should I give Tenant notice now

G_M

Why not serve grounds 8 & 10 together?

Ground 1? I assume you gave notice in writing to the tenant before the tenancy started that possession might be recovered on this groun? The "just and equitable to dispense with the requirement of notice" is hard to convince the courts.....

GobbledyGook

jstvj wrote: »

Thank you for the very constructive advice. I saw the bank yesterday and they are happy to issue the tenant with a standing order history, so she can prove the rent left her account. However this is obviously doubtful and so far nothing has come of Dad's so called intervention, which is even more suspicious. .

It's therefore apparent she has spent the rent on her horse and telling me lies. I will have to see if she honours her promise to pay some cash today. If she fails, then I shall have the section 8 and 21 issued straightaway. If she pays some and makes a reasonable offer to catch up, I will still have the section 21 issued to be on the safe side.

You and others have kindly advised me to join a LA, but Visum have been very helpful, knowledgeable and I have every confidence they will get the notices right. They will also complete the court papers if needed, so with respect what more could a LA do ? I also know that I shall have to go to court myself because I couldn't afford representation.

I am living on my state pension and without the rent, I have no surplus and ironically, I have outstanding vets bills to pay.


many thanks to you and the other positive posters, your input and advice is much appreciated.

The LA will teach you what you need to do. Visum might be good, but if they make a mistake it's you that will suffer. When I first rented out I used a lettings agent. He was great at finding tenants, dealing with repairs, but his section form had the wrong date on it and it delayed eviction by another month. I couldn't spot it because I didn't know. I also came very close to breaking the law because of an error they made.

Being a landlord means the buck stops with you. Do you know how well Visum train their staff? Do you know how many evictions they've dealt with? It's so easy to get wrong, you'd be much better off if you know the process inside out yourself. Also if you are having contact with your tenant, as you clearly are, it's much better if you know the processes inside out, it saves errors, confusion and means you can say to tenants "Well if you do X I'll do Y" or "If you don't do X by this date I'll do Y" and you'll know that what you are saying is correct and legal.

Also if you have a local landlord association (or forum if you are not keen on a LA) it can be very, very handy for knowing about issues locally. It's also a good place to get hints and tips. I found my gas guy and plumber from recommendations on there, I avoided a nightmare tenant by knowing that her landlord isn't one of the unscrupulous ones (there are a lot of them here - it can make it hard to judge a tenant sometimes) and it was someone on there who got my advert into the hospital staff room and I've never had a single void (or problem tenant) since. It can be very worthwhile. I know that on two occasions one guy has assisted others in eviction proceedings as it was part of his old job and it saved them a fortune. It might be different in other areas right enough, there are a lot of rental properties/landlords around here.

Good luck. I think still issuing the s21 is a good idea. I would be looking for a new tenant for the end of their term as there are too many inconsistencies in their story (If I'd already paid my landlord would have the proof and I'd be sat in the bank until they sorted it!)

If you are going to be late/unable to pay your rent and your landlord finds out from the bank rather than you then you are not a good tenant imo.

jstvj

GobbledyGook wrote: »

The LA will teach you what you need to do. Visum might be good, but if they make a mistake it's you that will suffer. When I first rented out I used a lettings agent. He was great at finding tenants, dealing with repairs, but his section form had the wrong date on it and it delayed eviction by another month. I couldn't spot it because I didn't know. I also came very close to breaking the law because of an error they made.

Being a landlord means the buck stops with you. Do you know how well Visum train their staff? Do you know how many evictions they've dealt with? It's so easy to get wrong, you'd be much better off if you know the process inside out yourself. Also if you are having contact with your tenant, as you clearly are, it's much better if you know the processes inside out, it saves errors, confusion and means you can say to tenants "Well if you do X I'll do Y" or "If you don't do X by this date I'll do Y" and you'll know that what you are saying is correct and legal.

Also if you have a local landlord association (or forum if you are not keen on a LA) it can be very, very handy for knowing about issues locally. It's also a good place to get hints and tips. I found my gas guy and plumber from recommendations on there, I avoided a nightmare tenant by knowing that her landlord isn't one of the unscrupulous ones (there are a lot of them here - it can make it hard to judge a tenant sometimes) and it was someone on there who got my advert into the hospital staff room and I've never had a single void (or problem tenant) since. It can be very worthwhile. I know that on two occasions one guy has assisted others in eviction proceedings as it was part of his old job and it saved them a fortune. It might be different in other areas right enough, there are a lot of rental properties/landlords around here.

Good luck. I think still issuing the s21 is a good idea. I would be looking for a new tenant for the end of their term as there are too many inconsistencies in their story (If I'd already paid my landlord would have the proof and I'd be sat in the bank until they sorted it!)

If you are going to be late/unable to pay your rent and your landlord finds out from the bank rather than you then you are not a good tenant imo.

Thank you, makes a lot of sense.