Eviction in 7 days

Jellybean_Jo

Out of interest, what would you do if one of the tenants in your BTL properties did this? Say you've got new tenants (with kids, for arguments sake) lined up ready to move in, they've given notice on their old property and will be homeless if they can't move in to your rented property because your old tenants have given notice and then not left?

jjlandlord

sturman wrote: »

My thought process was that a vacating letter may have stalled the court process for a month.Section 21 had already been served a year ago.

It should have been rather clear from your previous thread that while the landlord could have started court proceedings following the s.21 notice's expiry, the probability of him doing so was extremely low since the agent was actually pushing for renewal.
In addition, it should also have been clear that even if your landlord had started proceedings, they would have taken several months and at most cost you circa £200 in the end (which looks cheap now, imo).

sturman wrote: »

I thought that should completion[which was 95% certain] take place,no probs and if not LL would have to wait.

You're saying that you served your notice to quit with the intention to ignore it and let your LL 'wait' should you not be able to complete on time.
So this is really a mess of your own making and you should have taking the current situation into account in your cunning plan.

Werdnal

sturman wrote: »

I get a feeling that this is a forum by LL for LL

Possibly, but then they are LLs who give a lot of good genuine free advice to both tenants and fellow landlords!

If you don't like the responses, go find a forum for tenants and argue your case there. But what this boils down to is yet another long and ever growing thread giving you advice on your situation which you do not agree with. Surely you can see the majority of advice here leans towards to fact that YOU are in the wrong, yet you still argue against it. If you are so sure you are right and determined to ignore the advice you have been given, why post in the first place?

rpc

sturman wrote: »

liasse closely with tenants if they want to have continuous occupancy...

If it was the LL who gave you notice, then perhaps. Notice given by a LL does not end the tenancy.

You gave a binding committment to the LL that you would leave on a certain date, which has the effect of terminating the tenancy and your right to occupy. What else is there to liaise about?

The advice to house buyers moving from rented is *always* the same. You never ever ever give notice until after exchange (or completed missives in Scotland). OK, so you may have to pay rent alongside the mortgage for a month but that is insignificant in the grand scheme of house buying. In an attempt to save a couple of hundred quid, you have left your family with nowhere to live. In your case, if your LL had chosen to go to court, there are good odds that you would have left before the hearing anyway.

sturman

Jellybean_Jo wrote: »

Out of interest, what would you do if one of the tenants in your BTL properties did this? Say you've got new tenants (with kids, for arguments sake) lined up ready to move in, they've given notice on their old property and will be homeless if they can't move in to your rented property because your old tenants have given notice and then not left?

Happens all the time.If youre a proffesional you would know this.Its a bonus if you have no dead time. Never would i guarauntee a place without being a hundred % that my tennant would leave....This has all come about because of stupid unproffessional LL and greedy LA. My original question has been answered and i know where i stand.I learnt a new thing about double rent and have clarified my situation about eviction with Shelter. Are you a LL??

sturman

Werdnal wrote: »

Possibly, but then they are LLs who give a lot of good genuine free advice to both tenants and fellow landlords!

If you don't like the responses, go find a forum for tenants and argue your case there. But what this boils down to is yet another long and ever growing thread giving you advice on your situation which you do not agree with. Surely you can see the majority of advice here leans towards to fact that YOU are in the wrong, yet you still argue against it. If you are so sure you are right and determined to ignore the advice you have been given, why post in the first place?

What advice have you offered??? You just seem to be jumping on someones misfortune

jjlandlord

Yeah, LL should expect scummy tenants... Does not mean it is therefore alright to behave like one.

Jellybean_Jo

sturman wrote: »

Happens all the time.If youre a proffesional you would know this.Its a bonus if you have no dead time. Never would i guarauntee a place without being a hundred % that my tennant would leave....This has all come about because of stupid unproffessional LL and greedy LA. My original question has been answered and i know where i stand.I learnt a new thing about double rent and have clarified my situation about eviction with Shelter. Are you a LL??

No, but I fail to see what that has to do with my question.

I would also disagree with the bit in bold; in my opinion (with experience as tenant and a home buyer) is that this has come about because you gave notice without being given a completion date and now you're looking for a way to fix your mistake.

Zorz_2

sturman wrote: »

What advice have you offered??? You just seem to be jumping on someones misfortune

A misfortune of your own making... You say that this forum is pro-LL. If anything, I see more people here complaining about the opposite.

Jellybean_Jo

Zorz wrote: »

A misfortune of your own making... You say that this forum is pro-LL. If anything, I see more people here complaining about the opposite.

I would definitely agree with this; more posts about helping tenants in difficult situations than anything else...and a lot of that comes form people who are LL's themselves!