Hi, I am a tenant with a one year fix term that expired in March 2026. After that as stated in the contract, I passed to monthly rolling with 1 month notice to end tenancy as specified in the contract. On top of this, I asked my landlord in writing last week if my notice was indeed 1 month and he said yes. I have sent him my official notice today as I’ve found a new apartment and he is saying now that under the new regulation I should give him 2 months. Could someone please confirm is that’s true?
Although the Renters Rights Act changed many terms in tenancies, it did not change the notice period required in a pre Renters Rights Act AST. The notice period on the original tenancy still stands. Only if the tenancy agreement was silent on the notice period or it is a tenancy signed on or after 1st May the notice period will then indeed be 2 months. Many landlords will make the same mistake.
Best!
Your Landlord is wrong, but it was very unclear when the RRA came out, but the Gov have now been clear on this. The notice in your contract stands.
LL is wrong, your original notice period stands IF the the tenancy agreement doesn’t just say it became one month rolling but also specifically says the notice was then 1 month.
Quote him the gov guidance (extract below)
Good luck
-If your tenant wants to end their tenancy
You cannot ask your tenant to give more than 2 months’ notice.
If there is already a notice period in the tenancy agreement, your tenant may be able to give less notice than this.
How much notice your tenant needs to give depends on if before 1 May 2026 the tenancy was:
- a rolling ‘periodic’ tenancy from the start of the tenancy
- a fixed term tenancy with an end date on or after 1 May 2026
- a fixed term tenancy that ended before 1 May 2026
If the tenancy was a rolling ‘periodic’ tenancy from the start of the tenancy
If the tenancy agreement states that it is a rolling tenancy from the start, then the notice period in the tenancy agreement still applies.
For example, if the tenancy agreement says your tenant only need to give one months’ notice, they do not need to give more.
If your tenant had a fixed term tenancy with an end date on or after 1 May 2026
The notice period in the tenancy agreement still applies.
For example, if the tenancy agreement says your tenant only need to give one months’ notice, they do not need to give more.
If your tenant had a fixed term tenancy and the end date was before 1 May 2026
If the tenancy agreement has rules in it about what would happen once the fixed term ended, the notice period in the tenancy agreement usually still applies.
For example, if the tenancy agreement states that when the fixed term ends it automatically turns into a rolling tenancy, the notice period still applies.
If the tenancy agreement does not say what happens after the fixed term ends
The notice period in the tenancy agreement no longer applies. Your tenant needs to end the tenancy using the process for assured periodic tenancies.
Other written agreements
If you made a written agreement with your tenant in a different way, for example by email or text, that may still apply