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Evicting Family from your property

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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Marktheshark wrote: »
    They are permissive occupiers .
    Is that something I missed? Part of the permissive society? I think it passed me by.....
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    greyandyoung wrote: »
    We own a property that we have family living in. As it is family they don't have a tenancy agreement, not do they pay rent; only the utility bills etc.

    What was the arrangement for occupation?
  • Geoff1963
    Geoff1963 Posts: 1,088 Forumite
    There is a major difference in law between : someone who was once entitled to live somewhere, but the entitlement ran out ; and someone who was never entitled to live there. If there wasn't, I could go to view a rental property, and then stay there until my rent was 2 months in arrears.

    Councils will often suggest to homeless people that they should try to lodge with family, so they might ask why the OP has to sell the property. If they have been saving up the money they would have paid in rent, getting a new place will be easy ; if they had nothing spare, renting anywhere will be very difficult, which is why they'll need Council help.
  • AnotherJoe
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    edited 17 July 2017 at 10:10AM
    trevormax wrote: »
    I think you hit the nail on the head with this.

    Also, if they are family and they are expecting you to go through the entire eviction process after you have given them a place to live pretty much free of charge, they are the biggest bunch of jerks imaginable and need to be cut from your life as soon as possible.

    Rubbish. It's almost certain that this is being done with consent so that the family are eligible for council housing which they won't be if they leave.
  • theartfullodger
    theartfullodger Posts: 14,588 Forumite
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    silvercar wrote: »
    "Tenants/ licensees" who pay no rent? who have no intention of moving? Why would anyone buy?

    My post was a somewhat ironic comment on their allowing "family" to live free, showing apparent lack-of-bother at loss of money, yet, I presumed, wishing to evict to get best price.

    However, were there to be such a property on sale it would go for under market price & many might think it worth a punt...
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,471 Forumite
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    theartfullodger wrote: »

    However, were there to be such a property on sale it would go for under market price & many might think it worth a punt...


    Why would someone buy, even at a very low price, if they were unable to use the premises or extract any rent ?
  • greyandyoung
    greyandyoung Posts: 2 Newbie
    Many thanks to you all for taking the time to answer my question, as mentiond it is council driven to enable them to get social housing, and I am bery grateful for the advice.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 31,818 Forumite
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    edited 17 July 2017 at 1:05PM
    http://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/eviction/eviction_of_lodgers_and_other_excluded_occupiers

    Tell them verbally to leave, wait 7 days and change the locks while they are out .......... simples ;)
    They then go to the council and tell them they are now on the street.
  • seashore22
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    greyandyoung wrote: »
    Many thanks to you all for taking the time to answer my question, as mentiond it is council driven to enable them to get social housing, and I am bery grateful for the advice.

    You don't say. We would never have guessed.
  • k3lvc
    k3lvc Posts: 4,174 Forumite
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    greyandyoung wrote: »
    Many thanks to you all for taking the time to answer my question, as mentiond it is council driven to enable them to get social housing, and I am bery grateful for the advice.


    But they have a house :rotfl: - why do you think they're entitled to another one ?
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