Help required with tennant not paying rent :(

AverageJoe_4

...but you feel the need to respond though, so clearly you are and have been affected...

You cannot handle the reality of life as in this thread situation, and think that all anyone can and should do is enlist a "lawyer".. to solve their issues.

What you are saying is, "if I buy a dodgy rolex for a tenner from a street trader" I should then go and "prepare papers and take him to the High Court for mis-selling"..?

Fool.

rsykes2000

AverageJoe wrote: »

...but you feel the need to respond though, so clearly you are and have been affected...

You cannot handle the reality of life as in this thread situation, and think that all anyone can and should do is enlist a "lawyer".. to solve their issues.

What you are saying is, "if I buy a dodgy rolex for a tenner from a street trader" I should then go and "prepare papers at take him to the High Court for mis-selling"..?

Fool.

Not affected, just amused. I've not stated my position on anything in this thread apart from your unnecessary swearing. If you think I have then you're the fool.
Anyway sweetie, don't throw your toys too far out of the pram, you might hurt someone around you. Assuming you have enough social skills to enable you to have anyone around you apart from carers, which reading your posts is unlikely.

AverageJoe_4

*throws out line, reels in another biter....*

rsykes2000

AverageJoe wrote: »

*throws out line, reels in another biter....*

And now you're pretending that you've somehow 'won' by humiliating yourself in public
You really are laughable :rotfl:

AverageJoe_4

Owned. :-)

mlz1413

OP you need to get a grip, this guy has the money to re-decorate but not pay you.

The law route is the way to do things right, but you need to tighten up on this bloke too, tell him you want to start collecting the money every week - preferable payday so he doesn't have the weekend to spend the money. Try and get the rent plus a little bit extra towards the arrears.

By having to face you every week he might start paying you. if not you will get a feel for how serious he is taking you.

It might be worth asking if he wishes to leave at the end of the 6 months, give up on the arrears as a lesson in renting and start again. Either way you admit your sloppy ways have to stop and you have lots of advise to be going on - good luck.

AverageJoe_4

mlz1413 wrote: »

OP you need to get a grip, this guy has the money to re-decorate but not pay you.

The law route is the way to do things right, but you need to tighten up on this bloke too, tell him you want to start collecting the money every week - preferable payday so he doesn't have the weekend to spend the money. Try and get the rent plus a little bit extra towards the arrears.

By having to face you every week he might start paying you. if not you will get a feel for how serious he is taking you.

It might be worth asking if he wishes to leave at the end of the 6 months, give up on the arrears as a lesson in renting and start again. Either way you admit your sloppy ways have to stop and you have lots of advise to be going on - good luck.

Good advice but I think the OP needs to be much much stronger. The T knows exactly what he's doing here and the longer he is allowed to take the p*** then the worse it will get.

The OP is being played for a fool, and I think the only way to resolve it for the benefit of the OP is to play this guy at his own game (you'll need to work out what I mean for yourselves on that one)...

Writing letters and trying to take a little bit here and there etc... as suggested - is too weak for this stage. It's a bit like "asking" the bank to give you your PPI bank rather than telling them that they will be "sued into oblivion" if they don't.

AJ

Planner

AverageJoe wrote: »

Good advice but I think the OP needs to be much much stronger. The T knows exactly what he's doing here and the longer he is allowed to take the p*** then the worse it will get.

The OP is being played for a fool, and I think the only way to resolve it for the benefit of the OP is to play this guy at his own game (you'll need to work out what I mean for yourselves on that one)...

Writing letters and trying to take a little bit here and there etc... as suggested - is too weak for this stage. It's a bit like "asking" the bank to give you your PPI bank rather than telling them that they will be "sued into oblivion" if they don't.

AJ

As that your 'streetwise' opinion 'mate'? snigger snigger :rotfl:

mlz1413

actual aveage joe I disagree with you - the OP by his own admission has created the situation, he allowed him to move in without paying a full deposit, he has allowed him to miss payments - regardless of being able to contact tenant the OP should have been on the case from week 4 by letter as well as phone when the deposit was not made up to full value.

If the tenant has the money then OP sharpening up his practises and getting legal will make the tenant pay.

If the tenant doesn't have the money then getting him out is the main concern and the OP has said bully tactics (the ones you are advising) are not his style.

A friend of a friend recently moved into a flat run the way you like, it suits him and the rules are upfront, but the OP is after advise on how he can tackle a situation so telling him to throw someone on the street is not helping him.

Troubled_Joe

If you serve a notice under section 21(1)(b) before the expiry of the fixed term you need only give 2 clear months notice and need not be concerned with the rental dates/periods.

As for timescales and costs, say you served notice today to expire on 15th May then if tenant is still present you issue a claim for possession (accelerated procedure) (court fee £150). The tenant has 14 days to respond.

If your notice is correct he has no defence and you will be able to apply for possession which will be given normally after 28 days. He can apply for an extension to 42 days on the grounds of hardship and generally any excuse will be accepted.

After the possession date, if he is still there you need to apply for the bailiffs to evict him (£95 court fee). They may take up to a month or more depending on the area you are in. This will be the final eviction date. Unlike alternative procedures the court has no jurisdiction to suspend the eviction on any grounds.

Hope this helps but in summary there's a potential 5 months wait in some cases. Solicitor's fees would be between £100 (if he left after the notice) and £800 (if he applied for an extension and also didn't leave until the bailiffs were instructed).