When can I enter my property?

When can I enter my property?

7:44 AM, 24th December 2018, About 5 years ago 27

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I have served notice to quit to my tenants. They have not paid rent for 3 months. They have until 1st Jan to leave and are accepting no correspondence from myself. I was advised from a neighbour that a white van left the driveway 3 days ago and their cars have not been seen since.

They have closed the blinds and left my living room light on 24hrs a day. I called the police to ask if I can go to the property as its causing a potential fire hazard with the lights on and they told me to call citizens advice, but everywhere is shut due to weekend/christmas. The house is fully furnished and I am fearful they have removed all my belongings.

Can anyone advise me what I can do?

Dundee, Scotland

Thanks in advance

Gillian


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Mkahn

16:09 PM, 29th December 2018, About 5 years ago

It makes sense, which you both have suggested but am fail to understand, why the same law of normal tenants appies to a middle man who doesn’t live in the property and only using this law just to make money in illegal way for his lavish life.

Mike

20:28 PM, 29th December 2018, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Michael Barnes at 29/12/2018 - 13:40Micheal, that may be the case, it is down to interpretation of the court order and the circumstances of the tenant, how can one know for certain whether or not the tenants have gone? I have evicted two tenants, one by just serving a Section 21 where the tenant left at the very last minute, luckily she left the keys behind through the letter box . when I arrived at the property on the day she was suppose to leave, I was so relieved to see a van loading up, she said she would leave the keys through the letter box, therefore no qualm about that, she had left no forwards contact and left behind quite a bit of good quality furniture, I took some of it home as it was worth keeping a nice wall unit in mahogany, and a few other things, rest of it was pretty much useless rubbish, I just dumped them outside and got the Local Council to remove all heavy items like a huge 5 seater sofa not to my liking, 2 double beds, with mattresses, and childrens baby cot, many many toys etc. along with plenty of dog mess inside the utility room and chewed up door and frame, lots of feathers presumably feeding their dog with live birds, and a horrible stench all around! She never ever came back, how could she and with what audacity especially when she had stopped paying me rent for over 7 months, and it took me well over 9 months to bring the property to rentable condition again.
Such tenants do not have a leg to stand on, they were also involved in weed farming as I found some evidence including an unexplained hole cut out in the ceiling presumably for venting, and glow lamps, the damaged to my property costing me tens of thousands of pounds and then law expects us to feel sorry for them? No way !
What a possession order says that a tenant must leave by the date stated in the possession order, if the tenant do not leave by the prescribed date, the landlord must then ask the Court without further hearing to authorise bailiff or High court Enforcement Officer to evict a tenant, where the tenant can still apply to the court to Stay the eviction, a judge will decide if there are any grounds for doing so, in most cases such tenants wouldn't even have half a leg to stand on! What sort of law or Court can allow a tenant to continue to stay when they are not paying any rent? That would not be justice then. Courts are all about law and order and discharging the right justice. How can a Court crucify a landlord who goes into his property after the court order possession date and finds no one on the premises, it is within his right to assume in good faith that the tenants have gone. What can the court do to the landlord?

Luke P

23:47 PM, 29th December 2018, About 5 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Mike at 29/12/2018 - 20:28
File against them for unlawful eviction which may come with a RRO. Yeah, so that…

Mike

0:49 AM, 30th December 2018, About 5 years ago

Indeed they can do what they like, once a court has issued a possession order, it is then legal for landlord to start eviction process if the tenants are still occupying, but if the landlord is reasonably satisfied that tenants have left, he should be able to enter with a witness. How much more should you wait? and how much more do you want to delay and spend more on going back to the court for seeking court bailiffs. In most cases even tenants know it is pointless delaying their eviction any further, eventually they will have to go.

Mike

1:00 AM, 30th December 2018, About 5 years ago

Further more RRO can only be possible if the tenants have been paying any rent to start with.

Mandy Thomson

9:40 AM, 30th December 2018, About 5 years ago

Mkahn

12:38 PM, 30th December 2018, About 5 years ago

I got the link. Thanks Mandy

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