Notice To Vacate By Tenant
A proper vacate notice ends your tenancy on your terms. This short letter states your move-out date and requests the final inspection and deposit refund.
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This is the short, formal version of a termination notice, useful when your agreement simply needs a written vacate date without a long explanation. Match the notice length to your agreement's clause exactly, a 30-day clause means the vacating date must be at least 30 days after the landlord receives this, not after you write it.
Send it in a way that proves delivery and keep that proof. Then prepare the property: fill small nail holes, clean thoroughly, and photograph everything on the last day. Tenants who hand back a visibly clean property get faster refunds and fewer deduction arguments.
A non-obvious tip: include a forwarding address even if you are moving within the same city. Deposit cheques, final utility bills, and legal notices all need somewhere to reach you, and landlords who cannot find a former tenant simply stop trying. A forwarding address also starts a paper trail if you later need to prove the landlord knew where to send the refund.
Do a pre-move walkthrough with your phone camera a week before vacating. This gives you time to fix anything you spot, touch up paint, or replace a broken fixture, rather than discovering issues during the landlord's inspection when it is too late. Tenants who fix small things themselves almost always get smoother inspections and faster deposit refunds.
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