I am looking to move in to an apartment that we currently have rented out. I have the following wording in a tenancy agreement with our tenants. Do I have to give them 1 months notice as per the first clause or 2 months notice as per Section 21?
- Both the tenant and the landlord have the right to terminate the Tenancy after the first three-month period on 3rd June 2016 by giving no less than one month's notice in writing to end the agreement. The notice of one month can be given on any date after this initial break clause up until the fixed term ends. Notice must be provided in writing. This does not affect the right of either the Landlord or the Tenant to pursue their legal remedies against the other for any existing breach of any rights under the Agreement. If, at the end of the fixed term, you stay in the property the tenancy will continue as a statutory periodic tenancy. The periods of this tenancy will depend on the periods for which you pay rent. You must give at least one month’s notice to end it. This notice must end on the last day of a tenancy period.
- This agreement is an assured shorthold tenancy (as defined in section 19A of the Housing Act 1988). The arrangements in section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 for the landlord to repossess the property apply to this agreement. This means that you cannot claim any legal rights to stay on once the tenancy has ended and a court order says you must leave. The landlord giving a section-21 notice must give at least two months’ notice, in writing. For more information, you should consult a housing advice centre, solicitor or citizens’ advice bureau who will tell you what this means.
- Both the tenant and the landlord have the right to terminate the Tenancy after the first three-month period on 3rd June 2016 by giving no less than one month's notice in writing to end the agreement. The notice of one month can be given on any date after this initial break clause up until the fixed term ends. Notice must be provided in writing. This does not affect the right of either the Landlord or the Tenant to pursue their legal remedies against the other for any existing breach of any rights under the Agreement. If, at the end of the fixed term, you stay in the property the tenancy will continue as a statutory periodic tenancy. The periods of this tenancy will depend on the periods for which you pay rent. You must give at least one month’s notice to end it. This notice must end on the last day of a tenancy period.
- This agreement is an assured shorthold tenancy (as defined in section 19A of the Housing Act 1988). The arrangements in section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 for the landlord to repossess the property apply to this agreement. This means that you cannot claim any legal rights to stay on once the tenancy has ended and a court order says you must leave. The landlord giving a section-21 notice must give at least two months’ notice, in writing. For more information, you should consult a housing advice centre, solicitor or citizens’ advice bureau who will tell you what this means.
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