Notice period for a periodic tenancy - Room only agreement

Possession - Section 8 and Section 21

Hi,

I have a tenant who gave me notice to leave yesterday on 20/02/20. She has a periodic tenancy to rent a room at my property. The tenancy agreement signed was that provided by the NRLA for 'Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement – Room Only'.

However, I amended the wording for the notice required to 2 calendar months from each party so that it reads:

'You will have the property and the furniture for 6 months starting on 01/09/19 to 29/02/20.

If, at the end of this time, we have not received from you at least two calendar months notice, in writing, expiring on the last day of the fixed term of the tenancy to terminate the agreement, the tenancy will continue on as a contractual periodic tenancy. The periods of this contractual periodic tenancy shall be the same as those for which rent was last payable under the initial fixed term of the tenancy. This periodic tenancy will carry on until you have served the required notice in writing to terminate the agreement or we serve the required notice or re-possess the property under a ground set out in Clause F.

To end the contractual continuation tenancy the required notice is written notice to the other party. The notice must end on the last day of a rental period and must be of sufficient length. This means that for tenancies that run on as weekly, fortnightly or four weekly, the notice period must be at least 28 days in length. Where the tenancy is for monthly rental periods the notice must be at least two calendar months in length. '

As a landlord, am I within my rights to request 2 calendar months notice from her? I assume that this would mean that the last date of her tenancy would be 31/03/21?