Notice to Quit - Short Assured Tenancy

You will receive a Notice to Quit (PDF, 11 KB) like a letter and either an AT6 form (PDF, 115 KB) or a Section 33 notice (PDF, 53 KB). You do not need to receive an AT6 and a Section 33 - one or the other, along with the NTQ is sufficient.

An AT6 which will state the "ground" (reason) that the landlord wants to end the tenancy. A list of the grounds which can be used, along with the notice periods required are listed below:

• Ground 1 - required as or previously used as landlord's principal home - 3 months
• Ground 2 - mortgage lender selling - 6 months
• Ground 3 - off season holiday let - 6 months
• Ground 4 - vacation let of student accommodation - 6 months
• Ground 5 - minister or lay missionary property - 6 months
• Ground 6 - re-development - 6 months
• Ground 7 - tenancy inherited under a will or intestacy - 6 months
• Ground 8 - 3 months' rent arrears - 6 months
• Ground 9 - suitable alternative accommodation available - 2 months
• Ground 10 - tenant served notice to quit but didn't leave - 6 months
• Ground 11 - persistent delay in paying rent - 6 months
• Ground 12 - some rent unpaid - 6 months
• Ground 13 - breach of tenancy terms - 6 months
• Ground 14 - deterioration of the house or common parts - 6 months
• Ground 15 - anti-social behaviour - 28 days ( for notices served between 7 April 2020 and 2 October 2020 the notice period is 3 months, for notices served after 2 October the notice period has been reduced to 28 days)
• Ground 16 - deterioration of condition of furniture - 6 months
• Ground 17 - ex-employees of the landlord - 6 months

These Notice periods currently apply until 31 March 2021.

If you receive a Section 33 notice (rather than an AT6) the notice period that the landlord needs to give is 6 months. This has been extended during COVID (until 31 March 2021) from 2 months which is normally required. This does not mean that you cannot be evicted, it just means that in most cases, your landlord needs to give you more notice

You may find that your Notice to Quit and the AT6 or Section 33 Notice have different dates on them. Your landlord cannot apply for an eviction order until after the date on the AT6 or Section 33 notice.