Notice period for commercial premises

[nicknock]

Hi

We had a one year lease on our office which ended on 30th January. We were thinking of staying on past this point but have decided not to.
I officially handed in our notice on 16th January.

The landlord has tried to negotiate us staying but we are unhappy with the property. There have been security issues, theft and now theres a mouse problem!

He is now saying that I have to give a further 3 months notice, even though our lease ended on 30th Jan AND I gave him a month on 16th Jan.

Given there are also issues with the property, is this right? I've read elsewhere that if a commercial lease goes past the end date on to a rolling contract, you DO have to give 3 months but id already given notice.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

[Peridot]

Hi Nicknock,

The wording and terms of your lease should provide the answer. Termination of the lease. It may be that if you wished to end the lease at the end of the first year, you had to give 3 months notice before the end of the year. But this may not be the case. If you can find the clauses about terminating, in the lease, feel free to post them here and we'll see if we can explain the issue. Please ensure that no-one is identifiable in the lease so redact as necessary.

[nicknock]

Hi

I'll try and dig out the lease thanks.