Help Needed - Possible Eviction

G_M

JohnCD95 wrote: »

Thank you to G_M for the advice given, I have one question about changing locks.
I am not that type of person to change locks on someone else's house, I thought this was illegal as it is not my house .

It is your home.


The LL has some limited rights of access, usually with your consent, and either
* in the final weks of the tenancy to show agents/prospective tenants round (see your tenancy agreement) or
* for his statutory obligations eg gas inspections etc


You have the right to 'quiet enjoyment' of the property ie no undue interference by the LL.


If you have formally told the LL not to enter (hence the letter above) he should not enter. Therefore he will not know you have changed the locks unless he tries to do so despite your letter, which would be harrassment by him.

tom9980

If you manage to stay in this property or indeed if you don't I can only encourage you to strongly make building a savings pot to draw on for these emergencies a priority, 6 months expenses ideally.

As for the situation at hand a few years ago I had a tenant who had a situation arise causing arrears of £400 or so. Like your landlord I gave them the benefit of the doubt at first, but slowly the excuses kept coming about why they were seemingly unable to reduce their arrears. I ended up issuing a s21 notice after 10 months because it was clear they were consistently exaggerating their various problems or even I suspected outright lying to me (I was right).

Make sure you pay on Thursday and hope your landlord calms down and gives you another chance. Resolve to save like mad for a year or two until you have savings, they will save your bacon many times during your lifetime.

zagubov

The OP will have to deliver the letter manually tomorrow to ensure that the LL knows he cannot visit, but (as you have mentioned) sending a duplicate message via email will hopefully prevent this.

Paying on Thursday is crucial to ensure you're not setting yourself up for eviction (and even then, there's no guarantee)

JohnCD95

Right, I borrowed £200 of a family member and sent my LL it today, to have him return the £200 to my account saying I will need this £200 to move out lol.

What can I possibly do if he even rejects money I send him?

Marvel1

JohnCD95 wrote: »

Right, I borrowed £200 of a family member and sent my LL it today, to have him return the £200 to my account saying I will need this £200 to move out lol.

What can I possibly do if he even rejects money I send him?

Print off the evidence.

Leave the rest to the experts to answer in regards to their section 8 or lack off so far.

davidmcn

You won't be evicted without a court order. The court isn't likely to order an eviction if you've already sorted the arrears (or tried to but the landlord has been weird about it).

hb2

Keep the £200 (and any other rent the landlord refuses to take ) to one side so that you can, if needed, show a court that you have it available and ready to pay. As you have been told, a landlord cannot unilaterally end a tenancy, only the tenant or a court can do that. At the moment it seems that you haven't even been given proper notice so you don't have to go anywhere yet.

justjohn

the LL wants you out . the facts are sooner or later you will be evicted if that is what the landlord decides that's what he wants.(we do not yet live in a communist state that demands an LL should do X with his property)


I have never been a tenant, however I have been an LL. I just do not understand why tenants do not just move on.


Life is a lot easier just finding somewhere else than fighting a LL via court or dragging your heals.

isplumm

justjohn wrote: »

the LL wants you out . the facts are sooner or later you will be evicted if that is what the landlord decides that's what he wants.(we do not yet live in a communist state that demands an LL should do X with his property)


I have never been a tenant, however I have been an LL. I just do not understand why tenants do not just move on.

Why should a tenant move on - blooming heck - the OP is now not in arrears - so as long as he keeps paying, he cannot be kicked out until the contract finishes in December-19 and even then I suspect LL would need a S21.

Mark

HampshireH

I would attempt payment again.

With a note advising he must be mistaken the payment is as agreed on x date for the monies previously agreed to be paid at a later date as per the email attached (attach your email from him saying family came first)

Then let him reject it again. Whilst you have an obligation so does the landlord not to frustrate the tenancy.

Make sure you refer to the previous agreement in your message and that you have resent payment due to the error I'm it being returned.

Go from there. A court order will be required but as others have said start looking.

Do not use the £200 to move as you will still owe it regardless