Serving Notice to my tenants

gay_guy

Don't mean to sound harsh op but glad your not my landlord, feel sorry for your tenants

ging84

I would suggest getting in touch with them, explaining you now wish to move back in so would like them to move out as soon as possible, you will be serving them the official 2 months notice for the start of their next rental period, but would be very keen to take the property back sooner if that is possible and you would be very happy to provide any new landlords with a reference.

But don't expect too much cooperation unless you have been a particularly friendly landlord, it may be you property, but it is their home and you are asking them to leave it, this is not something anyone takes lightly

if them leaving early is that important to you i would suggest offering to pay the referencing / admin fees they'll have to pay on a new property and/or pay a contribution towards removal cost

mrginge

Jeez, such moral indignation over a landlord who wants his house back.
Perhaps one of you can explain to me exactly what is wrong with this?

Maybe we should have a midnight vigil for the poor tenants who are being forced out of a property that they don't own by the evil landlord who wants to move back in.
And tbh, even if he wants to boot them out so he can flog the place for a massive profit to a local starbucks franchise, so what?

OP might be a bit clueless, but at least he's here asking the question and not just turning up on the bleedin doorstep !!!!!!.

ging84

mrginge, it's because he wants to kick someone out of their house they've lived in for maybe 6 years with 4 weeks notice, less than half the minimum they are entitled to

Blackpool_Saver

4 weeks, are you having a laugh, 2 months minimum, if you are lucky and I hope you won't be harassing them either

G_M

ging84 wrote: »

mrginge, it's because he wants to kick someone out of their house they've lived in for maybe 6 years with 4 weeks notice, less than half the minimum they are entitled to

He simply expressed his preference and asked if/how it could be done.

Can anyone advise me on the best way to go about it, ideally I would like them
out in 4 weeks but am unsure if this is possible.

What's wrong with that?

He now has access to the information about
a) what the tenants are entitled to (depending on the circumstances)
b) how to proceed formally, taking a) above into account and
c) what informal approach may, or may not, be possible.

Nowhere does he suggest he wants to do anything other than what is legal, or moral.

Soleil_lune

mrginge wrote: »

Jeez, such moral indignation over a landlord who wants his house back.
Perhaps one of you can explain to me exactly what is wrong with this?

Maybe we should have a midnight vigil for the poor tenants who are being forced out of a property that they don't own by the evil landlord who wants to move back in.
And tbh, even if he wants to boot them out so he can flog the place for a massive profit to a local starbucks franchise, so what?

OP might be a bit clueless, but at least he's here asking the question and not just turning up on the bleedin doorstep !!!!!!.

Agree. I am not a massive supporter of landlords as I had a bad experience with mine and I know some LLs are t**ts, HOWEVER, the moral outcry on this thread is absurd.

As for saying 'I would hate to be a tenant - 6 years and then it's GET OUT,' or 'I would hate to have YOU as a landlord:' FGS, being a private let tenant runs the risk of being asked to leave at 2 months notice at any time, with any landlord unless you have specific 12 month contracts.

At the end of the day, all he has to do is issue S21, give 2 months notice, and if they won't move, then he can take it to the legal eviction process. Frankly, they would be rather foolish to not move, as they are not exactly going to get a glowing reference from the LL are they, if they refuse to budge, and subsequently, they could/will find it hard to get another let, if they have a court eviction on their record and a poor landlord reference.

It may be their home at the moment, but it's his HIS property.

edited to say: can you possibly give them a BIT longer OP, so they are not having to leave at Christmas? maybe warn them now that you would like to have your house back say, end of January, and that you will be issuing them with the 2 months notice on 30th November. You don't have a chance of getting the house back in four weeks, the law says they don't have to move out that soon, and they are more likely to be difficult if you start demanding they leave soon. Giving them advance warning now, that you will be issuing 2 months notice at the end of November, is far more likely to make them more reasonable.

Blackpool_Saver

NO, don't even mention it until AFTER Christmas if you have ANY moral fibre at all

ging84

G_M wrote: »

Nowhere does he suggest he wants to do anything other than what is legal, or moral.

I would say that any attempt to deprive someone of their home in 4 weeks is immoral, trying to find out how to do it is the first step, so what if it turns out that the law is totally against you so you can't do it, the intention was there, presumably he if he could do it he would be considering doing it, otherwise why ask about it.
If there was a law such that he could give 4 weeks or less and legally force his tenants out immediately after, would you feel good giving people advice on how to do it?

anselld

The OP is averaging a post every two years, so either way it could be some time before we know the outcome!