How do I end a tenancy?

Use End tenancy on the active tenancy, record the actual end date, reason and any notes, and a move-out checklist is created automatically.

  1. Open the active tenancy and choose End tenancy.
  2. Record the actual end date, the reason, any notes, and the Section 8 grounds if the tenancy is ending on a notice you served.
  3. The tenancy status becomes Ended and a move-out checklist is created: check-out inventory, final meter readings, keys returned, forwarding address obtained.
  4. Complete the check-out inventory — either by uploading one or by running a check-out walkthrough, which pulls in the move-in report as a baseline for a side-by-side comparison.
  5. Record the deposit return once it's settled.

Ending a tenancy also stops rent being chargeable through Tenarize — the server refuses a rent charge against a tenancy that isn't Active.

Not legal advice

These answers describe how Tenarize works and summarise the law in England as the product implements it. They are not legal advice about your situation, and the law changes. For free independent help, Citizens Advice and Shelter both cover renting in England; for anything unusual or contested, take advice from a solicitor.

Tenarize does not currently support Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, whose tenancy regimes are different.

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