Is this Section 21 Notice sufficient?

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www.landlordzone.co.uk/pdf/Section21Notice.pdf

DP and I have given our tenant notice as we need to move back into the property. The tenant has been brilliant and is actively seeking another place to live. She is looking to go into council housing but for them to consider her she needs a Section 21 Notice. We did give her a written notice which I typed up myself but the council wouldn't accept it. Is what I've linked to acceptable? I was thinking about buying the form from the WHSmith website but would rather save the tenner if i can.
Thankyou

Bumpinh

Is she trying to get a council property after being made homeless by you? In our area the only way someone will jump the housing list is if they are homeless. Unfortunately the Council plays hardball and giving a S21 isnt enough, they then expect you to start repossession proceedings and in one case, we actually had to go to court, get repossession and then get her evicted by a baliff .

My point is, this may cost you alot of time and money and may not end quite so nicely.

You cant get the S21 wrong, saving a tenner just isnt worth it. if you are unsure about all of this I'd join the National Landlord Association (£100pa) and get all these forms and legal advice for free.

pay the tenner.

and be aware that the council may take the attitude that your tenant can rent privately again. (why can't she?) This may mean they tell her to sit tight and await the bailiffs, which you will be paying for. This will take about four months and cost you a fair bit.

so...the best solution is for her to find another private rental, helped by your good reference. And you'd better make sure you have legal expenses cover NOW before this problem arises.

not your fault, not her fault.

She is looking into other private rentals. She hasn't had very good luck with renting. Her last landlord got divorced and sold the house so she had to move and the house she had before that was repossessed as landlord wasn't paying mortgage. She's hoping to get a "try before you buy" house with the council on a new housing estate in our town. She just wants a bit of security. She has been a brilliant tenant and I would be gobsmacked if it got to the point where we needed to take her to court. She has actually become more of a friend than a tenant. I've written her a glowing reference and I've downloaded the section 21 from whsmiths.

She has indeed had bad experiences but there's no such thing as luck, so there's no reason for it to happen again. Suggest she looks for a buy-to-let where the landlord won't want to move in. Not sure how it can be confirmed that the mortgage is being paid, which is definitely a hole in the system.

let's hope it all works out.