Part 4 tenancy question

Vorsprung

Hi guys,

I've been in my flat for 16 months, moved onto a part 4 tenancy by mutual agreement 4 months ago.

Question is this - with the part 4 tenancy being 4 months long, is our notice period still 4 weeks if we want to vacate, or is it 6 weeks, reflective of the entire time I've been there?

Thanks in advance!

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Vorsprung wrote: »

I've been in my flat for 16 months, moved onto a part 4 tenancy by mutual agreement 4 months ago.

This is incorrect. You have automatically had a part 4 tenancy since six months after you moved in, regardless of any fixed term lease:

28.—(1) Where a person has, under a tenancy, been in occupation of a dwelling for a continuous period of 6 months then, if the condition specified in subsection (3) is satisfied, the following protection applies for the benefit of that person.
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29.—A tenancy continued in being by section 28 shall be known, and is in this Act referred to, as a ‘‘Part 4 tenancy’’.

Question is this - with the part 4 tenancy being 4 months long, is our notice period still 4 weeks if we want to vacate, or is it 6 weeks, reflective of the entire time I've been there?

Six weeks. Rental market is pretty strong at the moment so you may be able to negotiate a shorter time with your landlord as they should have no problems reletting it.

Vorsprung

Fair play, thanks.