tenancy

[ethanryan]

hi i live in birmingham uk. i am on a month to month contract with my agency. do you know how much notice my landlord has to give me if he wants me out

[NORMANTHEDOG]

check on your contract,it shoould tell you on that.

[ethanryan]

we havnt been given one, we had a 6 month contract which just ended. we had a letter saying they wasnt renewing the contract and that we would be on a month to month contract. when we had a 6 month one he had to give us 2 months, but not sure on this new one. have asked the agency but they are no help.

[daddies-sauc]

When the 6 month contract ran out you would have been put on what is called a "rolling month contract" this means both you and the lanlord have to give each party one month notice, if your worried about it ask the agent to renew you 6 month contract. So to answer the question 1 month

[ethanryan]

thanks daddies-sauce, they wont put us on a 6 month contract cause they said it costs them money now to renew contracts. at least i have a better understanding of where i stand
the landlord is planning on selling the property but hasnt told us yet, we have heard it off a friend so we are just waiting for our notice now.

[flyciderman]

This question has been dealt with in detail before.

But simply you can give the landlord 1 months notice but he has to give you 2 months notice.

Hope this helps

[ethanryan]

i thought it was 2 months but was told on this new contract it was 1

[flyciderman]

Ask whoever told you to show you were they get this info.

[Twenty20]

You're on a periodic tenancy, which happens after a fixed term agreement expires and isn't renewed but the tenant remains in situ.

The LL must give you at least two months notice and you must give one month, both ending on the last day of a rent period (although this last part is commonly ignored). It doesn't matter what the agent says, or indeed what it says or said in any agreement you had. The law overrides this.

If your original 6 month agreement had a clause saying the LL could give you two months notice to quit then this was legally incorrect and would have only been enforceable two months before the end of the contract i.e. for you to leave at the end of the contract.

This is all assuming you are on an AST (Assured Shorthold Tenancy) which most tenants are these days.

[ethanryan]

thankyou, i feel a bit better now