How To Evict A Non Paying Tenant

Study 1 - Tenant eviction made easy for landlord seeking possession from paying tenant

The landlord wanted to sell his property. He had a good relationship with his tenant, rent was up to date, and the tenancy agreement had come to an end. After a friendly conversation the tenant agreed to leave. However, the tenant did not leave as agreed and the landlord received a letter from the house authority saying that he had to obtain an eviction order. Bartletts advised the landlord on tenant eviction and prepared the appropriate section 21 notice. Once the notice expired a possession claim was prepared and an eviction order obtained without the need for a hearing. The tenant left on receipt of the eviction order from the court. The whole eviction process took 3 months.

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Study 2 - Landlord helped to evict a tenant in rent default

Following a redundancy the tenant could not afford to pay the full rental. The tenant had promised to move out. We advised the landlord on how to evict a tenant in rent default and that it would be wise to serve eviction notices sooner rather than later in the case that the tenant did not leave. Tenant eviction usually takes 2 – 3 months when the tenant does not wish to or cannot leave. We had a discussion with the tenant and served notices. After 2 weeks no rent had been paid and the tenant could not leave the property. A claim was filed at the county court. The landlord attended the hearing with a specialist court advocate and a possession order was granted in 14 days time. The landlord recovered his property and is in the process of recovering the unpaid rent.

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Study 3 - Landlord assisted with tenant eviction and recovering rent from guarantor

A tenant was unable to continue paying rent when she stopped attending her college course. Bartletts checked to see if the guarantor agreement was enforceable and if the guarantor had a good financial profile. We wrote to the guarantor and served eviction notices on the tenant to enable tenant eviction if the guarantor did not pay. As the tenant did not leave the property and the guarantor did not respond we obtained an eviction order to repossess the property and a county court judgement against the guarantor. We successfully recovered the entire rent owed and legal costs from the guarantor once enforcement proceedings had started in the form of a charging order.

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