Can I evict my tenant for installing a stairlift without permission?

Of course reporting the issue could totally backfire as they could possibly be evicted from that bungalow and have their benefits stopped – leaving you stuck with him and potentially future demands for more modifications.

Reply to the comment left by Norman Amey at 28/10/2024 – 10:23
I certainly would not consider evicting over this.

Tenant should probably have asked but I wouldn’t make a big deal about it.

Maybe in future remind her of what it says in the tenancy agreement.

I purchased a house a few years ago and the seller left one behind.
It took a few minuets to unplug it from a 13A socket, unbolt it and slide it out of the front door with help from my wife and fill a few holes in the wall. We were redecoration anyway, so made no difference to us and probably easier to fill the holes than whats left after a TV bracket has been removed.

I advertised it on Gumtree as free to collect and it was gone the next day.

I’d expect that the tenant will remove it and sell it when no longer required.

These things are expensive and I could have sold it but didn’t want the hassle and would rather just give it away to someone that needed it.

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 28/10/2024 – 10:16
This is plain nonsense – it seems unlikely the tenant is going to install a stair lift for a “visitor”.
If the “visitor” is staying there, the landlord has a duty to confirm the right to rent. If they fail to do so, the tenant’s actions could result in a fine of £5K or twice that.
And you want to fret about media backlash? You should know this, so where did this nonsense come from?

Reply to the comment left by Desert Rat at 02/11/2024 – 18:51A good few years ago, my late mother purchased a new stair lift for about £1300. She also paid a maintenance contract, which provided a yearly check-up on it. After she died, because it was over 6 or 7 years old, it had no value but I contacted a company who removed it for free and paid me £100 for the parts. There was hardly any damage, just a few screw holes.

Not simple to remove a stair lift – we had with my mum’s , and it can leave an unsightly mess.

Letter before action, if no communication from tenant , issue S21 simple

Lack of respect