Giving tenant notice

Landlord Discussion Legal
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Hi there, I’m hoping someone here can help me. I have a tenant who I wasn’t too sure about and gave then a 6 month AST. They have pretty much damaged my property and are causing problems with my other tenants.
Can I give them a 2 months notice to leave my property. So if they signed the contact in June. Can I give then 2 months notice in October?

Many thanks in advance of your answers
Stanter

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They moved in in June, so 6m months runs until December. Your notice can not expire until then.

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Hi
Thanks for your answer. If I understand what you’ve said - I can’t give notice until December but then the contact runs out? Do I not need a viable contact in place to serve notice?

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The contract does not ‘run out’. At that time it will rolls into a monthly periodic tenancy upon the same terms & conditions. It will only ‘run out’ once it was been terminated by;

  1. the tenant giving valid notice
  2. the Landlord given S21 valid notice & the tenant moves out (the end date of which cannot be before the end of 6m. ie you give them notice 4m into AST to expire at 6m)
  3. the Landlord giving valid notice, the tenant oesn;t move out, and you take thme to court / bailiffs etc to secure possession.
  4. or you do S8 eviction for damage.
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Stanter, you misunderstood Karls post. The notice has to expire in December and the earliest you can therefore serve it is October.

Your questions are very basic and suggest you dont have much knowledge of tenancy regulations. Can I respectfully suggest some training or you could make some very costly errors.

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Thanks for your clear response.