Tenants won't leave but it's not my property...yet.

Kynthia

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Have you checked out what the legal position is re supply of services - gas, electric, water to this flat. As there are no tenants living in it any longer (well - there SHOULDNT be/how could there be? - with the fact they were due out before now) then couldnt one of you say "The flat is empty now - so it doesnt need its services - cut them off".

In England this is attempting an illegal eviction and is a criminal offense.

If the law doesnt allow that and those tenants are the sort of people who want to have cake and eat it - by squatting on the one hand but demanding services
still be supplied on the other hand.

They aren't squatting as they have a tenancy. If they did end the tenancy they still aren't squatters and can only be evicted by a court order and court bailiffs.

I guess we don't really know what the teanants actually signed as the landlord could be saying whatever you wanted to hear when buying.

sequence

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Guess you have to keep up the pressure on the current owner of your flat to get those tenants out.

Have you checked out what the legal position is re supply of services - gas, electric, water to this flat. As there are no tenants living in it any longer (well - there SHOULDNT be/how could there be? - with the fact they were due out before now) then couldnt one of you say "The flat is empty now - so it doesnt need its services - cut them off".

This is where I say "check it out" as to whether you or the current owner can cut off those services on the grounds that the flat is now empty (even though it isnt - because they are squatting there illegally in effect).

If the law doesnt allow that and those tenants are the sort of people who want to have cake and eat it - by squatting on the one hand but demanding services still be supplied on the other hand - then I guess its up to the current owner of the flat to pay for his over-optimistic mistake and bribe them out (I expect thats what they are waiting for....:(). I would be pointing out to him that he had two choices - bribe those squatters out or pay me compensation for not having given me vacant possession of my flat as per promise and that it was going to cost him either way.

The above poster should be ignored, as he/she clearly as no understanding of anything mentioned in this thread. I think you'll find it's the landlord who wants their cake and to eat it. If you want to sell your house- evict the tenants *first*. Taking rent money and trying to evict them on a whim is wrong. The tenants are paying rent for their home. They are not and won't ever be squatters.