advice on serving a Section 8 pls

Fire_Fox

molly22 wrote: »

having served the section 8 notice on my tenant and him suggesting paying the deposit back in 2 halves, so he can put a deposit on his next tenancy, we are now at stalemate.

he wanted cash and i wanted to pay by cheque so i can track it.
when i refused cash he eventually accepted a cheque by which time i had thought that if the first half of the deposit bought him some drugs (he wouldnt accept a cheque from me payable directly to his new LL, wont even tell me where he is going) he still wouldn't be in any state to move out of my property.
so i offered him the full £500 in cash as long as he had emptied my property of his stuff and was about to leave and hand over the keys.

he is now constantly texting me and ringing and about an hour ago even showed up at my house! (i wasnt in but my elderley sister was)

whats next?
:mad:

Why are you just making this up as you go along, why are you negotiating with this person?? Get legal advice, follow the legal process to evict this tenant. And please, join a landlords association and get trained on your legal rights and obligations, you sound like you have absolutely no idea what you are doing. Stop dealing with tenants by text, that is for mates not a professional relationship you will struggle to use the contents of a text message in court.