Two weeks before end of lease, and now appreciate the impact of the new tenancy laws. If you want to keep the property rented under a lease, and not have periodic tenancies, how do you propose to go about it?
The only option I can see is that around 3 months before the end of the lease, a notice to renew is sent to the tenants, with a 'please return by' date some 2 weeks later. Should they not return the lease by the return date, you then send (at least 2 months beforehand) a 'notice to leave' on the last day of the lease . Then, within the last month you start advertising for new tenants.
However, if you WANT the current tenants to stay, you still need to go through that process to ensure that you can start a new lease at the end of the period if you need to, whether the current tenants finally come around and sign a lease or not.
Short leasing suddenly seems to have become a whole lot more complex......
Any thoughts of a better way to deal with leases so that they don't drop into a periodic tenancy?
The only option I can see is that around 3 months before the end of the lease, a notice to renew is sent to the tenants, with a 'please return by' date some 2 weeks later. Should they not return the lease by the return date, you then send (at least 2 months beforehand) a 'notice to leave' on the last day of the lease . Then, within the last month you start advertising for new tenants.
However, if you WANT the current tenants to stay, you still need to go through that process to ensure that you can start a new lease at the end of the period if you need to, whether the current tenants finally come around and sign a lease or not.
Short leasing suddenly seems to have become a whole lot more complex......
Any thoughts of a better way to deal with leases so that they don't drop into a periodic tenancy?