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You probably should have mentioned in the previous post that you'd already agreed to leave earlier.
Maybe, but that was a plan originally hatched in December. And a lot has passed between now and then including multiple conversations about how a July exit date was obviously impossible (which alone in my mind nullifies any prior agreement), them not knowing what they were doing because they couldn’t sell the Mallorca house, Then suddenly finding a buyer for the Mallorca house, them not wanting to kick us out because they would continue renting the property if the moved to Scotland and only recently firmly committing to the idea of needing the flat back.
I don’t think it unreasonable under those circs to assume that any prior agreement has expired (If I’m wrong please tell me... I don’t want to be the asshole here). And isn’t the point of formal notice periods to mitigate against this kind of uncertainty?
For full disclosure, in the most recent conversations, spanning a couple of weeks or so, they have mentioned an October exit several times. Our response has always been that we are united in our ambition to move out as soon as possible, that we have an aspiration that this will be by October but that we will not be able to confirm the precise date until nearer the time and we know our official completion date.
As for whether my fiancé’s email constitutes formal notice, I don’t know but you now have me worried, I will re-check the contract.
ewanmac-
I don’t think it unreasonable under those circs to assume that any prior agreement has expired
Largely, in the sense that until you have an eviction notice from your Landlord or their agent your situation is somewhat up in the air. If you mutually agree that your original leaving date was not to anyone's benefit, another date should have been agreed, or the whole thing is off.
So they shouldn't have assumed you would leave sharpish after the original suggestion fell through. If they wanted you out on a schedule, they should have taken control of the situation and served you notice.
So I wouldn't feel too bad.
But that is a fucked up situation. Presumably their agent is asleep on the job - they are the only people who are expected to know the rules to the letter, even if they don't always follow them.
Howard
They should have called you. Idiots.
You probably should have mentioned in the previous post that you'd already agreed to leave earlier. Check your tenancy agreement - if it says you can give notice by email, well, you can understand how the LL might have interpreted that as notice, even if the format of the notice was unconventional.