Lease notice calculator

When does the notice period start?

A notice that may be given at any time runs from the first day of the following month: given on 15 October, a three-month notice runs from 1 November to 31 January. A notice for a fixed date, such as the end of a three-year period, only has to reach the other party the required number of months before that date. Since November 2024, that notice counts from the day the other party is presumed to know of it: for a registered letter, the day it is presented at their address.

What does a tenant owe for leaving a nine-year lease early?

Three months’ notice, at any time. If the lease ends in its first, second or third year, the tenant also owes three, two or one month’s rent. From the fourth year on, nothing more.

And for leaving a short lease early?

Three months’ notice and one month’s rent, whatever the year. A lease of under six months cannot be ended early.

When can the landlord end a nine-year lease?

• To live there, or house a relative: at any time, with six months’ notice and no indemnity. For a brother, sister, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt, the lease cannot end before its first three years are over. The occupant must move in within a year and live there for at least two years, or the landlord owes the tenant 18 months’ rent.
• For major works: only to end the lease at the end of its first or second three-year period, with six months’ notice. The works must cost more than three years’ rent, start within six months and be finished within two years, or the landlord owes the tenant 18 months’ rent.
• Without a reason: only at the end of the first or second three-year period, with six months’ notice, paying the tenant nine or six months’ rent.

Once notified, the tenant may leave earlier with one month’s notice and no indemnity.

Can the landlord end a short lease early?

Only after the first year, to live there or house a close relative, with three months’ notice and one month’s rent as indemnity. The tenant may then leave earlier with one month’s notice.

What happens at the end of the lease?

To end a nine-year lease at its term, both parties give six months’ notice. Without one, it is renewed for three years at a time. A short lease ends with three months’ notice from either side. Without one, or if the tenant stays on, it becomes a nine-year lease counted from its start. A lease of under six months simply ends at its term.

How is notice given?

The law prescribes no form, but whoever gives notice must be able to prove it, so send a registered letter. Notices to married or legally cohabiting tenants go to each of them separately, and one of them cannot end the lease of the family home without the other’s consent.

The German-speaking Community applies the same Walloon decree.

When does the notice period start?

A notice that may be given at any time runs from the first day of the following month: given on 15 October, a three-month notice runs from 1 November to 31 January. A notice for a fixed date, such as the end of a three-year period, only has to reach the other party the required number of months before that date.

What does a tenant owe for leaving a nine-year lease early?

Three months’ notice, at any time. If the lease ends in its first, second or third year, the tenant also owes three, two or one month’s rent. From the fourth year on, nothing more.

And for leaving a short lease early?

Three months’ notice and one month’s rent, whatever the year.

When can the landlord end a nine-year lease?

• To live there, or house a relative: at any time, with six months’ notice and no indemnity. For a brother, sister, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt, the lease cannot end before its first three years are over. The occupant must move in within a year and live there for at least two years, or the landlord owes the tenant 18 months’ rent.
• For major works: only to end the lease at the end of its first or second three-year period, with six months’ notice. The works must cost more than three years’ rent, start within six months and be finished within two years, or the landlord owes the tenant 18 months’ rent.
• Without a reason: only at the end of the first or second three-year period, with six months’ notice, paying the tenant nine or six months’ rent.

Once notified, the tenant may leave earlier with one month’s notice and no indemnity.

Can the landlord end a short lease early?

Only after the first year, to live there or house a close relative, with three months’ notice and one month’s rent as indemnity.

What happens at the end of the lease?

To end a nine-year lease at its term, the landlord gives six months’ notice and the tenant three. Without one, it is renewed for three years at a time. A short lease ends with three months’ notice from either side. Without one, or if the tenant stays on, it becomes a nine-year lease counted from its start. For a lease of three months or less, the notice is deemed given when it is signed.

How is notice given?

By registered letter, by bailiff, or by hand against a copy the other party signs and dates on receipt. Notices to married or legally cohabiting tenants go to each of them separately, and one of them cannot end the lease of the family home without the other’s consent.

A written lease signed before 1 January 2019 still falls under the federal Housing Lease Act, not the decree described here.

When does the notice period start?

A notice that may be given at any time runs from the first day of the following month: given on 15 October, a three-month notice runs from 1 November to 31 January. A notice for a fixed date, such as the end of a three-year period, only has to reach the other party the required number of months before that date.

What does a tenant owe for leaving a nine-year lease early?

Three months’ notice, at any time. If the lease ends in its first, second or third year, the tenant also owes three, two or one month’s rent. From the fourth year on, nothing more.

And for leaving a short lease early?

Three months’ notice, plus one and a half, one or half a month’s rent if the lease ends in its first, second or third year. For a renewed short lease, the years count from the start of the first one.

When can the landlord end a nine-year lease?

• To live there, or house a relative: at any time, with six months’ notice and no indemnity. For anyone other than the landlord, the lease cannot end before its first three years are over. The occupant must move in within a year and live there for at least two years, or the landlord owes the tenant 18 months’ rent.
• For major works: at any time, with six months’ notice, but the lease cannot end before its first three years are over. The permit and the estimate go with the notice. The works must cost more than three years’ rent, start within six months and be finished within two years, or the landlord owes the tenant 18 months’ rent.
• Without a reason: only at the end of the first or second three-year period, with six months’ notice, paying the tenant nine or six months’ rent.

Once notified, the tenant may leave earlier with one month’s notice and no indemnity.

Can the landlord end a short lease early?

No. The landlord can only end a short lease at its term, with three months’ notice.

What happens at the end of the lease?

To end a nine-year lease at its term, the landlord gives six months’ notice and the tenant three. Without one, it is renewed for three years at a time. A short lease ends with three months’ notice from either side. Without one, or if the tenant stays on, it becomes a nine-year lease counted from its start.

How is notice given?

The decree prescribes no form, but whoever gives notice must be able to prove it, so send a registered letter. Notices to married or legally cohabiting tenants go to each of them separately, and one of them cannot end the lease of the family home without the other’s consent.