Help with problem tenant who wont leave

SquatNow

I should add, you'll probably find the tennant is as screwed as the landlord.

If she was sharing a place you'll probably find she couldn't afford a private rental on her own.

If she is evicted the council have to find somewhere for her. If she leaves of her own accord then they don't. Chances are she is waiting to be evicted so she can get a council place.

Basically it's a mexican stand-off where one side is bound to lose.

Snooze

Deleted_User wrote: »

:rolleyes:

I'm not going to count them...but it's significantly more than none.

Source? You're talking rubbish. There are no cases that have had the landlord imprisoned so please stop scare-mongering and being a drama queen. :rolleyes:

Rob

Nicki

Snooze wrote: »

Source? You're talking rubbish. There are no cases that have had the landlord imprisoned so please stop scare-mongering and being a drama queen. :rolleyes:

Rob

I thought that was what Nicholas Van Hoogstraten served his term of imprisonment for?

tbs624

Whether or not a LL gets imprisoned the fact remains that if a LL goes in and changes the locks they may be fined by the court, have legal costs to pay, and will be left with a criminal record for illegal eviction. Very pretty. The “tenant” can also purse a civil claim for compensation to add to the LL’s misery. Now when you’ve already had months of worry and no rent coming in, add that lot to your personal happiness meter.

See here: [FONT=&quot]http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=91143&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=9&MENU_ID=276[/FONT]

and here:
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and here:
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There are plenty more.

People shouldn't be using these boards to "advise" others to commit a serious offence as a way of dealing with someone else's wrongdoing .

Quote from a Bristol court case for illegal eviction: “Landlords who come before the court flouting the law can expect very little support or sympathy”

Giblets

I quite like the other 'squatter' route, then it is nicely 'out of your hands'. You could probably get them to claim a window was left open.
Or if you know anyone who is willing, to 'share the rent' and be a real pain in the rear to live with.

Snooze

tbs624 wrote: »

People shouldn't be using these boards to "advise" others to commit a serious offence as a way of dealing with someone else's wrongdoing .

Quote from a Bristol court case for illegal eviction: “Landlords who come before the court flouting the law can expect very little support or sympathy”

:rotfl:

So it's a choice of that possbily happening (realistically the chances are extremely slim) getting your house and getting your already-lined-up tenant in to bring you in some much needed wonga, or ...

Choose the "legal" route which will take at least 6 months (if you're lucky), cost you money you ain't gonna see back, plus a boat load of lost rent while your house is tied up, plus a load more to fix your trashed house when they get turfed out. The OP said that they desperately needed the rent money to fund their own accom so you can add to the list them being homeless as well if they follow this route.

I'm not condoning either option but some of you folks need to wake up and smell the coffee instead of sitting there wagging your fingers quoting rules and regs from your cotton wool padded ideal worlds where the legal system actually does what it says on the tin. This isn't it - this is the real world where number one comes first if you want to get anywhere in life. :rolleyes:

Anyway, that's my final piece on this topic. Good luck OP whatever you decide to do and I hope it works out in your favour eventually.

Rob

tbs624

Snooze wrote: »

.......some of you folks need to wake up and smell the coffee instead of sitting there wagging your fingers quoting rules and regs from your cotton wool padded ideal worlds where the legal system actually does what it says on the tin. This isn't it - this is the real world where number one comes first if you want to get anywhere in life. :rolleyes:

That's a good number of cliches for just one paragraph Snooze.:D

You've said elsewhere that you are a former LL, and describe yourself as "old-skool". Times have moved on, and if tactics that amount to illegal eviction are okay by you then its probably for the best that you are no longer in the rentals business.

IMO if you want to get anywhere in the real world it's generally best not to get yourself a criminal record for harassment & illegal eviction.The OP has already said that she doesn't " want this scruff bag dragging me down to the same gutter level." It's hardly "do-gooding" for a number of us to be letting Saviola know what the personal legal consequences of following some of your advice could be.

PasturesNew

SquatNow wrote: »

If she is evicted the council have to find somewhere for her.

If she's single they might just stick a list of B&Bs in her hand though. They don't do much/anything for single people. It's pretty much "get on with it, not our problem".

saviola_2

Thanks for everything to everyone.

Amazingly I talked her into leaving, no heavies involved, and she took the money and finally left.

Great I thought

Than I went to show someone round and the house has been 'burgled' by someone.

Turns out that even though the house was empty, that pipes and old carpets and radiators are actually worth stealing. Amazing.

That coupled with damage to the doors which mean major repairs are required.

At least she's gone though eh

WTF?_2

saviola wrote: »

Thanks for everything to everyone.

Amazingly I talked her into leaving, no heavies involved, and she took the money and finally left.

Great I thought

Than I went to show someone round and the house has been 'burgled' by someone.

Turns out that even though the house was empty, that pipes and old carpets and radiators are actually worth stealing. Amazing.

That coupled with damage to the doors which mean major repairs are required.

At least she's gone though eh

Indeed - lesson learned. Make sure you've got your ducks in a row the next time you rent it out.