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My mum's tenants won't leave...
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The local letting agency issued an email to all the landlords on its list recently, to say that a certain local area near me (no place names mentioned to protect the guilty
) was a such a hotspot for defaulting tenants that the courts now have a serious backlog. Due to this backlog it was taking extraordinarily long to actually evict tenants. Hinting that therefore, landlords need to be extra special wary when taking on new tenants and should use a reputable & thorough letting agent.
A bit of crafty marketing by the agent, or based in fact?
Most probably a bit of both.0 -
HamiltonPOLE wrote: »Yep the 2 month without rent payment has passed now, by the looks of things my mum should get her property back soon.
The problem is, if the tenant reduces the arrears to £1 below two months arrears, your case will fail. If you have professional tenants, they will know this. Best to issue a S21 at the same time so at least you know you can give official notice to quit and once the time period is up, appoint bailiffs or go to High Court and appoint sheriffs (more expensive but lot quicker).0 -
deannatrois wrote: »The problem is, if the tenant reduces the arrears to £1 below two months arrears, your case will fail. If you have professional tenants, they will know this. Best to issue a S21 at the same time so at least you know you can give official notice to quit and once the time period is up, appoint bailiffs or go to High Court and appoint sheriffs (more expensive but lot quicker).
Think your confused.
S8 doesn't auto fail if the reduce by £1. It's discretionary.
A s21 is not notice to quit, it's notice of intent to seek possession. You can't just appoint bailiffs or sheriffs at that point. You need to go to court first!0 -
There's also the small matter of the deposit not being protected so it would have to be returned before issuing a Section 21.0
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