? Would you need to be 2.4 months in arrears before you could serve a S8? It confuses me as there appears to be no fixed rental period as such, because for the last two months there are no payments. Maybe I am over complicating it though?
2) If a student tenant was to default on the rent, and the guarantor was successfully persued for the rent, could the guarantor successfully persue the tenant for the amount he has had to pay?
Thanks for all thoughts on this!
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