Transitioning from fixed-term to periodic. New rent has been agreed on email - hopefully this is enough and don’t need formal paper notice of this? What documents do I need to provide - anything other than a new Gas Certificate? Also, do I need to inform the deposit protection agency so that they retain the deposit?
Is the periodic statutory or contractual?
If the former, reserve all documents ( gas, eicr, EPC, how to rent) and s13 for rent increase ( belt and braces ) but email acceptance is satisfactory
The latter don’t need to reserve anything
If the only thing that changes is rent then usually no change needed ref deposit but speak to your specific deposit scheme to double check
If you increase deposit then it depends on how you insure the deposit as to what you need to do
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So, you mean for the rent increase, just the email agreement between me and the tenant should be enough - no separate s13 is needed, right?
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You have already agreed it in writing but more importantly, as soon as the tenant starts paying rent at the new level, it is deemed as accepted legally.
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And the previous epc, eicr and how to rent guide continues without the need to give a fresh one, right? Only a fresh gas certificate needs to be provided I guess?
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if you’ve done a gas cert since the fixed term started, they should already have a copy. If there’s been a new how to rent booklet published since fixed term started, serve that and get tenant to sign to say they’ve received it
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You dont need to re-serve the gas cert or the EPC. You only serve the new How to Rent booklet if its changed and only then if its a statutory periodic tenancy rather than a contractual periodic.
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The email should suffice
S13 is belt and braces
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Great, very helpful answers indeed. I am not keen on increasing the deposit even if the rent is increasing. So I guess I do not need to call up the deposit agency to inform of the continuation of tenancy? Only needed to inform if the agreement was being terminated. Right?
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If your deposit is in a custodial scheme then theres nothing to do. If in an insured scheme, then check with the scheme itself if it needs renewing.
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could I recommend you join a LL association and do their training? You’re asking basic questions which means it’s highly likely you’ll miss something which might come back to bite you. It’ll cost a little bit, but consider it insurance that will potentially save you thousands.
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With a certain landlords assoc you get 10% off b and q products
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