Awaiting eviction vulnerable tenant.

Tobby230

BlackBird75 wrote: »

You never know.
Some landlords fail to declare their rental earnings and it's quite easy for HMRC to catch them following a tip off.

I don't achieve anything by getting the landlord into trouble with HMRC. I have caused
him enough trouble. All I want now is to find a way to put this on hold for a couple of
weeks or a month if I can to find somewhere new to stay.

I might need to speak to a lawyer on Monday to see about applying to suspend the warrant for a limited time. I know that this is possible if the defendant is a vulnerable tenant. I am.

BlackBird75

I know someone who has been involved in evicting the squatters. He wasn't a bailiff, he just fixed up the boarding on the windows and doors etc after they'd been evicted.

The squatters prefer large commercial buildings. They often wear black clothes and red scarves over their faces. We went to look at one of the buildings they were living in once, when I was visiting London. Mostly they are suspicious and peep out of the windows. But I have spoken to a few of them before. They definitely know all the laws on eviction quite well.

davidmcn

BlackBird75 wrote: »

You never know.
Some landlords fail to declare their rental earnings and it's quite easy for HMRC to catch them following a tip off.

Given the current circumstances, how much untaxed profit do you think the landlord is making?

Tobby230

Please: to those mentioning squatters, please drop it. Please be serious. I want serious advice.
This is my flat, where I live with my cats. I am not going to bring in unwanted guests. This is my home,
not some kind of joke.

BlackBird75

Tobby230 wrote: »

I don't achieve anything by getting the landlord into trouble with HMRC. I have caused
him enough trouble. All I want now is to find a way to put this on hold for a couple of
weeks or a month if I can to find somewhere new to stay.

I might need to speak to a lawyer on Monday to see about applying to suspend the warrant for a limited time. I know that this is possible if the defendant is a vulnerable tenant. I am.

I wouldn't waste any money on a solicitor. They won't help you.

I remember a story years ago, someone who was due to be evicted removed all the putty on a downstairs window and replaced it with plasticine. When the bailiffs evicted him, he just left peacefully, then went back in the night and removed the window pane and got back in!

Rosemary7391

Tobby, I think you need to stop fixating on this one letter that didn't get sent in good time. I agree that it shouldn't have happened - but you've been aware for a long time that your LL was attempting to get possession of the property, you knew you had no defence as the rent was unpaid. The court date and following letter was just a formality. You've had loads of extra time given by the court - you really really need to move. If you can go to temporary accommodation for a week or two that might help your stress. But you need to be actively applying for properties that are available now, getting your stuff out to friends and family and seeing if any of them could put you up for a few nights if need be.

If you did go to the judge and ask for more time - what would you say to convince them that you would actually be gone in a month? I'm not seeing it - and it would need to be cast iron, like "I've got place lined up for this date, here is the tenancy agreement signed" to even be considered IMO.

BlackBird75

You may think I'm an idiot, but if you are suggesting the OP leave the property without being physically evicted, then that is bad advice - because he would be intentional homeless. Then his chances of help from the council would go from slim to nil.

As it happens OP already has a place lined up with family support, so it's not actually the drama as originally made out....

iammumtoone

Tobby230 wrote: »

where I live with my cats.

Do you have anyone lined up who will take them in for you. If not this is another thing to add the the list and sort NOW. The bailiffs are not going to be worried about your cats, you will not be able to take them with you if you are offered any kind of emergency accommodation from the council.


Move them to their temporary home tomorrow, if you can't do that do not let them outside. You don't not want the worry/stress of your cats being out when the bailiffs come, you will need to vacate in a matter of hours, the cats may not have returned before you need to be gone.

Tobby230

[QUOTE=Rosemary7391;Tobby, I think you need to stop fixating on this one letter that didn't get sent in good time. I agree that it shouldn't have happened - but you've been aware for a long time that your LL was attempting to get possession of the property, you knew you had no defence as the rent was unpaid. The court date and following letter was just a formality. You've had loads of extra time given by the court - you really really need to move. If you can go to temporary accommodation for a week or two that might help your stress. But you need to be actively applying for properties that are available now, getting your stuff out to friends and family and seeing if any of them could put you up for a few nights if need be.

If you did go to the judge and ask for more time - what would you say to convince them that you would actually be gone in a month? I'm not seeing it - and it would need to be cast iron, like "I've got place lined up for this date, here is the tenancy agreement signed" to even be considered IMO.[/QUOTE]

Yes Rosemary, I am already looking for a place. On Monday I will make calls for viewings etc so I cannot move faster than that. In the meantime I think that if I make applications to appeal or suspend the warrant, these might get rejected but they cannot execute the warrant until these are heard by a judge. It]s just a tactic to win some more time. I was just hoping someone would have some specific advice in that regard. For example, I have read online that the HCEO can only act if the landlord obtains a writ of possession from the High Court. The landlord must also give me notice of making an application for a writ of possession. I have not received such a notice. Therefore from the legal point of view it's incorrect what some people are saying here that the HCEO will just arrive with no notice and chuck me out into the street.

The possession order also says the High Court must give me at least 48 hours' notice. If I get that instead of the notice of application of the writ of possession, then I have a 48 hour period to apply for the suspension of that warrant. It will be rejected, but it will probably take them a week to consider the matter.

As I receive Universal Credit I don't have to pay court fees and I get Legal Aid so I should talk to someone on Monday on Legal Aid to consider these matters, don't you think?

ThePants999

Today I learned that if someone owes you more money than most people make in a year, and it's going up by £4,000 a month, doing something about it is "ruthless".