Evicting my tenants

Hasbeen

Hmaginness wrote: »

Hi, i wondered if anyone can help advise on the best way to evict my tenants as soon as I can as I wish to sell my house.

We are buying another property and I don't want to have to pay second property stamp duty which is a lot of money seeing as I want to sell the house and will not be gaining from it

The AST finished at beginning March, 2017, my tenants signed up for a 6 month contract, but they are refusing to leave until they get a council house

I am serving a section 21 today with a lawyer so everything should be ok and not rejected. I have a DPS and have always repaired the house when asked

My questions are:
- Will the council now prioritise the tenants as they have an S21 for a new council house to avoid court?
- If we do go to court can i claim back any court costs?
- Am I legally allowed to sell the house with them as tenants, bearing in mind that another landlord will have to take them on which I imagine is unlikely
- are there any ways of getting them higher on the Council list priority list? 1 tenant works (but is now off with stress!) 1 doesn't and they have 3 children.

I cant afford to go to court just because they don't want to leave, and I quote they 'want a garden'!!

this will cost me thousands in second stamp duty and also who knows what in court fees which just isnt fair!

Any help appreciated

thanks

It should take about 6 months to evict and obviously no rental income and approx. £2000 in costs they have more rights than you and the contract is only binding on Landlords side:)

ognum

Hasbeen wrote: »

It should take about 6 months to evict and obviously no rental income and approx. £2000 in costs they have more rights than you and the contract is only binding on Landlords side:)

There will be rental income if the tenants want council housing, no rent equals intentionally homeless which means no local authority housing!

Leo2020

ognum wrote: »

Where do you live please?

Sheffield. I know someone who asked their landlord to evict them so they could get a council property and just write a letter to that effect. Someone who got their mother to write a letter saying they were being thrown out and both times they got a council house.

Also a landlord that has written letters for their tenants saying they were being evicted and these were taken to the council and their tenants given council homes.