I am just about to serve a section 21
I am just about to serve a section 21 on my tenants who have gone from an AST, to a periodic tenancy. I changed the dates of payment for rent to the 1st day of each month; this was to give the tenants some breathing space with regards payment of rent. After giving them three months to pay arrears of £355, they have again failed to pay the rent.
I want to make sure I give them the correct date and I presume the two months notice is based from the new rent due date and not the original date of the initial AST?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Pete
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7:53 AM, 15th July 2014, About 12 years ago
Hi Pete
My understanding is that you will need to serve section a 21 4 a on the date of the agreement, regardless of what other arrangements have been made. If you give three months notice instead of two you can’t really go wrong on dates. Make sure that you have properly served the deposit protection certificate and prescribed information properly though, otherwise your section 21 notice could be invalid.
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8:20 AM, 19th July 2014, About 12 years ago
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