We are tenants on a month-to-month rolling tenancy. In Scotland, if that's relevant. So our tenancy goes from the 10th of one month to the 10th of the next. Contract says that either party has to give the other a minimum of 2 months to end the tenancy. Question: Is this 2 months from a tenancy date (so the 10th of whatever month), or just 2 months from whenever notice is received?
Background: Our landlord recently decided to sell the property. Annoying, but OK - we were planning to move this summer anyway because of a new job. She wanted us to stay in it until it was sold, though. OK, fine, we allowed photos and viewings and showed people round, etc. We did ask if she would agree to guarantee us staying until August, but she wasn't willing to do that. She did say that she'd ask buyers if they would be okay with an August date but the final decision would be up to them.
Once we got past the 10th of May without getting notice, we breathed a sigh of relief and put in our own notice to end the tenancy on the 9th of August. Landlord received it but didn't comment.
Landlord has now accepted an offer, from buyers who want to move in in July (not sure what date). She's asked that they move this to August to accommodate our 'wish to stay' until then, but it seems very clear from what she's said that she sees this as doing us a favour - and if they say no, she will expect us to be out in July.
She hasn't given us formal notice at any point, or given us a set date to move out even informally. (We think she might believe she has given us 'notice' by telling us she'd be selling at some point.)
We don't want to leave on bad terms with the landlord, let alone muck up her sale - but on the other hand, we are not willing to move out before the end of our notice period unless we have to!