Short Term Lettings

[pinkerton]

What are the legal rights of tenants and landlords when a short term lease agreement has not been renewed?

[CoffeeLounge]

I am the landlord of a property. When a new tenant moves in they are given a 6 months agreement. If after 4 months I want them out I can give them 2 months notice. When the agreement goes over 6 months the tenant is on a month to month basis and can give 1 months notice whilst I as the landlord has to give 2 months notice.

[tonywiltshire]

A shorthold assured tenancy which this will probably be if created after February 1997, it has to be for a minimum of 6 months, some landlords give notice with the start of the tenancy to enable them to ask the tenant to leave as soon as the fixed part of the tenancy has been served. If this is not the case and they do not leave after the fixed part of the tenancy has been served it will become a periodic tenancy and the notice will then be as coffee states 2 months written notice in a proscribed form by the landlord 1 month by the tenant.
There is virtually no security for the tenant after the fixed period of no less than 6 months.

[Peter Pedant]

having been to court on this very subject

so long as it started off as = or > 6 mo

the judge would find that it is a 'run on tenancy' with a period (= length ) of the rent period (usually one month) as above

and apparently - the judge was kicking me around on an other subject so gave me the whole monty - 97% of tenancies in Mank are 'run on'

so they have lots of practice.


So ... if you are a landlord, it is straightforward - see other postings by TW and myself

and if you are a tenant it is in your interests to conclude another tenancy.
I tell all my tenants this, and leave them to it - [ so far no one has renewed a tenancy by letter ]