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Tenant in arrears with no deposit and no guarantor

BlueC · 2022-07-22 13:28:06

Setting aside how we got in the mess since hindsight isn't helpful here, has anyone any suggestions on a practical and legal way forward...? We bought a property with tenant-in-situ and unfortunately there was no deposit held from the tenant to transfer to us. The tenant is good and we'd like to keep her in the property.…

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theoretica Posts: 12,691 Forumite

24 July 2022 at 8:59AM

A significant question, especially with an inherited tenant, is whether all the paperwork etc was in perfect order to allow a S21 to be valid. Seems like something you should be sorting out. Also, unfortunately, debts which are quiet do seem easy to forget. And sending lots of reminders would be less work that eviction and finding a new tenant.

But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,

Had the whole of their cash in his care.
Lewis Carroll

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