Updating post from Reddit.
Bit more context, my tenants have advised me they are trying to find a larger property to move to their current tenancy ends at the end of January and we informed them we were about to increase the rent by £95 per month.
As they haven’t found anywhere yet I assume between us we can just agree to a rolling tennancy till they move out but I’m not overly sure how I go about this as a short term thing
Any pointers
Planning on contacting the NLA tomorrow for advice
Do nothing. Wait until they hand in one month notice informing you they intend to vacate.
The tenancy automatically becomes a rolling / periodic tenancy on the same terms as it was before. You don't need to do anything.
You can use a section 13 to increase the rent, but it may not be worth the faff if they're leaving anyway.
You don’t need to use a section 13… if you have an amicable relationship with them it’s perfectly normal just to email them and give them a months notices that the rent will be increasing (I normally point out that it’s still a good rate compared with other comparable properties on Rightmove) and ask for their agreement. Unless they disagree there’s no need for the faff of a section 13 notice.
Proactive management of a tenancy is not a faff.
‘Proactive management’ of a tenancy isn’t increasing the rent every chance you get lmao
Yeah you’re better off having them on a rolling contract for a couple of months at the current rent until they find a new place.
Way better/easier to find tenants from March/April onwards than January
Send the rent increase notice. Make sure its sent with the required notice period (2 months i think) , £95 seems like a lot though. Then just continue on a rolling tenancy
If the fixed term is at the end of January, they’ve probably already missed the review date.
You just do nothing and wait for them to hand to in their one month’s notice. Rent stays the same.
Just as an updated, the tenants turned round and said they were going to stay as long as they could and didn’t want to pay more rent, so they have now been served a s21, sucks but they said they just want a council house and to stop privately renting
Just get agreement of rolling tenancy and rent increase. Check if you need to redo deposit protection and provide prescribed information. Do ensure the new rent is towards market levels for periodic.