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hi
im currently with a private landlord he has recently given us 2 months notice to vacate the property due to him moving back in.
the notice ends on june 18th.
we have the rent paid up until the 18th of may at present.
my queiry is that we have recently found a new property we like and can move in a week.
1. Can we leave before the notice ends? ie in a week
2. is the landlord liable to pay us back any rent owed as we have paid up until 18th may.

we know the landlord through a family member and although when we first moved in a year ago we had a tenancy agreement for 6months but when we renewed after 6 months we didnt recieve another agreement.
we are friends with the landlord and dont think he would rip us off but we dont want to be out of pocket leaving early with the rent paid up till 18th may.
any advice is greatly recieved!!

Hi Hannah

Have you spoken to the landlord about what he/she wants to do?

AST and legal frameworks are only there to help ordered discussions.  If you can mutually agree other terms then do so.

In this case the law requires that the landlord gives 2 months/ 8 weeks notice (I assume they served a Section 21).  The landlord cannot vary this even if they really want the property back tomorrow.  A tenant can terminate the AST with 30 days notice. 

So check with the landlord want they want to do.  It may be you can move immediately if that's acceptable to both parties.

Kind regards
Ian