also called lease expiry · tenancy end date
The date written into a rental agreement on which the tenancy is scheduled to finish.
The lease end date is simply the date written into your rental agreement when the tenancy is meant to finish. The trap is that it is not the same as the notice period, which is how far ahead you must tell the landlord you are leaving; you can hit the end date and still owe money if you never gave notice. Plenty of people plan to walk out on the end date without a word and get charged for extra weeks or lose a deposit.
You mark your lease end date on the calendar and plan to hand back the keys that day, job done. But the contract also required a couple of months' written notice, which you never gave, so the landlord charges you beyond the end date or keeps your deposit for the missing notice.
The lease end date is when the contract ends, while the notice period is how far in advance you must tell the landlord you are leaving, and missing the notice can cost you even if you go on the end date. Nomads plan to move out on the lease end date without giving notice and are charged for extra weeks or lose a deposit.
The difference is the whole point, so here is each one in a line.
These are the ways a lease ends and the timing around it.
The lease end date is when a fixed term is scheduled to finish, and a notice period is how far ahead you must tell the landlord you are leaving.
A break clause lets either side end a fixed term early, a diplomatic clause is the expat version triggered if you are relocated or lose your work permit, and an eviction notice is the landlord starting the legal process to remove a tenant.
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