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Can I enter????
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What can a LL do if the tenant simply doesn't reply to a request to look at a problem.
Either get a court order for access- tenant may back down before court date - or issue s21 or s8 notice, evict & then inspect.
It is the tenant's home, the tenant's property, merely the landlord's investment.
Cheers!!0 -
theartfullodger wrote: »Either get a court order for access- tenant may back down before court date - or issue s21 or s8 notice, evict & then inspect.
It is the tenant's home, the tenant's property, merely the landlord's investment.
Cheers!!
As a tenant (a good one;)) that I appreciate, was just curious.It's someone else's fault.0 -
Leave them alone. Of course you can't just go in without the tenants consent. If the bathroom doesn't have adequate ventilation, it's not their fault.
Why are you even skulking around outside anyway?0 -
My wording in red.Mumto3cheekymonkeys wrote: »I really want to get this done as it does not look nice [ as I am concerned for my T's health and would like to able to address any maint/repairs issues which may have helped to create the problem ] someone has told me as long as I give the tenants 24 hours notice I can enter the property whether I get there consent or not. To me this does not sound right and I would not like this, however we are putting the house on the market soon and I want to get it done as it looks so bad.
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As others have said, you should not be entering the property without the T's consent.
You will need the T's co-operation if you want to show potential buyers round too.
Did the T pay you a tenancy deposit btw? Have you scheme registered it and can you prove that you gave the T the scheme's prescribed information? If no ( assuming property is in Eng/Wales) then you will not be able to serve a S21 notice of intention to repossess.
You could give the T information on how to deal with condensation and perhaps offer the use of a dehumidifer to help matters improve.
As others have suggested your best option is really to bring the tenancy to an end and *then* try to sell. T does not have to go until a valid s21 has been served followed by a court order for repossession and bailiff action if necessary0 -
You also seem to have gone back on your promise you made here to him, to not enter without his prior consent... (ie meet your legal obligations...)
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/52850583#Comment_52850583
As he is also on his 2 months notice, given by him, why are you snooping around the property and going in, and worrying he won't let you paint the bathroom?0 -
marliepanda wrote: »to not enter without his prior consent... (ie meet your legal obligations...)
Prior consent can exist by the terms of the contract...
All tenancy agreements have an implied clause that the landlord has the right to enter for specific purposes by giving 24 hour notice.
This is consent.
If tenant expressly replies that he refuses entry after getting notice, the landlord would be unwise to ignore it.0 -
More background to this tenancy at forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=39342490
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Have I missed something here?
Where does it say the OP barged in unnannounced without permission of the tenant to view the damage? Whilst OP has not explained the circumstances for their visit and the susbequent cleaning of the mould/damp, there seems to be a lot of assumptions that they've been snooping around and entering without permission.
Anyone point me in the direction where this has arisen, as so far I cannot seen why OP is being chastised so much for something they may not actually have done!0 -
Some of the respond posts ( including my own) are clearly answering this from the OP
OP does also say that "it does not sound right" which should counter the phrasing of the first part of that post, which is of course open to individual interpetation in the absence of confirmation from the OP, one way or the other..someone has told me as long as I give the tenants 24 hours notice I can enter the property whether I get there consent or not.0
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