Tenant Arrears

Fuzzythinking

Hi

I am currently a private landlord and my tenants has a problem in paying rent on the time plus owe me about two and half months arrears.

They have been very difficult to deal with as they keep making excuses and avoiding to make arrangement to resolve the matter as well as making false promise.

Now I am considering to evict them but I need to recover the tenant arrears swiftly but I do not have experience to deal with it before and I need to do it legally and treat the situation carefully.

My former neighbour emailed me that they were planning to leave very soon and they have not informed me yet. I have the bad feeling that they are planning to do the runner.

Please advise me how to deal with this situation swiftly.

Fuzzythinking

tom9980

Fuzzythinking wrote: »

Hi

I am currently a private landlord and my tenants has a problem in paying rent on the time plus owe me about two and half months arrears.

They have been very difficult to deal with as they keep making excuses and avoiding to make arrangement to resolve the matter as well as making false promise.

Now I am considering to evict them but I need to recover the tenant arrears swiftly but I do not have experience to deal with it before and I need to do it legally and treat the situation carefully.

My former neighbour emailed me that they were planning to leave very soon and they have not informed me yet. I have the bad feeling that they are planning to do the runner.

Please advise me how to deal with this situation swiftly.

Fuzzythinking

read this post for some help http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=52421475&postcount=6

Fuzzythinking

tom9980 wrote: »

read this post for some help http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=52421475&postcount=6

Thank you for link, it seems that I have to hire solicitor to deal with the tenant arrears via court directly. This means I have to pay for it and how much would it cost me roughly?

Fuzzy-thinking

G_M

You don't need a solicitor, but you DO need to know what you are doing and get it right.

You can serve a S8 Notice for renat arrears if they owe more than 2 months rent.

Are you a member of a landlords association? If not, why not? They will guide you through the process.

Fuzzythinking

G_M wrote: »

You don't need a solicitor, but you DO need to know what you are doing and get it right.

You can serve a S8 Notice for renat arrears if they owe more than 2 months rent.

Are you a member of a landlords association? If not, why not? They will guide you through the process.

Thank you for information.

Do you know where to find example of S8 Notice form to give me idea how to write in the section 3 and 4?

I would be very grateful to get hold of it asap and I need to give tenant my form tomorrow.

Fuzzythinking

G_M

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=52421475&postcount=6

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/agreements.htm

lighting_up_the_chalice

Fuzzythinking wrote: »

Thank you for information.

Do you know where to find example of S8 Notice form to give me idea how to write in the section 3 and 4?

I would be very grateful to get hold of it asap and I need to give tenant my form tomorrow.

Fuzzythinking

Here's the legislation, including grounds.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/contents

If you cannot follow it, I suggest you employ suitable legal advice or become a member of a landlords association.

Fuzzythinking

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

Here's the legislation, including grounds.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/contents

If you cannot follow it, I suggest you employ suitable legal advice or become a member of a landlords association.

Do I need to apply S8 Notice form to recover my tenant arrears even though the tenants propose to leave my property without paying my arrears?

Fuzzythinking

Tenants emailed me that they want to terminate the contract and did not mention about how to pay me the tenant arrears.

Will it affect the S8 Notice application?

Regards

Fuzzythinking

Fuzzythinking

Fuzzythinking wrote: »

Tenants emailed me that they want to terminate the contract and did not mention about how to pay me the tenant arrears.

Will it affect the S8 Notice application?

Regards

Fuzzythinking

Can anyone please give me advice?

It has been distressing situation as i could not sleep for 24 hours.

I guess it is part and package of being landlord.

RAS

They remain legally liable for the cost of their rent upto the date when the fixed term ends. But you can only serve notice if you have their new address.

Is the deposit protected (assuming you are in England) and did you provide the required notification to them?

Any chance oof getting the neighbour to extract a forwarding address?