Trying to sell flat - tenant has made it look awful

19lottie82

OP a tenant will put off any sensible buyer. Serve a valid S21, get the tenant out, give the flat a quick refurb THEN market it for sale.

19lottie82

sitesafe wrote: »

Apparently if the the bedroom doors are lockable from the outside and the room is being rented out it means they are tenants. If there are no locks on the bedroom doors then lodgers - afaiw

Nonsense.

You can't apply this simple definition to separate lodgers / tenents.

dominoman

Kick em out and sell it vacant. Much less hassle all around and you will attract buyers who are looking for a quick chain-free sale.

sander8

Sounds like they've broken many different terms to what should be stated in the tenancy agreement, which means you should be fine serving notice. I can sympathise with you on this one. My tenants caused me £10k of damage to my place the other year! The law was on their side of course.

sitesafe

19lottie82 wrote: »

Nonsense.

You can't apply this simple definition to separate lodgers / tenents.

Like I said, as far as i'm aware, having read it somewhere on more than one occasion.

I stand corrected as you are obviously the voice of expertise.

sitesafe

19lottie82 wrote: »

Nonsense.

You can't apply this simple definition to separate lodgers / tenents.

as per item three on the first web page I came across there can be situations whereby the lock on the door can determine this, not always, but sometimes - so, you were a bit quick to judge there weren't you xxx

http://www.lodgerlandlord.co.uk/2010/03/09/the-five-main-differences-between-a-lodger-and-a-tenant/
xx

Mojisola

glamourpug wrote: »

The tenant has removed my furniture, fitted locks on bedroom doors, and appears to be using the living room as a bedroom too.

It sounds as if your tenant has turned your flat into an HMO.

https://www.gov.uk/private-renting/houses-in-multiple-occupation
Your home is a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) if:
at least 3 tenants live there, forming more than 1 household
you share toilet, bathroom or kitchen facilities with other tenants

19lottie82

sitesafe wrote: »

as per item three on the first web page I came across there can be situations whereby the lock on the door can determine this, not always, but sometimes - so, you were a bit quick to judge there weren't you xxx

http://www.lodgerlandlord.co.uk/2010/03/09/the-five-main-differences-between-a-lodger-and-a-tenant/
xx

Yes the FIVE main DIFFERENCES.

Simply putting a lock on a door (or removing one) doesn't turn a lodger into a tenant or vice versa.

Bella73

For what it's worth I think you need to start the process of eviction, we didn't even bother to view properties with tenants as we didn't want to wait for them to be gone.

sitesafe

19lottie82 wrote: »

Yes the FIVE main DIFFERENCES.

Simply putting a lock on a door (or removing one) doesn't turn a lodger into a tenant or vice versa.

Thank you - useful piece of information, (would have been more useful to have included it in your initial response to my posting rather than use the term 'nonsense' - as it wasn't 'nonsense' in the end as it formed part of the criteria you now quote.