What is a Section 13 Notice?
Answers to your property related questions from the Arnold and Baldwin team.
A Section 13 Notice must be used by a landlord to notify a tenant of their intention to increase the rent. Under the Housing Act 1988 a Section 13 Notice can be issued by a landlord in order to increase the rent but only after the initial fixed period has expired and cannot be issued during the fixed term of tenancy.
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