Notice Type
A Section 21 Notice for a fixed term is used when a landlord wishes to legally terminate an assured shorthold tenancy at the end of the fixed term.A Section 21 Notice for a periodic term is used for statutory periodic tenancies (assured shorthold tenancies which have automatically become periodic because the fixed term has expired). Landlords must serve this type of notice to legally terminate a statutory periodic tenancy.A Section 8 Notice is used when a landlord wishes to legally terminate an assured shorthold tenancy before the fixed term has come to an end. The Section 8 Notice can only be used in situations where the tenant has not paid rent or has otherwise breached the tenants’ obligations under the tenancy agreement. The landlord must set out certain statutory grounds for terminating the tenancy in a Section 8 Notice.
Grounds For Notice
Select any of the following Grounds. It is recommended that you select more than 1 ground to establish your claim.
Select Ground 1 if the landlord used to live, or intends to live in the property as his/her only or principal home.
Select Ground 2 if the property is subject to a mortgage and the lender wishes to repossess the property.
Select Ground 3 if the tenancy is a holiday let and was previously let for a holiday.
Select Ground 4 if the tenancy is a student let that was previously let by an educational establishment to students.
Select Ground 5 if the property is held for use by a minister of religion.
Select Ground 6 if the landlord intends to redevelop the property.
Select Ground 7 if the former tenant has died.
Select Ground 8 if at the date of service of the notice and at the date of the hearing, the tenant will not have paid the equivalent of 2 months rent (or 3 months’ rent if rent is paid quarterly).
Select Ground 9 if suitable alternative accommodation is available.
Select Ground 10 if the tenant will be behind with rent when the landlord serves notice of possession begins court proceedings.
Select Ground 11 if the tenant has been persistently behind with rent (even if the tenant is no longer behind with rent when the landlord starts possession proceedings).
Select Ground 12 if the tenant has broken one or more of the tenant's obligations under the tenancy agreement.
Select Ground 13 if the condition of the premises or any of the common parts has deteriorated because of the behaviour of the tenant, the tenant's subtenant, or any other person living there.
Select Ground 14 if the tenant or someone living with the tenant has caused a nuisance to neighbours, visitors or others in the locality or has been convicted of using the property for immoral or illegal purposes or has been convicted of an indictable offence committed in the locality.
Select Ground 15 if the condition of the furniture has deteriorated because it has been ill-treated by the tenant, his subtenant, or someone living in the premises.
Select Ground 16 if the tenant was granted the property in order to properly fulfil her employment duties and is no longer employed by the landlord.
Select Ground 17 if the landlord was induced to grant the tenancy by a false statement made knowingly or recklessly by either the tenant or a person acting at the tenant's instigation.