Landlord experience.

anselld

Serve 24 hours notice requiring inspection  (with proof of posting).  Go in and have a look.

ReadySteadyPop

Zoe02 said:

theartfullodger said:

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

No defence filed next is pisession and bailiffs. 

The tenant is a waste of time because i have a feeling he has moved out but not communicating. Last paid rent in January. 

S8 and s21 filed. 

I will be chasing the debt with small claims.

Direct rent payment application now successful so May's rent will be made 90%.

Do you have another tenant lined up?

No, priority for now is getting pisession and arrears. 

The easy bit is getting court judgement.  The much harder bit is collecting the loot.  Good luck (to both landlord and tenants)

Good luck to tenant 😂 

Court Judgment can take time but been lucky going quickly and smoothly. No defence. 

If non-payment will be getting ccj for 6 years. Direct rent payment from universal credit has been successful so that's some progress. 

How are they still getting UC if they have abandoned the property and gone abroad?

ReadySteadyPop

anselld said:

Serve 24 hours notice requiring inspection  (with proof of posting).  Go in and have a look.

Not sure landlords have the power to do that?

theartfullodger

ReadySteadyPop said:

anselld said:

Serve 24 hours notice requiring inspection  (with proof of posting).  Go in and have a look.

Not sure landlords have the power to do that?

These comments are relevant to England.  If elsewhere you should check.


 They do (Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) - but to inspect to ensure the place is suitable to be lived in to a decent standard.  In my experience landlords and agents seem to think it's to check up on what tenant is doing.
see - https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repairs/repairs_and_inspections_access_to_your_rented_home

Tenant has counter right to "quiet enjoyment" and is entirely entitled to decline kind landlord's offer to inspect.  And change locks (keep old one, change it back when you move out
Artful. Landlord since 2000

RHemmings

theartfullodger said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

anselld said:

Serve 24 hours notice requiring inspection  (with proof of posting).  Go in and have a look.

Not sure landlords have the power to do that?

These comments are relevant to England.  If elsewhere you should check.


 They do (Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) - but to inspect to ensure the place is suitable to be lived in to a decent standard.  In my experience landlords and agents seem to think it's to check up on what tenant is doing.
see - https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repairs/repairs_and_inspections_access_to_your_rented_home

Tenant has counter right to "quiet enjoyment" and is entirely entitled to decline kind landlord's offer to inspect.  And change locks (keep old one, change it back when you move out
Artful. Landlord since 2000

If the tenant has agreed in a contract to give access for things such as inspections, but the tenant doesn't give permission for such, then the tenant is in breach of contract. The landlord can then pursue this through the courts. I'm not saying that you're disagreeing with that, but I think it's not clear. 

When I was a tenant, when I refused a request for access I always made a reasonable counter-offer of another time. To make it clear that I was refusing access at one particular time, but most certainly wasn't refusing access indefinitely. In all cases, across multiple landlords, an agreement was made and access happened. 

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ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

theartfullodger said:

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

No defence filed next is pisession and bailiffs. 

The tenant is a waste of time because i have a feeling he has moved out but not communicating. Last paid rent in January. 

S8 and s21 filed. 

I will be chasing the debt with small claims.

Direct rent payment application now successful so May's rent will be made 90%.

Do you have another tenant lined up?

No, priority for now is getting pisession and arrears. 

The easy bit is getting court judgement.  The much harder bit is collecting the loot.  Good luck (to both landlord and tenants)

Good luck to tenant 😂 

Court Judgment can take time but been lucky going quickly and smoothly. No defence. 

If non-payment will be getting ccj for 6 years. Direct rent payment from universal credit has been successful so that's some progress. 

How are they still getting UC if they have abandoned the property and gone abroad?

Before the mobile rang as though abroad but now rings normally but been several times no one living there. 

Not sure how they are doing it. Maybe he is in jail or something but don't know. Contacted council tax they are paying I think. 

[Deleted User]

ReadySteadyPop said:

anselld said:

Serve 24 hours notice requiring inspection  (with proof of posting).  Go in and have a look.

Not sure landlords have the power to do that?

Yeah not sure it's fully legal although NRLA said grey area as i can change the lock and give them a copy of the keys if concerns but bailiffs stage soon so locks will be changing again. 

ReadySteadyPop

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

theartfullodger said:

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

No defence filed next is pisession and bailiffs. 

The tenant is a waste of time because i have a feeling he has moved out but not communicating. Last paid rent in January. 

S8 and s21 filed. 

I will be chasing the debt with small claims.

Direct rent payment application now successful so May's rent will be made 90%.

Do you have another tenant lined up?

No, priority for now is getting pisession and arrears. 

The easy bit is getting court judgement.  The much harder bit is collecting the loot.  Good luck (to both landlord and tenants)

Good luck to tenant 😂 

Court Judgment can take time but been lucky going quickly and smoothly. No defence. 

If non-payment will be getting ccj for 6 years. Direct rent payment from universal credit has been successful so that's some progress. 

How are they still getting UC if they have abandoned the property and gone abroad?

Before the mobile rang as though abroad but now rings normally but been several times no one living there. 

Not sure how they are doing it. Maybe he is in jail or something but don't know. Contacted council tax they are paying I think. 

Problem is if they are doing it illegally (i.e living somewhere else and getting UC to pay off rent arrears to avoid a CCJ)  UC might want you to return any payments you get? UC can summon people for interview to prove they live somewhere, you as their landlord would need to sign a recent tenancy agreement to bring as proof to the interview.

[Deleted User]

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

theartfullodger said:

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

No defence filed next is pisession and bailiffs. 

The tenant is a waste of time because i have a feeling he has moved out but not communicating. Last paid rent in January. 

S8 and s21 filed. 

I will be chasing the debt with small claims.

Direct rent payment application now successful so May's rent will be made 90%.

Do you have another tenant lined up?

No, priority for now is getting pisession and arrears. 

The easy bit is getting court judgement.  The much harder bit is collecting the loot.  Good luck (to both landlord and tenants)

Good luck to tenant 😂 

Court Judgment can take time but been lucky going quickly and smoothly. No defence. 

If non-payment will be getting ccj for 6 years. Direct rent payment from universal credit has been successful so that's some progress. 

How are they still getting UC if they have abandoned the property and gone abroad?

Before the mobile rang as though abroad but now rings normally but been several times no one living there. 

Not sure how they are doing it. Maybe he is in jail or something but don't know. Contacted council tax they are paying I think. 

Problem is if they are doing it illegally (i.e living somewhere else and getting UC to pay off rent arrears to avoid a CCJ)  UC might want you to return any payments you get? UC can summon people for interview to prove they live somewhere, you as their landlord would need to sign a recent tenancy agreement to bring as proof to the interview.

They aren't paying arrears. 

UC only started paying earlier this month. 

I did inform UC. 

Nothing else i can do just want them out ASAP. 

[Deleted User]

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

theartfullodger said:

Zoe02 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

Zoe02 said:

No defence filed next is pisession and bailiffs. 

The tenant is a waste of time because i have a feeling he has moved out but not communicating. Last paid rent in January. 

S8 and s21 filed. 

I will be chasing the debt with small claims.

Direct rent payment application now successful so May's rent will be made 90%.

Do you have another tenant lined up?

No, priority for now is getting pisession and arrears. 

The easy bit is getting court judgement.  The much harder bit is collecting the loot.  Good luck (to both landlord and tenants)

Good luck to tenant 😂 

Court Judgment can take time but been lucky going quickly and smoothly. No defence. 

If non-payment will be getting ccj for 6 years. Direct rent payment from universal credit has been successful so that's some progress. 

How are they still getting UC if they have abandoned the property and gone abroad?

Before the mobile rang as though abroad but now rings normally but been several times no one living there. 

Not sure how they are doing it. Maybe he is in jail or something but don't know. Contacted council tax they are paying I think. 

Problem is if they are doing it illegally (i.e living somewhere else and getting UC to pay off rent arrears to avoid a CCJ)  UC might want you to return any payments you get? UC can summon people for interview to prove they live somewhere, you as their landlord would need to sign a recent tenancy agreement to bring as proof to the interview.

The payment UC is making would have been made they were previously paying the tenants who weren't paying their rent. 

They get UC for rent £1300 rent is £1400. No rent payment received for February, March and April. May £100 short.