Notice To Quit

Important Notes

1. Subject to the terms of the tenancy, in serving this notice the tenant will end the tenancy at the Property.

2. Once served, this notice cannot be withdrawn.

3. If as a former tenant you remain in occupation of the Property after the last day of the notice period, you will be treated as a trespasser.

4. If as a former tenant you remain in occupation of the Property after the last day of the notice period, the Landlord will claim mesne profits for the continued use of the Property.

5. Mesne profits are damages for the Landlord being deprived of the use of the Property by a trespasser and do not count as 'rent' and as such the Landlord is not creating a new tenancy by accepting such payments from you as a former tenant.

6. The amount of mesne profits claimed is equivalent to double the rent that you as a former tenant were paying immediately before the last day of the notice period [Section 18 of Distress for Rent Act 1737].

7. The mesne profits will be claimed for the entire period you as a former tenant remain in occupation of the Property.

8. A joint tenant can unilaterally end the joint tenancy by serving a valid notice to quit.

9. Where a former joint tenant remains in occupation of the Property after the last day of the notice period, the Landlord will claim mesne profits for the continued use of the Property as defined above.

10. If the landlord gives you consent to remain in possession of the Property after the last day of the notice period, it does not imply the grant of a new tenancy and would be without prejudice to any right the landlord has for possession. If such consent were given, your status as an occupier would be as a 'tolerated trespasser' (not a 'tenant') and you would be liable for payment of 'mesne profits' (not 'rent'). The terms for mesne profits are the same as those for rent applicable on the last day of the tenancy.

11. You remain liable for the whole of the rent that was due on the last day of the notice period even if you vacate the Property before the last day of the notice period.

12. You remain liable for the cost of utilities or water charges or environmental services or other similar services or Council Tax incurred at the Property until the last day of the tenancy even if you vacate the Property before the last day of the notice period.

Name*

Property*

I/We have read the conditions of the tenancy related to the termination of the tenancy as defined in the Tenancy Agreement and the Important Notes above*

Yes

I hereby give irrevocable notice of my intention to terminate my tenancy at the above Property with effect from: [insert date below which is the first or last day of a period of the tenancy and which provides a notice period of at least one calendar month. Also check if there is any contractual obligation in the tenancy agreement that requires a longer notice period]

Expiry date of Notice*

Hint: The expiry date above should be the last day of the period of the tenancy in which you wish to terminate the tenancy OR the first day of the new period of the tenancy after which you wish to terminate the tenancy. In either case, the notice period must be the minimum required by your tenancy agreement - commonly at least one calendar month.

Savings Clause

If the above expiry date is not on the first or last day of a period of the tenancy, this notice will expire on the next, last day of a period of the tenancy which falls after one month has passed from the service of this Notice unless there is a contractual obligation in the tenancy agreement that requires a longer notice period.

Earliest date you are willing and able to return the keys and surrender the tenancy*

The Notice can be signed online using a pointing device such as a mouse or if completing the Notice on a device with a touch-screen using your finger.

Mouse

Press and hold the left mouse button in the Signature block where you wish to start your signature and keeping the left mouse button pressed draw your signature within the Signature block and release the left mouse button when your signature is complete.

Finger

Touch the Signature block where you wish to start your signature and holding your finger against the screen draw your signature within the Signature block and lift your finger off the screen when your signature is complete.

Signature*