How long can the agreement last for?
An Assured Shorthold Tenancy can be for any fixed period of time. However, the tenant has a right to stay in the property for a minimum period of six months, regardless of what the agreement stipulates. So the typical AST will be for a period of six or twelve months. At the end of the term if the tenancy agreement is not renewed, it then becomes what is known as a Statutory Periodic Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement. The terms of the original tenancy agreement still apply, but the tenancy continues on an agreed period by period basis. There’s also what is known as a Contractual Periodic Tenancy; this is when no term for the end of the left is set and the tenancy agreement simply continues until either party decide to bring it to an end. Regardless of which status your agreement is in (fixed term or statutory), the landlord still has to give two months notice to the tenant and can’t obtain possession (before 6 months of the tenancy agreement has elapsed) other than by satisfying certa
