What if tenants dont leave?

AnotherJoe

dkb wrote: »

I've undercharged them for 8 years. They want the same quality/size property for the same price but they're not going to get it. They're going to have to pay more.

Makes it all the more likely they will hang on to the last minute then.

Mrsn

DKB I think you are being harsh with some of your responses....

3 months might sound a reasonable amount of time on the face of it. However the tenants are not going to just take the first property available to them. They need to find somewhere that is suitable to their needs, do they have children that are settled in school or the area they are in is convenient to their place of work etc. Most importantly they will need to find between 1-1.5k for deposits, fees and advanced rent. Having spent what I am assuming is a fairly stable 8 years as your tenant they don’t appear to have wanted to move and possibly haven’t put money aside for incase this eventual situation occurred. Most people are only living pay day to pay day.

What disappoints me the most about your posts is the threatening of a bad reference, I don’t see why you feel the need to make things more difficult than they need to be. It might be your property but it has been their home for 8 years.... a bit of open communication and compassion I think would go a long way!

annetheman

You have every reason to be as nice as you possibly can to them and coaxing them out.

Just be nice to them and they'll leave - they need time to uproot from the place they've been in for 8 years and a few weeks isn't a lot of time to do so, at all. Be empathetic. If you lose money, as many people before me have said, it is your fault for not getting them out before signing contracts.

If you threaten them with a bad reference, you stand to lose money whilst you wait for the courts to evict them.

lookstraightahead

Dkb you have egg on your face. Don't over estimate a reference - it's no big deal. I rented for six years and my landlord never upped the rent until I leftZ then he did. Property is still empty and losing thousands a month. If I were your tenants I would just sit pretty.

gettingtheresometime

A well known saying involving toys & prams spring to mind

AnotherJoe

dkb wrote: »

I’ve not done anything of detriment. Cooperation needs to go both ways.

Well what’s the best thing for them to do? Be cooperative and find somewhere under their own steam or end up with bailiffs going round? I’m sure they’d rather the former.

I’m leaving this thread now. I got my answer on the second post.

BYE

Well, they might prefer indeed need the bailiffs if they are going into council housing.

csgohan4

Cake and eat for both LL and Tenant it seems,


Tenants have had it good for long but the LL needs to accept renting is a business and good will means nothing on paper and they can and will wait for a court to chuck them out.


Stop wasting time and evict your tenants through the right channels, Section 21 e.t.c


G_M's useful step by step https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=67759913&postcount=4

lookstraightahead

dkb wrote: »

I don’t though.

It’ll never be empty. I’ll just move back in. I can’t lose

Hope that helps.

Excellent. Sorted then. Wait to evict them and then move back in. You don't need to sell after all.

Crashy_Time

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Makes it all the more likely they will hang on to the last minute then.

Yep, makes sense...for them.