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Hello.. i really need some advice.  my landlord is moving from his letting agents and is going to rent the property to me privately.  the letting agents are insisting that i vacate the property and they carry out checks before my bond can be returned.

they have sent me a notice to vacate, dated 24th June (yes that in the future) and it has my signature on it.. but i can assure you, i haven't been into the letting agents office for months??

any suggestions of what's going on and what i should do?

Hello Justsuz,

Sorry for my delay in getting back to you.  You must be given a minimum of two months to vacate via a section 21 notice.  You imply this notice is very recent, so it's invalid.  Ignore it.

The tenancy agreement is (99% of the time) between you and your landlord.  If the landlord wants to break the agreement between him and the agent that's a matter between them only and should not effect you.  So ignore the agent.

Hope this helps.  Please let us know how you get on.

Quote from: Justsuz on June 22, 2012, 05:18:47 PM
Hello.. i really need some advice.  my landlord is moving from his letting agents and is going to rent the property to me privately.  the letting agents are insisting that i vacate the property and they carry out checks before my bond can be returned.

they have sent me a notice to vacate, dated 24th June (yes that in the future) and it has my signature on it.. but i can assure you, i haven't been into the letting agents office for months??

any suggestions of what's going on and what i should do?

To prevent future issues you might want to report this matter to police and get a reference number if they willing to forge signature what is stopping them doing it again to keep your deposit etc.

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