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Law and Landlords clearing out tenants
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For court fees - its now £175 for a possession order, i believe, and £100 for a bailiffs warrant.. if you do it yourself. If you employ solicitors or specialist eviction companies you can probably write off £1,000 minimum... plus the unpaid rent and the damage repairs....
Out of interest, whats involved in a DIY eviction?Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
Crikey. I started being a tenant in the early/mid seventies and I never had trouble finding decent rented accommodation. Mind you, that wsa mostly shared. Decent properties and decent landlords as well. Perhaps there might not have been as many "rogue" one or perhaps I was very fortunate. The very first place I rented in Kew Gardens was advertised in the local paper. We (teenagers) turned up at the house to meet the landlord, he showed us the rooms, we accepted them, handed over a week's rent and got the keys there and then. No tenancy referencing, no guarantors, no phone number of our parents. Nothing. It was basic but cheap (£3 a week each) clean, safe and in the best neighbouhood we could have wished for. Happy days!0
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DVardysShadow wrote: »The problem with the pre AST legislation was that it combined controlled rents with unlimited tenure. Even now, we see on these boards houses for sale with tenants in situ paying peanuts for rent. Obviously, it favoured tenants excessively.
Yes it did and still does. I have a pal who lives in a tiny little bijou flat, which I found for her, in St Johns Wood paying peanuts in the early 80s. She's obviously still there still paying peanuts, lucky woman. The freehold has changed hands many time and there's nothing spent on upkeep as you can imagine.0
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