Tenants asking to not pay rent this month

ifeelsad

We have seen them, and they are actually done to a good standard. I would expect to have to do some redecorating after tenants move out anyway, as we did when the last lot moved out. So this wouldn't bother me anyway, unless they were painting rooms black or some other colour that would take 20 coats of paint to cover.

Still just half.

Lord_Baltimore

ifeelsad wrote: »

I’m just a nice person. They don’t want to make the back rent up – they want us to give them an entire month free!

I know you're a nice person so could you send me some money please? I've spent all mine on necessities at the pub.

I promise not to send it back to you

dktreesea

ifeelsad wrote: »

We have seen them, and they are actually done to a good standard. I would expect to have to do some redecorating after tenants move out anyway, as we did when the last lot moved out. So this wouldn't bother me anyway, unless they were painting rooms black or some other colour that would take 20 coats of paint to cover.

Still just half.

Still just half. Mmm. I don't care what improvements they have made. Big deal. You don't ask them to. At least get an eviction notice going. It will get their attention. If it doesn't work and they drag on, do a high court eviction instead. All very quick and the bailiffs will seize their chattels to pay the shortfall. They'll have two hours to collect their stuff and move out. They may then magically come up with the money, lo and behold, but if they do, the tenancy is already cancelled, so you put them on on a ashort term holiday let if they have paid in advnace for the next period. if not they just leave. The bailiff changes all the locks. you make some arrangement for them to come back and collect their things, minus whatever it is the bailiffs sell on their behalf and give to you if they can't come up with the money.


They don't sound like "can't pay" to me. More like "won't pay."


If you want your property back you need to toughen up. Someone saying to you they want a month's free rent? You are kidding me. If they want free rent they can move in with their parents!


Sorry to be this blunt, but they are grown ups, not children. Stop enabling them.

dktreesea

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

I know you're a nice person so could you send me some money please? I've spent all mine on necessities at the pub.

I promise not to send it back to you

On a darker note though, it's a bit worse than that. More along the lines of:


"Well yes, we get housing benefit to pay our rent, but I don't like the idea of MY housing benefit going to pay off YOUR mortgage, rich, greedy landlord. So hey you can just s0d off, and good luck to you getting us out of your property!"


Why that isn't theft and fraud, i really don't know. And I'd care less if I were the landlord.


https://www.gov.uk/evicting-tenants/eviction-notices-and-bailiffs
and in particular:
"High Court Enforcement Officers (HCEO)

You can speed up the eviction by applying to have the warrant transferred from the county court to the High Court. An HCEO will carry out the eviction.
You can do this if you’re claiming more than £600 including court costs. "


That's probably you by now, OP. Or it soon will be once they are 1.5 months in arrears. Come on, seriously? How many hundreds of pounds do you want them to be in hock to you before you take action?


If really you are that nice and well off you can take it on the chin, can I move in with the first three months rent free when they move out? I promise to pay you rent after that....maybe...