Can they really change me rent?

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I was served a section 21 no fault notice on my rented accommodation a month ago, as the owner wanted to sell the property. The notice given to vacate the property was 4 weeks.

I pay rent a month in advance and notice was served for me to vacate the property by the first week of September (end of this week)

I pay my rent at the end of each month for the following month.
So in July I paid my rent for august, however in august i did not pay my rent for September as i had 10 days left on the property and despite the fact I'm already out of pocket massively I was still prepared to pay for the 10 days left and I emailed them to ask them to calculate this fee and I received no response.

I've had to incur around £2000 unexpected expense in the last month in moving fees, rents and deposits at the new house i'm moving to, as well as removal costs etc.

I've just received a very curt letter from the estate agent advising me to pay my full months rent for Septmeber ASAP to avoid legal action being taken against me. (Even though the notice date they gave me was the 7th September they want me to pay rent to cover the entire month of Septmeber)

For the record I've never missed or paid a rent payment late ever and I don't think that I should have to pay a full month's rent on the property.

Can they really request this?
Please could someone help me word a response to tell them that they've cost me £2000 by serving me notice unexpectedly and I'm not paying rent for a property I won't be living at.

You should calculate your rent as monthly rent x 12 / 365 x 7 and pay this. The £2k although massive to you is entirely irrelevant to them. Glad you’ve found somewhere else though.

Check your contract to make sure you haven’t agreed to this payment anywhere.

If not, stick to the facts. You have been told to be out of the property by X date, so you will pay for those days.

The £2000 is irrelevant to the situation so leave that information out.

A s21 notice has to give two full clear months notice and end on the last day of a rental period.

If you pay rent on 1st of the month, the rental period ends on the last day of that month (e.g. 30th September).

Your rental period will run from the date you had your first tenancy agreement - so check that first.

On receiving a s21 notice, you can stay put until the landlord gets a possession order.

If you choose to move out sooner, and you are in a periodic tenancy, you have to give one month of notice (your tenancy agreement should inform you of this).

So whether or not you owe for the entire month of September, will depend on when you were given the s21 (and if it was valid in the first place) and when you informed the landlord you would be moving out.

From what you say they only gave you four weeks notice, which would make the S21 notice invalid. Despite this you are vacating earlier than the statutory notice period.

so i would suggest you tell the agent that, and that you will not be paying any rent in September, in the circumstances as pointed out.

Thank you for the responses. I will email this morning and see how I get on