how long to get court possession order?

rock_queen

i have no idea and will be ringing them on monday morning.

agrinnall

rock_queen wrote: »

i have no idea and will be ringing them on monday morning.

Before then do some reading on what notices can be served and how to do it properly, you can then instruct your LA what to do rather than leaving it to them and hoping for the best - you might be lucky, but many, many threads on here will show that often that doesn't work the way you want it to.

G_M

The Complete Guide to Residential Letting (Book: there are others. Try your local library, or use Google)

Landlordzone (Landlord’s information/advice website + forum)

Landlord Law (Property solicitor’s website for landlords - includes clinic, blog, resources, advice etc)

rock_queen

Thanks agrinnall, I'm busy reading up now.

Its all new to me and i'm just hoping all is not lost and it isn't too late.

rock_queen

Thank G_M, just had a read on landlordzone, i'm making notes.

rock_queen

Literally just rechecked my paperwork and section 21 was served and has also expired. Does this make a difference?

vax2002

My overall advice would be if the agent has not managed to get a single penny in rent for six months, I would be taking matters in to my own hands as a matter of urgency.

BitterAndTwisted

The serving of a Section 21 Notice is good news. This prevents the tenants from being able to use the less than two month's rent owing safety fall-back plan to give that Section 8 a body-swerve.

Can I just ask: why the blazes have the agents not been able to secure a penny from these deadbeats for six months? Does that mean they have not paid any rent since they coughed up the first month's rent in advance when their tenancy started? What have these a-holes been doing?

tbs624

rock_queen wrote: »

Literally just rechecked my paperwork and section 21 was served and has also expired. Does this make a difference?

Have you scheme registered any tenancy deposit paid to you by the T *and* can you show that you have given them the "prescribed information" from the scheme?

A S21 has to have been served after a tenancy agreement was signed and after the deposit has been properly dealt with or it will be invalid.

The (presumably correctly dated/served) S21 will not have "expired" - it is simply notice that you intend to apply to the court for repossession of the property after x date.

Join up to Landlord Law and/or a LL association and get your hand held through all of this. Membership fees are tax deductible and you can obtain discounts on LL insurance premiums.

rock_queen

your right bitter and twisted they have only paid one months worth of rent (aug) the whole time aside from the advance at the beginning (Jul). From sept to nov they were pretty much AWOL, not answering calls, letters etc except for mid Nov when they complained the boiler wasn't working properly. It was then that they started with the excuses as to why they hadn't paid, changed jobs etc not been paid yet the excuses were endless. asked if we could change the date they paid etc. They already had arrears mounting up by then. when no rent showed up by end of nov we started the process. they haven't been answering calls or returning them or acknowledging letters (except when notice was given) until the agent went round the house the day after they should've been out and found them still there.