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Notice to Vacate

One screen for a tenant to give notice: the last day of occupation, keys and forwarding address, viewing access and how the deposit should be returned.

A ready-to-use real estate & property form for agents, lettings teams and property managers: 11 questions, 1 page.

Questions: 11
Pages: 1
Layouts: card · classic
Time to complete: ≈ 4 min

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Who this template is for

Notice to Vacate is built for agents, lettings teams and property managers who need to pre-qualify enquiries and gather documents up front.

Agents, lettings teams and property managers working in real estate & property.
Teams who need to pre-qualify enquiries and gather documents up front without writing code or paying for a custom build.
Anyone replacing viewings booked with people who were never eligible with one structured record per enquiry.
Respondents are buyers, renters and landlords — the form asks them 11 questions across 1 screen.
Mobile-heavy audiences, thanks to the one-question-per-screen card layout.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of viewings booked with people who were never eligible and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

8 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
It records a signature you can keep as proof of agreement.
It pins the request to a specific date.
It captures a full postal address.
Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Notice to Vacate lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
4Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
5Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered.

This template runs as a straight sequence: every respondent sees every question, in order.
You can add branching yourself in the Logic tab — pick a question, a condition, and the field or page it should reveal, hide, require or skip to.

About this template

Notice given in a text message is notice nobody can date, and the deposit argument that follows is entirely avoidable. This screen makes it formal in about a minute. It records the property, the date notice is being given and the intended last day of occupation, then handles the practical end of a tenancy: how keys are returned, whether the property may be shown to prospective tenants during notice, and anything at the property that needs attention before the tenant leaves. The forwarding address is collected here because it is needed for the deposit and for post, and it is much harder to get once someone has gone. It closes with the tenant's preferred method for the deposit return and a signature, so the file holds a single dated document instead of a scroll of messages.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Notice to vacate

Property address
Tenant namerequired
Email addressrequired
Date you are giving noticerequired
Last day you will occupy the propertyrequired
How will keys be returned?required
May the property be shown during your notice?required
Anything at the property needing attention before you leave
Forwarding address
How should the deposit be returned?required
Tenant signaturerequired

11 questions in total.

Example of a completed notice to vacate form

This shows how a tenant gives dated notice and sets out the practical arrangements for leaving.

Property address: 22 Birch Row
Date you are giving notice: 5 January 2026
Last day you will occupy the property: 4 February 2026
How will keys be returned?: Dropped at the letting agent's office
May the property be shown during your notice?: Yes, with notice
Forwarding address: 8 Elm Street, Apartment 3
How should the deposit be returned?: Bank transfer

Sample data — no real people, addresses or records are shown.

Set it up step by step

1
Separate the notice date from the leaving date
Two fields are what make a notice period measurable, and they are the first thing questioned in a dispute.
2
Agree viewing access on the form
Recording whether the property may be shown during notice avoids friction every time a prospective tenant wants to look round.
3
Collect the forwarding address now
It is needed for the deposit and for post, and it is far harder to obtain after the keys are handed back.
4
Ask about repairs before the final inspection
A repair flagged during notice is a repair; the same issue found at check-out becomes a deduction argument.

Mistakes to avoid

Accepting notice by message, leaving no dated document when the notice period is disputed.
Booking the final inspection without warning the tenant, then having nobody there to agree the condition.
Losing the forwarding address once the tenant has moved, delaying the deposit return.

What it pairs with

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What to do with the responses

Acknowledge the notice with its date, confirm the last day and the inspection appointment, and start marketing the property if it is being re-let.

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Privacy & compliance

This form takes money. Card details are handled by the payment provider and never stored in your response data — you keep the order details, not the card number.

Frequently asked questions

Does this end the tenancy on its own?

It records the tenant's written notice. Whether that validly ends the tenancy depends on your agreement and local rules.

How is it different from a check-out inventory?

This gives notice. The inspection form records the condition of the property at the end of the tenancy.

Can a landlord use it to give notice?

No. Landlord notices usually have prescribed forms and wording, so use the route your local rules require.

Why does it ask about viewing access?

So the notice period is not spent arguing over every visit a prospective tenant wants to make.

Is the Notice to Vacate template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Notice to Vacate on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Notice to Vacate template ask for?

It asks 11 questions across 1 page, 8 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Notice to Vacate form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the card and classic layouts, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

Can I add conditional logic to this real estate & property form?

Yes. The template runs as a straight sequence out of the box, and you can add show, hide, require or skip rules in the Logic tab — pick a question, a condition, and the field or page it should affect.

Where do responses to the Notice to Vacate form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Notice to Vacate form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

Is the signature on this form legally usable?

The template captures a drawn signature and stores it with the submission, along with the timestamp, so you keep evidence of who agreed and when. Whether that is sufficient depends on your jurisdiction and the agreement itself.

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