Thank you for your comprehensive reply installspark. I have been to citizens advice as well now and they have confirmed the same. They produced a page for me which reads: "If the termination date of the tenancy passes and the landlord has failed to serve a valid Notice to Quit or offer a new tenancy agreement then the tenancy adreement will be automatically renewed (know as 'tacit relocation') for it's original period or one year, whichever is less." "If the tenancy agreement is automatically renewed, all the conditions in the agreement continue to apply. If the landlord wants to end the agreement s/he will have to wait until the end of the extended period. If s/he fails to give notice at the end of the extended period the agreement will once again be automatically renewed. This can continue indefinetly" I am currently studying for final exams which finish next Thursday. This leaves me 2 days to find somewhere else to live. I have explained this to the landlord, and originally requested that I leave some belongings in a room for two weeks until I locate somewhere else to stay. He had originally agreed to this, but has since insisted that we are out of the property by the 1st July 06. Reflecting on the situation I feel it is so unfair the landlord has given only one months notice and today I told him my rights to have 2 months notice and said that I did not want to cause bother for him, but I intended to stay on in the flat until I find somewhere else to live. His response to this was that he would be here on the 1st of July to change the locks. What can I do now? Should I go to the police?

Hi, We (2 of us sharing) had a short-assured tenancy for 6 months with a private landlord (started October 05). We had told the landlord we wished to extend the lease for another 18 months. This was never done - hence we have been living in the property without a tenancy agreement. At the start of June 06, the landlord wrote to use giving us one months notice to quit the property by 1st July 06. This was just a plain written letter, and did not have a 'section 33' notice along with it. Am I right in thinking that the landlord should have given us 2 months notice? The original tenency agrement stated that 2 months notice was required. Although the original agreement has expired, do i still have any other rights to be given 2 months notice? I should add this tenancy is in scotland. Many thanks in advance for any help.