Complicated - need advice as a Landlord

anjou21

The money is not the issue here, I just don't want her in the house.

Pixie5740

anjou21 wrote: »

CJ Davies - I think there is, my house is not pristine but it is tidy and clean and if you owned a house and had just spent £20k on it plus having the garden landscaped at a further cost of £4k and the plants were not being watered and all dead - how would you feel. The tenant was incredibly appreciative of having such a nice place and took care of it and the garden - she it treating it like some doss house which it is not.

Then you're not really cut out to be a landlord if you're going to get emotional about it.

On what ground would you serve a Section 8? When does the fixed term end? If soon or it has ended then a Section 21 might be a better shout providing you protected the deposit etc correctly.

If there's damage over and above fair wear and tear at the end of the tenancy then you make deductions from the deposit. I'm sure you'll have a detailed check-in inventory proving the condition at the start of the tenancy so will have no issues of this goes to arbitration or if you need to go to small claims court should the damage exceed the value of the deposit.

marksoton

anjou21 wrote: »

Housebuyer77, Yes Tenancy only signed by him and in his name - company pay the rent as he has/had no UK bank account at the time of signing the agreement, company also paid deposit for him.

MarkSoton - it is not the employers fault, they have paid the rent for him as he is not working for them at the moment due to some personal issues. In fact they could walk away and leave me to deal with it all but are helping as much as they can.

Then forget about the employer. Your contract is with him and him alone regardless of where funds come from.

S8 served under grounds of anti social behaviour. Job done.

Pixie5740

It's not your house now. You've given possession of the property to the tenant in exchange for money (rent). You don't get to say who he does and doesn't have in his home. You're his landlord not his mother.

theartfullodger

Is deposit protected with company noted as relevant party & PI served on both tenant & company within 30 days of payment?
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/falling-foul-of-the-tenancy-deposit-scheme-a-lesson-learnt.aspx

Done any training in landlord/tenant law please?

Yeah, s8, no probs: Against your tenant, not the company, not girlfriend.

Does tenancy state s8 can be used for which grounds during the fixed term, please?

Did you satisfy yourself & could you satisfy HM government (eg copies of passports, Visas etc..) of all over-18 occupants "Right to Rent" (....interesting fines on offer there...)? And all other legal requirements? (Some 100+ UK laws at least...)

anjou21 wrote: »

I have given her at least 48 hours notice and have made 3 visits over the past month to .........

The person you need to serve notice of inspection on is your tenant, not her, albeit sensible to inform her: In writing in all cases (paper...), keep copies. Make sure in future copies sent (paper, to the property, and email for safety) to tenant also.

You can ask girlfriend to leave: (Calm & polite, in front of witness...). She does not have to until court & bailiff enforce. Even if she leaves the tenancy is not ended: You really need court action. Good news is likely tenant won't defend:

What is your confidence level regarding your performance in front of judge concerned for the safety of vulnerable young lady etc etc ?? Do you have the financial AND emotional reserves to cope with (say..) 7 months of no rent until you finally get court-enforced possession?

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Cheers!

agrinnall

anjou21 wrote: »

AnotherJoe - Sorry but regardless of my'English Grammar' don't bother responding with sarcasm - highly unhelpful and not at all constructive is it

You see, responses like this are why people are put off from helping.

There was nothing sarcastic, unhelpful or not constructive about AnotherJoe's post, he was simply pointing out that many forum users will simply ignore a huge block of text that is not easy to read. He wasn't suggesting that you had to change any of what you had written (in fact, having spelled "readable" incorrectly himself he'd have opened himself up to criticism), just to put in a few paragraph breaks.

But now you have annoyed at least him and me, and neither of us are going to help you, and who knows how many more people have taken against you in the same way?

anjou21

Artful Dodger - Yes to all of your questions apart from last one as I was not aware that the girlfriend had moved in I only had the tenants passport details, all documents were prepared by a Solicitor who specialised in Property Law and the deposit was paid into an approved tenancy scheme and full details sent to the tenant and company. Unfortunately the solicitor is on an extended holiday ad his sidekick is not great at returning calls. I think that Marksoton is right that I can serve an S8 on the tenant (if I can locate him) as there are five terms and conditions including anti-social behaviour that I can sight.

what has amazed me on this forum is the number of people who obviously rent and have a 'don't give a damn what I do to the property' attitude - if they owned a house worth £400k and it was the inheritance for their children I wonder if their attitude would be the same. This was paid for with hard work and I am not about to allow some woman to destroy the place.

Wyndham

Original post gone. OP that's really irritating, even if you didn't like the replies, it's sometimes useful for others to see in case their experience is similar.

G_M

anjou21 wrote: »

Artful Dodger - .

and now you've p*ssed of another potentially helpful and experianced poster:

He is theartfullodger......

G_M

If you want help:

1) date tenancy started
2) Term of tenancy or end date
3) Deposit taken?
4) date deposit registered
5) date PI served
6) rent up to date? If not, extent of arrears
7) at start of tenany, was Gov leaflet provided? EPC? gas cert? smoke/CO alarms (if required)?

All of the above affect your future options.

Which of the S8 grounds do you feel apply? See

Schedule 2 (17 S8 Grounds a LL can use)