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My teanent refuse to sign the leaving notice

viggario
viggario Posts: 16 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi.
Sorry to post this here, but i need some help.
i am renting a house, and one of our teanants is refusing to sign a letter that we gave her as a "leaving notice". she is refusing to pay here share of the bills, and we need the room where she is, to have a member of our family there.
we gave her the notice letter, but she refuses to sign as she ad the aknollegement of the notice, and she keeps saiyng that she will not be moving out.
what can we do?
P.S. We rented the house to a real state, and we "sub-let" the room to her.
She is never at home during the day, so if i send her a recorded letter, she will not be there to sign, and she is going on holidays after tomorrow.
we do leave at the same house.

Thank's in advance
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  • Head-Out-Of-Sand
    Head-Out-Of-Sand Posts: 763 Forumite
    With regard to the recorded delivery, I don't think it matters whether she specifically was in or not, it's that you can prove the letter was sent.

    Do you have an email address for her? You could send it to her by this method as well, referring to the written copy. You then have a record of this being sent.

    I'm not sure about the rules with regard to sub-letting, I'm sure more knowledgeable people will be along to advise.

    I would suggest you get in touch with the CAB to see where you stand legally.

    Good luck getting it sorted out :)
  • viggario
    viggario Posts: 16 Forumite
    Thank's for your advice Head-Out.
    But... can you explain to me what is " CAB "?
    thank's.
  • pickle
    pickle Posts: 611 Forumite
    The CAB is the Citizen's Advice Bureau. It should be in the local telephone book. There is one in most areas.
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    When you say notice letter what is this for?

    Is she on a AST? She should be?

    Is she at the end of her contract?
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • viggario
    viggario Posts: 16 Forumite
    lynzpower wrote: »
    When you say notice letter what is this for?

    Is she on a AST? She should be?

    Is she at the end of her contract?


    She is (or was) our friend. she was in a bad situation, so we rent our room to her, for a very, very, very low price. was only a verbal agreament, but we made clear that when we need the room, or when she wants to move out, we would give 1 month notice.
    but now, she dos'nt want to pay her shares of the bills ((gas and electrics) and she dosent want to sign the letter. she says that she is not moving out.
    we gave her the letter on the 5th feb asking her to leave on the 7th march.
    i have a persson of my family due to arrive on the 8th march, and she refuses do move out. i need to know what i can do. i need the room.
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    You have no rights to ask her to leave as she has not signed a contract with you.

    You should feel yourself lucky that she has not changed the locks and sqautted the place.

    For future reference you might wish to think about offering rooms with electric & gas included, so people cant wriggle out of paying them.
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • N79
    N79 Posts: 2,615 Forumite
    lynzpower wrote: »
    You have no rights to ask her to leave as she has not signed a contract with you.

    You should feel yourself lucky that she has not changed the locks and sqautted the place.

    For future reference you might wish to think about offering rooms with electric & gas included, so people cant wriggle out of paying them.

    Lynzpower - they live in the same house so they have every right to ask her to leave and do not have to give any notice. (At least I assume that is what the OP meant when they wrote "we do leave at the same house.")

    However, I just want to check something.

    OP - Which country are you in? Eng&Wal, Scotland or somewhere else?
  • MissMotivation
    MissMotivation Posts: 1,751 Forumite
    Is he not just classed as a Lodger, therefore, no legal rights as such? Lodgers don't sign AST's :confused:

    I don't really understand why you are serving her notice if there was no contract in the first place.

    If she refuses to leave after the date you have given her then clear her room and change your locks.
    My home is usually the House Buying, Renting and Selling Forum where I can be found trying to (sometimes unsucessfully) prove that not all Estate Agents are crooks. With 20 years experience of Sales/Lettings and having bought and sold many of my own properties I've usually got something to say ;)
    Ignore......check!
  • furndire
    furndire Posts: 7,308 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/ You'll get all the info you want from here.
  • viggario
    viggario Posts: 16 Forumite
    N79 wrote: »
    Lynzpower - they live in the same house so they have every right to ask her to leave and do not have to give any notice. (At least I assume that is what the OP meant when they wrote "we do leave at the same house.")

    However, I just want to check something.

    OP - Which country are you in? Eng&Wal, Scotland or somewhere else?

    Yes, we live on the same house. England
    cheers
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