An eviction notice in the post — and you have no idea where to start with your response?
When you respond to an eviction notice, what counts is what you can prove. Eviction Notice Diary gathers your evidence in one place: incidents with dates, your hardship grounds, photos, deadlines and the correspondence with your landlord. At the end you export everything as a PDF for your meeting with a solicitor or tenant advice service. Everything stays offline on your device.
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Every incident with date, time, category, description and the people involved — complete and in chronological order.
Age, illness, long tenancy, children, roots in the neighbourhood: the grounds that may matter for your response.
Listings that contradict the claimed own use, rejection letters, medical evidence — filed directly with the right incident.
Your entire record as a clear PDF, ideal for the consultation (one-time unlock).
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An eviction notice rarely arrives at a convenient time. Suddenly the questions pile up: is the landlord's own-use claim genuine, does a hardship ground speak against the eviction, and how long do you have to respond? In this situation, what counts is what you can prove. That is exactly what Eviction Notice Diary is for: your documentation tool that gathers the evidence for your response in a structured way in one place.
Instead of loose notes, screenshots and emails, you keep everything together: every incident with date, time and category, your hardship grounds such as age, illness, long tenancy or children, plus photos and documents. A listing that re-advertises the flat shortly after the notice can call the claimed own use into question — filed with its date, it becomes part of your record. You enter deadlines and dates and let the app remind you about your housing search.
All entries stay solely on your device. No account, no server, no cloud, no sharing. In the end you export your entire record as a PDF and walk well prepared into your meeting with a solicitor or tenant advice service. Important: Eviction Notice Diary is a documentation tool and does not replace legal advice.
An owner-occupancy eviction notice often lands when you least expect it — and from that moment you are running against deadlines in which every detail counts. If you document things in an orderly way, you keep both the overview and the arguments that matter. Your file should hold at least the following:
Loose notes and scattered emails help little in the decisive moment. Eigenbedarf-Abwehr guides you through the same fields and orders everything chronologically — offline and with no account. That way you walk into the meeting with your tenants' association or solicitor with an ordered basis instead of a pile of paper.
Owner-occupancy is a legally recognised ground for terminating a tenancy: under § 573 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 BGB (Germany) the landlord may give notice if the home is needed for himself, for family members or for members of his household. The notice must, however, state the reason concretely and comprehensibly, and the notice periods of § 573c BGB apply — periods that lengthen with the duration of your tenancy.
You are not defenceless against an owner-occupancy notice. Under § 574 BGB you can object to the notice if it means an unreasonable hardship for you, your family or your household — for instance at high age, in illness, during pregnancy, or where no adequate replacement housing can be found on reasonable terms; § 574a BGB governs the possible continuation of the tenancy. A fully documented set of facts is the basis for raising such grounds at all.
Whether an owner-occupancy notice is valid, or an objection succeeds, depends on the individual case — pretextual owner-use ("vorgeschobener Eigenbedarf") does occur and can only be rebutted with evidence. This page is not legal advice; turn early to a tenants' association or a solicitor for tenancy law, and be sure to mind the objection deadline. Eigenbedarf-Abwehr gives you the ordered basis, not the legal assessment.
With an owner-occupancy notice, every day counts. Here is how to proceed in an orderly way:
That way you do not walk into the next deadline at a loss, but with an ordered set of your arguments — the best basis for a tenants' association or solicitor to assess your chances.
Barely has the notice arrived when the flat reappears as a listing. With a dated screenshot filed against the right incident, your objection to it becomes part of your record — for the meeting with your solicitor.
Old age, illness, children in school, decades of roots in the area: hardship grounds only carry weight when they are backed up. In the app you record each ground with its evidence.
Deadlines apply when you respond to an eviction notice. With dates entered and a reminder set, you keep the time in view instead of letting it slip away unused.
All three situations share the same pattern: without your own documentation, every point stays vague. With a complete record of incidents, grounds and evidence, you walk prepared into the meeting with a solicitor or tenant advice service — even though the outcome is ultimately decided there.
What should I do first after an eviction notice?
Keep the deadline in view and gather everything you have: the notice itself, possible hardship grounds and any signs that call the own-use claim into question. Eviction Notice Diary helps you order it in a structured way so you go well prepared to a solicitor or tenant advice service. The app does not replace legal advice.
Which hardship grounds can I document?
Typical grounds include old age, illness, a very long tenancy, children in school or deep roots in the neighbourhood. You record each ground with a description and attach matching evidence such as medical certificates directly.
Does the app work without internet?
Yes, the app works 100% offline. All entries stay solely on your device. No account, no registration, no cloud, no data sharing.
Can I share my record as a PDF?
Yes. You export your entire record with incidents, hardship grounds, photos and correspondence as a clear PDF and take it to your meeting with a solicitor or tenant advice service (one-time unlock).
Which languages is the app available in?
Eviction Notice Diary is available in 24 EU languages and adapts automatically to your device language.
An owner-occupancy notice is just one of many tenancy issues. Whether you need to log neighbour noise, secure your deposit with a handover report or document mould in the flat, the principle is the same: only complete, timely documentation protects your rights as a tenant in the end.
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