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.
Expiry Date
The tenant must be provided with a minimum of two months' notice. Enter an expiry date at least 2 months in the future (plus any extra days if the notice will be delivered by post). The two months starts when the tenant receives this notice.
The tenant must be given 2 months' notice and the day on which the notice expires must be the last day of a period of the tenancy.
Court Proceedings Date
Give the earlliest date on which court proceedings can be brought. After this date, court proceedings may be begun at once but not later than 12 months from the date on which this notice is served. After this time the notice will lapse and a new notice must be served before possession can be sought.
Where the landlord is seeking possession under grounds 1, 2, 5 to 7, 9 or 16, court proceedings cannot begin earlier than 2 months from the date this notice is served on you (even where one of the grounds 3, 4, 8, 10 to 13, 14A, 15 or 17 is specified) and not before the date on which the tenancy (had it not been assured) could have been brought to an end by a notice to quit served at the same time as this notice.
Where the landlord is seeking possession on grounds 3, 4, 8, 10 to 13, 14A, 15 or 17, court proceedings cannot begin earlier than 2 weeks from the date this notice is served (unless one of 1, 2, 5 to 7, 9 or 16 grounds is also specified in which case they cannot begin earlier than two months from the date this notice is served).
Where the landlord is seeking possession on ground 14 (with or without other grounds), court proceedings cannot begin before the date this notice is served.
Where the landlord is seeking possession on ground 14A, court proceedings cannot begin unless the landlord has served, or has taken reasonable steps to serve, a copy of this notice on the partner who has left the property.
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