S21. During a fixed term?
UK England
Is it valid to serve a section 21 (15th April 2026, ending June 27th) during a fixed term AST, with no break clause, due to end Feb 2027 ?
I live with my mate and we were planning to move out. To take advantage of the RRA. So gave notice ahead of May, the landlord accepted our intention to move out.
Long story short, the place we were moving to fell through, and as we still had the keys, we decided to stay put. And ask the landlord for more time, in order to find somewhere else. We thought it would be fine as we hadn’t surrendered possession and there hadn’t been any viewings.
The landlord refused.
However, looking back the landlord had sent us an email with a section 21 attached in April.
Reading through the legislation, it seems a deed of surrender would have been the correct document to sign. And the section 21 is invalid.
I want to confirm if I’m correct in this case?