High court eviction

Comms69

John_G_Jones wrote: »

If I’d got to the high court stage then I would most definitely not delay for a second more than ai had to and absolutely would not give the tenant notice.

By that point I’d know that any hope of an amicable agreement to end the tenancy had long gone and my main concern would be having the eviction proceed as easily as possible. Delaying or giving notice at that point would feel like shooting myself in the foot by giving them a chance to start getting awkward, arranging to have friends in, damaging locks etc.

So, as above, get moving your things out now and keep a bag with your essentials packed.

You have no choice, notice is given

iammumtoone

No one can tell you WHEN the bailiffs will come but they WILL.

Best advise has already been given. Be prepared. Stay until the last minute but be ready to leave within an hour of their arrival.

Pack up everything and move large items you want to keep to friends/storage. Live out of one or two suitcases until their arrival.

Do you have pets? make alternative arrangements for them NOW.

The inevitable will happen by doing the above you will make it so much less stressful for yourself once the time arrives.

Have you spoken to the council? if not do so, they are unlikely to act until you are evicted but you at least what to know what their policy is or if any help is available before then.

Good Luck.

AdrianC

iammumtoone wrote: »

The enviable will happen...

Seems fairly unenviable, but it's certain inevitable.

Comms69

iammumtoone wrote: »

No one can tell you WHEN the bailiffs will come but they WILL.

Best advise has already been given. Be prepared. Stay until the last minute but be ready to leave within an hour of their arrival.

Pack up everything and move large items you want to keep to friends/storage. Live out of one or two suitcases until their arrival.

Do you have pets? make alternative arrangements for them NOW.

The enviable will happen by doing the above you will make it so much less stressful for yourself once the time arrives.

Have you spoken to the council? if not do so, they are unlikely to act until you are evicted but you at least what to know what their policy is or if any help is available before then.

Good Luck.

Except the bailiffs, who tell you exactly when they’ll come?...

molerat

According to Shelter, for England

County court bailiffs should write to tell you when they will evict you. They post or hand deliver a Notice of Eviction (Form N54). This contains their contact details.
Private bailiffs authorised by the High Court can arrive to evict you without giving you any notice. You will get some warning that this might happen because your landlord must give you some notice that they're applying to the High Court to use private bailiffs

antrobus

I believe it works this way.

Landlord gets an order for possession which tells the tenant to leave by a specific date.

If the tenant does not leave the landlord can obtain a warrant for possession instructing bailiffs to remove the tenant. If the landlord is mad keen to get them out they have the warrant transferred from the county court to the High Court, and the bailiffs will turn up without notice with a locksmith and tell them to leave within the hour. (As seen on TV.)


https://www.gov.uk/evicting-tenants/eviction-notices-and-bailiffs

John_G_Jones

Comms69 wrote: »

You have no choice, notice is given

I don’t believe that you are correct, you must give notice that you will be using the bailiffs, but need not give notice of when, which is what I was referring to.

No-one is able to arrange to have “friends” gather there indefinitely or to keep a door barricaded all day long for weeks on end, which are the sort of thing I’d be worrying about if I told someone when an eviction was happening.

John_G_Jones

molerat wrote: »

According to Shelter, for England

Yes, as I understand it there is still a route to not inform the tenants of the time and date, I’m happy to be corrected on that if I’m wrong though.

I’m fortunate that I don’t rent to people with whom this is ever likely to be an issue, but it’s worth pointing out that it’s foolish to push a landlord to these extremes and then expect them to be amicable when it comes to recovering their property.

Less scrupulous folks than I may decide it’s better to take an unofficial route, saving money, distancing themselves from the repercussions and achieving far quicker results.

iammumtoone

Comms69 wrote: »

Except the bailiffs, who tell you exactly when they’ll come?...

Do they? I thought with the high court there was no notice? Happy to be corrected but I think its always best to work on worst case scenarios in these situations.

iammumtoone

AdrianC wrote: »

Seems fairly unenviable, but it's certain inevitable.

whoops - I have edited but its too late as already been quoted twice