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"Tim Ward" <tim@brettward.co.uk> wrote in message news:<bo8ps9$1bhits$1@ID-154437.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> "Sue Rogers" <scr27@cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:scr27-C3EBC2.13553004112003@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk...
> >
> > All the rental agencies are saying minimum rental 6 months and they only
> > need 3 months.
> 
> Of course. Everyone uses an Assured Shorthold Tenancy contract, and the law
> says that as far as the landlord is concerned it must run for at least six
> months.
> 
> Now, the tenant is in a different position. They can give a months notice
> the day they move in and there's b****r all the landlord can do about it.
> 
> So all your friends have to do is lie - move in, claiming to want to stay
> six months, then give a month's notice after two months.
> 
> I thought everyone knew that ...



Its a compulsory two month period for either party to give notice. 
And yes the landlord can do something about it if they give notice as
soon as they move in.  You sign a six month contract and YOU ARE
LIABLE for those six months UNLESS another tenant is found and even
then the landlord must agree to early release.  The only exceptions
are when there are 2 or more occupants, one leaves unexpectedly
without permission and the 1st cant pay.