Extension of Tenancy Term (duration)
- Extension of an AST must be carefully worded to avoid creating a new AST enforceable by the tenant for a minimum of 6 months.
- If a tenant wishes to remain after the end of an AST for say a couple of weeks to attend a graduation ceremony but decided to remain for say another 6 months, the tenant could legally do absent a properly drafted Extension to AST.
- This requires careful reference to the original AST for say 12 months to be extended by 12 days say.
- This gets messy if a s.21 notice to quit has already been provided.
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Published: 24 September 2015 Last Updated: 17 November 2021