Section 21 B Creator

In short, the section 21 b provides a tenant with notice that a landlord wants their rental dwelling returned at the end of the fixed period on the day specified in the tenancy agreement. Any notice must give them 2 months or more notice leading up to this deadline.

A quick example of the notice required; say the tenants took up residence on the 10th of January 2011, and entered into a twelve month agreement due to end on the 9th January 2012, landlords must serve the tenants the section 21 prior to the 9th November 2011.
To avoid having your claim rejected; when issuing a section 21 to a tenant, make sure that you print out the letter, date it, sign it, get a photocopy and pass the original to the tenant.

A judge is likely to request a copy of the section 21 when this goes to court and every detail on the section 21 must be precisely right. It is prudent to make sure that any dates regarding the repossession are written out in the long word form to prevent any possible misreading.

Also, many judges may be harsh and say the section 21 is unenforceable if the landlord misspelt their name. This may also apply if the notice has spelt the tenant’s name wrong. The notice also needs to match up with the tenancy contract; so if the landlord has written Mr B. Jones on the tenancy contract, then they should not write "Bob Jones” in the section 21 eviction notice.