Awaiting eviction vulnerable tenant.

Rosemary7391

I see...



You really need to move. Is an extra month worth owing another £4k!?

CommitedToChange

So during the whole time you spent going bankrupt you never though maybe you should find more reasonably priced accomodation?


At £4000 a month your landlord is not ruthless - he's going bankrupt because you want to stay in a place you knew you would never be able to afford. You haven't paid a penny in rent since Jan and have made no attempt at all to move out.


I'm on the landlords side here. Yes you have been very ill - but you 100% knew this would happen and have done nothing to help yourself, and now you want more time? You've had 9 months!



I'm sorry op but if this is true, (and I do wonder) you're the reason you have to "move out in haste like a fugitive"

Cheeky_Monkey

BlackBird75 wrote: »

Maybe your only option is to contact your local squatter network and have them move in?
Sounds a bit crazy, but you're in London and you have little to lose.

Clutching at straws, you could contact the landlord directly and tell him you're going to contact HMRC, and ask them to check he has been declaring his rental income (unless he calls off the eviction). It's a long shot, but you've nothing to lose.

That doesn't just sound crazy, it is actually stupid. They'd just be removed at the same time as the OP and increase the chances of the Police being called to help in their removal.

xylophone

OP, if you were the landlord, what would be your position on rent arrears amounting to thousands of pounds?

I suspect you wouldn't be exactly chuffed or overflowing with the milk of human kindness.....

xylophone

Is an extra month worth owing another £4k!?

As he is bankrupt he doesn't have the money to pay anyway?

Cheeky_Monkey

Tobby230 wrote: »

I am not getting rent on UC because of this situation, just living expenses. They said they will help financially with moving costs, deposit and the rent of the new place.

The present rent is astronomical (£4000 per month) so UC won't cover this and even less because I started getting UC recently. So they don't consider arrears or all this eviction kerfuffle.

So you owe £32,000 for the last 8 months and you think the LL is being unfair to you?

I don't believe a word of it so I'm calling it.

AdrianC

Sorry, what?

Your only income is Universal Credit, and you're in a £4k/month rental...? You now owe £36,000 in rent?

HampshireH

I'm out. Ive now lost any sympathy I was trying to find.

You are wholly responsible for this mess.

You should have moved probably before bankruptcy. Instead you are at present ruining someone elses livelihood.

The judge will not extend youe stay. The high court will probably escalate their attendance quite rapidly.

No media evidence is going to assist and i am surprised the council will either (you appear to have got lucky there)

You should have moved out sooner. Are you living in some kind of palace

HampshireH

*medical not media

antrobus

BlackBird75 wrote: »

Maybe your only option is to contact your local squatter network and have them move in?
Sounds a bit crazy, but you're in London and you have little to lose.

Why?

Squatting in residential properties is a criminal offence. The landlord simply phones plod who can use their big red key to enter the premises, arrest the squatters, and charge 'em. I doubt their are any members of a 'local squatter network' willing to risk six months inside just to p off some landlord.

BlackBird75 wrote: »

Clutching at straws, you could contact the landlord directly and tell him you're going to contact HMRC, and ask them to check he has been declaring his rental income (unless he calls off the eviction). It's a long shot, but you've nothing to lose.

Blackmail is also a criminal offence. OP has enough troubles at the moment without getting arrested as well.

Besides, don't you think that HMRC might keep tans on eviction proceedings to identify 'hidden' landlords?