UK Landlord Forum / Life

Hello Everyone

I am preparing to serve notice to tenant and estate agent, tenancy expires in 2 years and break clause is this year in august 20th - break term 2 months before so I have until June 20th to serve the notice

Tenant it's a Company Ltd and they rent on short periods to individuals (up to 6 months)

The agreement is a common law tenancy agreement

I live outside the UK

I intend to send notices trough post 1st class / sign for it with receipt confirmation

My questions are: 

do I serve notice first to the Ltd company and then agent? or to both in the same time?
can I send the letters from the country I live in?
shall I better ask a friend to send the notices trough post from the UK?
if I ask someone to send from the UK, what return address should write in the notice? my address or the person's address?


I have the notices prepared to post but I want to make sure 100% that I do the right thing

Thank you very much in advance

The tenant and the agent are the same thing. You can't serve notice on the occupants, they're nothing to do with you.

This sounds like a bad idea. Have you thought of talking to the agent to see if you can end this arrangement sensibly. Ideally you would let their current occupant leave and then for them to end the agreement with you. You may need to compensate them for the early termination.

If you end the lease with occupants in place, this could be a real mess.

Quote from: jpkeates on April 21, 2024, 07:18:26 AMThe tenant and the agent are the same thing. You can't serve notice on the occupants, they're nothing to do with you.

This sounds like a bad idea. Have you thought of talking to the agent to see if you can end this arrangement sensibly. Ideally you would let their current occupant leave and then for them to end the agreement with you. You may need to compensate them for the early termination.

If you end the lease with occupants in place, this could be a real mess.

I do not want to serve notice to the occupants of course. I will serve notice to the "company ltd" who is renting from me, and the estate agent as well, not to the actually occupants, I know they have nothing to do with me.  (I modified my post) to me the tenant is the Ltd, sorry for the confusion.

I spoke them both (company and estate agent) and they agreed to terminate and leave in august. I paid the estate agent fee for the whole year so I don't own them anything. 

But I want to start the procedure and to do this also legally so that I don't have any problems. 

anyone please answer my questions please?
thanks

There is no right or wrong way for many such queries. What I would do is serve notice to both at the same time, and have someone in the uk post for you,  putting your home address and the uk address for them to respond to.

I hope the occupants of the property agree to leave, has the tenant already told them what is going to happen ? 

Quote from: heavykarma on April 24, 2024, 01:46:40 PMThere is no right or wrong way for many such queries. What I would do is serve notice to both at the same time, and have someone in the uk post for you,  putting your home address and the uk address for them to respond to.

I hope the occupants of the property agree to leave, has the tenant already told them what is going to happen ? 

thank you, that's what I was thinking to do, and that's what I will do

yes, the company has the flat advertised as available until august, they know I will give them notice
I also spoke to the tenant when I inspected the flat a few weeks ago and he said he is renting only until august

Hi guys

I am just about to serve the notice to the Ltd company (my tenant) but again I am confused, why: 

1. My tenancy agreement states that the notice "should be served to the property"

I am thinking that's wrong as the Ltd company is not based there.

2. The registered office of the Ltd company, that was written in the tenancy agreement has changed in the meantime and the company didn't informed me about that

My questions is:

What address should I send the notice to?

The one in the tenancy agreement, that's the controlling contract.

Copy the notice to the office address(es) you have?

Quote from: jpkeates on May 10, 2024, 12:25:02 PMThe one in the tenancy agreement, that's the controlling contract.

Copy the notice to the office address(es) you have?

Thank you
I thought the same