When a tenant provides notice to vacate or the landlord has provided notice for the tenant to vacate, when does the tenant need to vacate the premises?.

A tenant is required to provide a full calendar month’s notice to vacate the rental unit. Tenants often misconstrued this as 30 day’s notice from June 15th to July 15th. What it means is notice must be provided by the end of the day in June to move out on the last day of July. A tenant wishing to vacate at the end of July must provide notice on June 30th. When a landlord provides notice they must also provide the required time frames depending on the notice being served. Landlord notices normally require the full month’s notice as well.  

After a notice has been delivered or received by the landlord the question is when is the tenant required to vacate the unit?. Section 37 of the Residential Tenancy Act requires tenants vacate the property by 1pm on the last day the tenancy is ending. 

If notice was provided by the tenant on June 30th to leave on July 31st, they are required to vacate by 1pm on July 31st. This is the standard time required for tenants to vacate the property. The Residential Tenancy Act allows landlords and tenants to mutually agree on a different time for them to vacate the property. It is prudent for the tenants to vacate by the 1pm deadline to allow the landlord to prepare the unit for new tenants and or showings.

When tenants fail to vacate on time this can delay the process of renting the unit to the new tenants, cleaning or completing repairs needed at the end of the other tenancy. 

A tenant may request a different time when moving as they are unable to obtain moving vehicles and or help to move by the specified time frame. If the tenant requests the time frame change, ensure you have an alternate time in writing to. An alternate time can be entered on the tenancy agreement at the beginning of the tenancy. When a tenant fails to vacate it could easily move to the next day and this could be considered holding over which a landlord should have provision the their agreement for if the tenant does not vacate the property. 

After the tenant has vacated all of their belongings and not before, the move-out inspection can be performed. A move out inspection can’t be completed while tenants are moving out as they may cause damage in that process and have not cleaned the property after vacating as they are required to do. 

The move out process can be time consuming and needs to be handled correctly to ensure the property is available for the next occupants.

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