Possession order

Vodkalass75

Hi,

Our section 21 ended yesterday & my husband has spoken to our LL the other day & he has said that he will be able to get a possession order in 3-4 weeks where as the council are telling us it can take months. We are bidding for council/housing association homes because private rental prices are just too much.

Would appreciate any advice on the process, can the LL get 1 so quick?

Thanks

Pixie5740

dobymicks wrote: »

DHSS by any chance?

Not unless the OP has a time machine.

Pixie5740

Waiting for the court date is the factor that takes the most time. How long that takes varies from area to area. Given that the council's housing department will see more tenants being evicted via the courts than your landlord I would say that they probably have a better handle on timescales than your landlord.

As explained in the link for Ending/Renewing an AST you have previously been given you still don't need to move out once the landlord has the possession order. You can stay until the bailiffs turn up and if the council won't help until you can present yourself as homeless then they will probably make you wait for the bailiffs.

G_M

Ask your localcourt how long the court waiting list is. They will know better than either your LL or the council!

Vodkalass75

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Waiting for the court date is the factor that takes the most time. How long that takes varies from area to area. Given that the council's housing department will see more tenants being evicted via the courts than your landlord I would say that they probably have a better handle on timescales than your landlord.

As explained in the link for Ending/Renewing an AST you have previously been given you still don't need to move out once the landlord has the possession order. You can stay until the bailiffs turn up and if the council won't help until you can present yourself as homeless then they will probably make you wait for the bailiffs.

I know just hate being in Limbo just want it over & done with.

G_M wrote: »

Ask your localcourt how long the court waiting list is. They will know better than either your LL or the council!

Thanks for that will get in touch with them after the weekend.

dobymicks wrote: »

DHSS by any chance?

Very judgemental of you,do you get a kick out of being so judgemental. You know nothing about our situation & it's none of your buisness weather we are on benifits or if we work, but FYI my husband works full time & I am a full time carer for my 16 year old autistic son who hasn't been in education for 6 months.

GDB2222

As a landlord, I'm pretty tame. The only time I went right through this process, it took a couple of months to get the court order issued. I then contacted the court bailiffs who cheerfully told me they had a 3 months backlog. In the end, the tenant moved out before the bailiffs got round to it.

So, check with your court what their backlog is. Then check with the court bailiffs (not the same as the debt-collecting type).

Vodkalass75

GDB2222 wrote: »

As a landlord, I'm pretty tame. The only time I went right through this process, it took a couple of months to get the court order issued. I then contacted the court bailiffs who cheerfully told me they had a 3 months backlog. In the end, the tenant moved out before the bailiffs got round to it.

So, check with your court what their backlog is. Then check with the court bailiffs (not the same as the debt-collecting type).

Thanks for this information, just don't know what to think because he has been a pretty good LL. So I don't understand why he would tell us it would only take him 3-4 weeks to get an order if that wasn't true

silvercar

Vodkalass75 wrote: »

Thanks for this information, just don't know what to think because he has been a pretty good LL. So I don't understand why he would tell us it would only take him 3-4 weeks to get an order if that wasn't true

Maybe he is letting someone else handle it for him, and they have advised a shorter timescale.

Is looking for a private let with Housing Benefit top-up a possibility ?

Miss_Samantha

Vodkalass75 wrote: »

So I don't understand why he would tell us it would only take him 3-4 weeks to get an order if that wasn't true

It is true, that's approximately the time it takes from the start of proceedings.

It does not matter, though. You should move, or you will be made to move and incur £500+ costs in the process.

Vodkalass75

We would.move if we could but we can't afford the £2000-2500 we need upfront because the rent is now out of our price range. Already stressing about the costs have told council etc we can't pay it so we are going to end up with a CCJ unless they take instalments.

G_M

You can explain our financialcircumsances to the court. They may order you to pay the costs in installments.