Evicting a tenant for not paying rent and damaging property.

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steveburns

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Hi everyone

I have an issue with a tenant who has not been paying rent and has damaged the property. He was on a rolling contract.
He moved into the property in 2014 and paid rent up until December 2019 and has just stopped. He has promised to pay several times but has not and now has stopped answering my calls. I agreed to a slow payment plan that he asked for but there is still no payment.
I gave him the section 8 and 21 notice one week ago. What is the process of evicting a tenant after this and what are the costs involved? Is there a way of getting my money back for the rent and for repairing the property?
Has anyone managed to sort this issue without going to court? I understand he may be in financial hardship but I can not work with him if he does not answer my calls anymore and I can't afford him not paying rent for much longer. I didn't get insurance for this unfortunately.

I am aware of the 3 month no eviction rule during the coronavirus pandemic but I am just looking for some advice of what to do afterwards.

Many thanks
 
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diyhelp

Active Member
From what I read in the press I think you will find it difficult to get a court to approve an eviction at the moment. Have you applied for a mortgage holiday?

Even though your issue has been ongoing for some time it is a difficult one, especially if they are refusing to return your calls. It may be time to turn up at the property?
 
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realdeals

Active Member
It looks as though the courts are not hearing evicitons cases at the moment whether or not it has anything to do with the coronavirus or not. As suggested I would make sure that you are taking on all of the financial help available to you. This will limit some of the financial pressure you are under.

Yet again, private landlords seem to have been forgotten in all this.
 
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steveburns

New Member
yes I may have to wait until after the 3 month period is over. For when this occurs does anyone know what costs are involved after the section 8 and 21 notice have gone through? Is there a chance of getting my money from the tenant back? Has anyone managed to sort this without going to court and sorting the issue out with the tenant?
 
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totallyproperty

Administrator
Staff member
Hi everyone

I have an issue with a tenant who has not been paying rent and has damaged the property. He was on a rolling contract.
He moved into the property in 2014 and paid rent up until December 2019 and has just stopped. He has promised to pay several times but has not and now has stopped answering my calls. I agreed to a slow payment plan that he asked for but there is still no payment.
I gave him the section 8 and 21 notice one week ago. What is the process of evicting a tenant after this and what are the costs involved? Is there a way of getting my money back for the rent and for repairing the property?
Has anyone managed to sort this issue without going to court? I understand he may be in financial hardship but I can not work with him if he does not answer my calls anymore and I can't afford him not paying rent for much longer. I didn't get insurance for this unfortunately.

I am aware of the 3 month no eviction rule during the coronavirus pandemic but I am just looking for some advice of what to do afterwards.

Many thanks
Hi Steve,

sorry to hear you are having problems - it sounds like you've gone above and beyond to be accommodating to the tenant!

I highly recommend talking to High Court Solutions. They are eviction specialists. They definitely know their stuff covering evictions and getting rental arrears back.

Let us know how you get on!

Best wishes,

Kelly
 
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Joshua Baines

New Member
Hi Steve,
I think you'll struggle getting the money back from your tenant if I'm honest.
I think the court costs differ from case to case. If i were you I would put this case to court as soon as they open back up as i believe they will be very busy after this time.
Hope this helps!
 
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PostBrexitInvestor

Member
My understanding at moment is that all of eviction notices have been suspended for the next three months? Unless you have managed to obtain some back rent from the tenant to date, it doesn’t look very encouraging in the short term.
 
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steveburns

New Member
Thanks for the replies.

Yes I will not be able to do anything over the next 3 months. However I was posting more for what I am going to do afterwards.

Has anyone managed to get a tenant to start paying without going to court? The guy always seems reasonable when I speak to them, and when I visited the house he was also reasonable. He is a single parent (kid in late teens) who claims housing benefit. I doubt he wants to leave and be evicted over not paying but I just don't know what game he is playing. I don't think he has many assets so, as stated by Joshua, getting rent back will be doubtful if he is evicted.
 
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realdeals

Active Member
This is the bit I do not understand with the current system. Why is the housing benefit not going directly to you? Surely this is a type of fraud?
 
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steveburns

New Member
I would also have thought its fraud but it apparently is not. They can not pay directly to landlords, it has to go through the tenant. It really is crazy how people can get away with this, its essentially stealing hundreds of pounds from someone yet the current system allows people to do it.
 
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realdeals

Active Member
Socialism gone mad - letting people look after and mismanage there own affairs. However, nobody cares about the financial and mental impact this all has on landlords.
 
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