Grant Assured Tenancy Not An Assured Shorthold?

by | 22 Aug 2010 | Assured Tenancies (England), Assured Tenancies (Wales), Deposits and Tenancy Deposit Schemes (England), Deposits and Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Wales), Types of Tenancies (England), Types of Tenancies (Wales) | 1 comment

Introduction

The tenancy deposit legislation has provided many problems for landlords, in particular this is true for student landlords.

One way to avoid the scheme for student lettings would be to grant an assured tenancy rather than an assured shorthold.

However, before we go on to the advantages of this, the massive disadvantage is that an assured tenancy grants a tenant security of tenure and you can NEVER serve a section 21 (two months) notice. Essentially therefore,

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1 Comment

  1. 1476
    1476 on 25/04/2015 at 8:11 am

    I guess if you did chose to use an assured Tenancy for a student let you could write into the contract a large as possible rent increase to kick in after the date you expect them to vacate just in case they didn’t leave.

    This may help to discourage anyone staying on.