Notice to landlord to vacate the house

Use this when you are a tenant and want to tell your landlord, in writing, that you will leave the rented house on a given date.

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To [Landlord's Name], [Landlord's Address] Date: [Date] Subject: Notice to vacate the house at [Address of the Rented House] Dear Sir/Madam, I have been your tenant at the above address since [Date Tenancy Began]. I wish to inform you that I will vacate the house on [Date of Vacating], because [Reason, for example I am shifting to another city for work]. Please treat this letter as the notice of [Notice Period, for example one month] required under our rent agreement. I will pay the rent and the electricity and water bills up to that date, and will hand over the keys after you have seen the house. I request you to kindly return my security deposit of Rs [Deposit Amount] on the day I hand over the keys, after adjusting any dues as per the agreement. Thank you for your cooperation during my stay. Yours sincerely, [Tenant's Name] Mobile: [Mobile Number]

When to use this paper

Send this when you have decided to leave a rented home and want the date on record. Your rent agreement almost certainly asks for written notice, and the return of your deposit depends on showing that you gave it. Telling the landlord on the phone is polite, but it is the dated letter that counts if there is any argument later.

Before you send it

Read the rent agreement first. It fixes the notice period and what can be deducted from the deposit.
Give the notice in a way you can prove later: by hand with a signed copy, by registered post, or by email or WhatsApp with an acknowledgement.
Take dated photos of the house before you hand over the keys.
Ask for a simple note from the landlord that the house is handed over and no dues remain.

How to send or submit it

Hand over a signed copy and get the landlord's signature and date on your own copy, or send it by registered post. If your agreement allows notice by email, that works too; keep the sent mail. A WhatsApp message with a clear reply from the landlord is useful extra proof.

Mistakes that get it sent back

A leaving date that is sooner than the notice period in the agreement allows, without asking the landlord to agree to it.
No date on the letter. The notice period is counted from it.
Not saying where and how the deposit should be returned.
Sent by one tenant when the agreement is in two names. All who signed the agreement should sign the notice.

This is a general format, written by us, to save you time. If the office concerned has its own printed form, use that form. Last checked: 11 November 2026.

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