David Houghton
David Houghton
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7th March 2026, 3 months ago
If you have everything in place you do not need a solicitor. N5b form is a checklist. Just make sure everything is in place
Read More →Reply to comment left by jill streeten at 23/02/2026 - 13:25
Well no. An abandonment form is an urban myth. It may be evidence to support a defence. Bit it is not a defence on itself
Read More →Reply to comment left by Doug Ellison at 23/02/2026 - 11:07
Reply to the comment left by Doug Ellison at <a href="23/02/2026" rel="ugc">https://www.property118.com/instructing-court-bailiffs-after-possession-granted-from-violent-tenant/#comment-202606">23/02/2026 – 11:07Yes that's on the form. But tenants are not stupid. They can threaten a landlord without sanction. Actually assaulting them , well I have never known it...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Chris Bradley at 18/02/2026 - 18:25
Reply to the comment left by Chris Bradley at 18/02/2026 - 18:25Yes that's right. If it's in a company property needs to be less than 80%(I think) if the total assets..
Read More →23rd February 2026, 4 months ago
Yes it's unfair. No it's not worthy the stress of arguing. Msyb6offer 50%. If they insist give it all back
Read More →23rd February 2026, 4 months ago
I have never had a tenant still there when the Court Bailed arrives. The ones that threaten you are usually the first to go when things get tough. I have had people threaten me with X bows knifes the lot....
Read More →14th July 2025, 11 months ago
First thing to do, check your tenancy. Any well written tenancy will contract out of the law of property act 1926. With a note saying service by first class post will do. Second go and see him in person hand...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 14/07/2025 - 11:32
It's a year if they go to prison. Not sure if it's the same for hospitals
Read More →14th May 2025, 1 year ago
The lesson here is a clause in the tenancy that should the property be uninhabitable the tenancy will be at an end. I would say check your tenancies. But the rrb is having a standard tenancy (I think)
Read More →12th May 2025, 1 year ago
Which S8 grounds did you use.. 8 10 and 11 presumably. They will claim disrepair probably. You should also consider 13 and 15 together with a claim for malicious waste. As other s said, make sure you have correspondence history,...
Read More →10th May 2025, 1 year ago
Best way s21. Then accelerated procedure. It can get hung up but most tenants just leave.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Vibha Spal at 01/05/2025 - 19:34
£14 per night. That's hmo rates. Say 6 persons per hmo.... The lha rate for shared accommodation and n may area is about £60/week. Ethics/politics of asylum seekers is a matter for the wider electorate. Put another way of I...
Read More →29th April 2025, 1 year ago
Yep that's a good idea 5 year Serco contracts for UK homeless. Provided of course Serco take over all hmo licensing obligations
Read More →Reply to comment left by DSR DSR at 28/04/2025 - 19:31
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 28/04/2025 - 19:31Yep. Let's make it happen. Do what the government want and let it bring them down
Read More →Reply to comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 28/04/2025 - 11:27
Reply to the comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 28/04/2025 - 11:27Serco will give their clients a licence. They won't be tenants. It's like when you stay in a a hotel you have a license to occupy but not a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dylan Morris at 28/04/2025 - 11:51
Reply to the comment left by Dylan Morris at 28/04/2025 - 11:51No. Serco will have a leasehold for 5 years, not a residential tenancy
Read More →28th April 2025, 1 year ago
Surely the best thing landlords can do is to.sign up to this. Particularly hmo landlords. Create a housing crisis on a far worse scale by compliance with government wishes and see the Renters rights bill fail. Make some money in...
Read More →3rd April 2025, 1 year ago
So they can filter them out? No btr is going to take on the vulnerable tenants, the ones with a history of drug or alcohol abuse
Read More →18th March 2025, 1 year ago
The best approach is to tell the council in writing you are happy to cooperate. All you require is the statutory authority for their requests. They do make a lot of stuff up. Or as my ex boss ( when...
Read More →Reply to comment left by L Bennett at 18/03/2025 - 10:11
Reply to the comment left by L Bennett at 18/03/2025 - 10:11They can enter with a magistrates warrant without notice under part 2 and 3 of the Housing act 2004.
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