Examples of Serving Notice in 2026
Examples of Giving Notice
PLEASE READ: Your notice must be at least two months long. In Law, a 'Notice to Quit' has a very specific meaning and is linked to the last day of a rental period. The term at least two months' notice gives further weight that the examples given are correct in their interpretation. There is some debate on whether the notice you give will be tied to a tenancy period or to the date the notice is deemed served, however most legal interpretations so far are leaning towards the link to a rental period.
Practically though it is always worth stating in your notice the date you think it should take effect and to ask your landlord to contact you if that is not correct.
1. You have a fixed-term tenancy agreement for the period 15 September 2025 to 14 September 2026.
You agreed to pay rent in 3 instalments, to coincide with student loan payments.
Your tenancy will convert from a fixed term tenancy to a monthly periodic tenancy on 1 May 2026.
Because you have not been paying rent monthly, each monthly period of your tenancy will start on the same day of the month as your tenancy started. In most cases, this will be the date you were entitled to move into the property. In our example, this was 15 September 2025. The periods of your tenancy therefore run from the 15th of one month to the 14th day of the following month.
If your notice is emailed/ text on 1 September 2026, it should be deemed served the same day or at the latest on 2 September 2026. The 2 months’ notice period, which excludes the day of service, will expire on 31 October 2026. However, that is not the last day of a period of the tenancy, which in our example is the 14th day of the month. In this example, the earliest date notice to quit can take effect is 14th November 2026.