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Funds you take before the tenancy starts have to be dealt with carefully – if you call it rent then technically the tenancy starts the day you take the money.

If the tenancy hasn’t begun then the money is neither rent nor deposit, simply funds held in lieu of a tenancy due to begin.

I cannot answer nor explain why the PI requires all the information it asks. Never yet have I been able to give a fax number for a tenant, and most tenants give a care of address for the address they will move to at the end of the tenancy. It makes me uncomfortable that a Landlord is liable for information provided by the tenant in the first place.

It is plausible that a tenant has another address which is is his main residence, as well as the property which he is renting, and this would be the address to put for the tenant in that circumstance.

It is clear though that in most situations the tenant’s main address will be that of the property he has rented and this must therefore be the tenant’s address.

Reply to the comment left by “Tessa Shepperson” at “24/01/2015 – 09:45“:

Can I ask the question that if tenancy goes into periodic and then this is deemed to be new tenancy hence the serving of paperwork . What happens to the already served section 21 which I always believed stays in force unless (a) you issue a new tenancy or (b) issue a letter extending tenancy .
Is the original section 21 still valid .

Reply to the comment left by “Jan Martin” at “02/02/2015 – 17:08“:

If tenency goes periodic, then any S21 notice remains valid (otherwise it would not be possible to get property back at end of fixed term, or take legal action if tenant does not vacate).

we have tenants who are good tenants but seem to be lately struggling with the rent, the 12 month contract ends end of April, so if I just issue a s21 anytime now is that valid if I put the last day of present contract as the date?