Inconsiderate Tenants Living in House I'm Buying

A_Nice_Englishman

The landlord has already had six months to get the tenants out. Surely it can be done in that time, however awkward they try to be?

OR (for those who dislike landlords)

The tenants have had six months to find a new home.Surely that is long enough for anyone?

mumoftwins

Well, so far it has been 5 weeks since Possession Order was granted by the Judge and the actual Eviction date is Nov 8th (but in some areas this would have been sooner) - from my side of things with the council, I contacted them straight after the court hearing but it took them 12 days to see me and their enquiries are still ongoing! But I should hear anyday now and hopefully be out before the 8th November.

The buyers of this property offered in mid August so all in all it will be a normal transaction timewise - in fact somewhat quicker than most property sales!!

mumoftwins

A_Nice_Englishman wrote: »

The landlord has already had six months to get the tenants out. Surely it can be done in that time, however awkward they try to be?

OR (for those who dislike landlords)

The tenants have had six months to find a new home.Surely that is long enough for anyone?

Yes if the OP's Vendor/LL had been more proactive from the start then it should have all been dealt with by now.

As soon as I knew LL had sold I had to remind him that in order for me to get help from the council he had to start the eviction process and I must say that he was a bit lax on getting it started too! But I have done everything possible to try and speed things up but it has been like banging my head against a brick wall at times!!

A_Nice_Englishman

Thanks for an interesting post mumoftwins. Yours is a situation I'd never thought about before and you clearly know your housing law! Hope you (and the twins) are settled in your new home soon.

moneysaver12

iam living in private rented property through a letting agent, i hope i don't find my self in the postion again off having to find another house till me and my oh get one together, my first private rented the landlord wanted his house back after a year, it was suppose be that he was lettting it long term, am now in another house and just hope it doesn't happen again, having to find another house was stressful and the moving, after thinking that i was ok in the pervious house, saying that six months should be enough time to find another property, i manged it within a month of been told that my landlord wanted the house back

BobProperty

A_Nice_Englishman wrote: »

The landlord has already had six months to get the tenants out. Surely it can be done in that time, however awkward they try to be?.....

No, you should be able to spin it out for 9-12 months if you know what you are doing and the landlord isn't perfect with their side of things.

SquatNow

Even if the property owners goes buy the book it will be 6 months.

This is why social squatting is viable.

franklee

I suggest you ask the seller exactly where he is in the possession process bearing in mind that the S21 cannot expire before the end of a fixed term contract so once you know when the fixed term ended or will end you can see the next steps.

This post gives you a rough idea of what happens when a landlord seeks possession using a section 21 notice:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=6533251&postcount=16