Instructing court bailiffs after possession granted from violent tenant?
We should shortly be instructing court bailiffs after a possession was granted. I`ve not been in this position before, so I would appreciate advice from any landlords with experience here.
I have heard that sometimes bailiffs are not successful in an eviction, as they will not use force, and a tenant can refuse to move unless they are physically moved. Is this correct?
What happens about possessions? If left in the property, they give the tenant a reason to want to return. We have nowhere to store them, except perhaps a communal hallway, and as the tenant is vicious and violent and loves destroying property, we don`t want him anywhere on the premises.
After he has left, we can video and have proof of the damage we know he is already causing, as well as not paying rent. But what can we do? Suing him for criminal damage is a legally expensive route, and as he is a “paper” tenant, we would only be throwing more money away. That is in addition to (we expect) the court awarding us legal costs, which we do not expect will ever be paid.
On a practical note, what can one do about such useless wastes of space who only enjoy destroying other people’s hard-earned businesses?
Thank you.
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