Evicting tenant - eviction service/solicitor firm

benjus

mandm65 wrote: »

Thanks guys for all your replies, guess thread got drifted a bit
Anyway I am still looking to hear from someone who has taken the expensive route and if they can make any recommendation(s). A bit of research on the subject, seems like minefield, with costs very so much! :mad:

I used a solicitor a couple of years ago the first time I served notice against tenants. I just looked at law firms I'd used in the past that were local to the property and found that one that had a landlord/tenant department (in this case Rothera Dowson in Nottingham). It wasn't cheap - I paid £100 + VAT to prepare the notice, and the same again to have it served in person by a junior solicitor (they recommended service in person - not sure why - and I lived too far away to do it myself). Cost of serving notice: £240.

The next time I needed to serve notice I prepared the notice myself and sent 2 copies by first class post with proof of posting from different post offices. Cost of serving notice: £1.20.

Guest101

jamie11 wrote: »

A possession order from the CC will always allow a minimum 14 days (thanks for letting me know, thought it was minimum 7) before a bailiff can be asked to enforce it, that can be extended to six weeks on application but no longer than that.

Add to that anything from 3 to 12 weeks to get a bailiff to enforce and it can be a very long wait to get your property back.



There is no defence to a properly issued S21. - No i know there's no defence in law, but mitigating circumstances can sometime be taken into account.

Thanks for informing me

Guest101

benjus wrote: »

I used a solicitor a couple of years ago the first time I served notice against tenants. I just looked at law firms I'd used in the past that were local to the property and found that one that had a landlord/tenant department (in this case Rothera Dowson in Nottingham). It wasn't cheap - I paid £100 + VAT to prepare the notice, and the same again to have it served in person by a junior solicitor (they recommended service in person - not sure why - and I lived too far away to do it myself). Cost of serving notice: £240.

The next time I needed to serve notice I prepared the notice myself and sent 2 copies by first class post with proof of posting from different post offices. Cost of serving notice: £1.20.

True to the MSE philosophy

mandm65

benjus wrote: »

The next time I needed to serve notice I prepared the notice myself and sent 2 copies by first class post with proof of posting from different post offices. Cost of serving notice: £1.20.

Yep thats called experience, i guess we all learnt from each other and by sharing our experiences so others can reap the benefits.
Considering you paid £240 just to serve notice, i came across Regency Law Group (website), they are offering eviction service (Step 2) for £399 with No Win, No Fee, am quite tempted by that!

Guest101

mandm65 wrote: »

Yep thats called experience, i guess we all learnt from each other and by sharing our experiences so others can reap the benefits.
Considering you paid £240 just to serve notice, i came across Regency Law Group (website), they are offering eviction service (Step 2) for £399 with No Win, No Fee, am quite tempted by that!

£399 - You cant lose in a s.21 notice. Of course it's no win no fee!

jamie11

There is no defence to a properly issued S21. - No i know there's no defence in law, but mitigating circumstances can sometime be taken into account.

You're still missing the point, mitigating circumstances will have no bearing where the granting of the PO is mandatory on the judge, the only appeal that is possible is for the tenant to try to get the period to leave extended to 42 days, the judge has no authority to extend it further.

Guest101

jamie11 wrote: »

You're still missing the point, mitigating circumstances will have no bearing where the granting of the PO is mandatory on the judge, the only appeal that is possible is for the tenant to try to get the period to leave extended to 42 days, the judge has no authority to extend it further.

That's what im saying (though badly). Mitigating circumstances wont stop or prevent possesion, but could delay it.

I'll stop now, because you've put it much more eliquently than i did.

teeni

just to go back a bit , is the deposit registered because the most perfectly written s21 is useless otherwise