Section 21 issued, now council have issued a substantial improvement order?

Hello, I have a tenant since 1996, but the recent interest rate increases have left me with more costs than income. I live far away and he has always been impossible to contact, ignoring texts and phone calls and returning recorded letters.

I issued a section 21 through Landlord Action and was just getting ready to fill the court form in but he has since contacted the council and I now have an improvement notice for extremely substantial works to get done within 3 months:

• New heating system
• New guttering
• Soffits and facias
• New windows throughout
• New bathroom
• New kitchen
• New wiring
• And plastering throughout.

I will get the work done because what choice do I have, but how can he live there with all that work being done?

Should I try and get him to move somewhere else in the meantime?

Second, is my Section 21 not valid now?

Will I have to start all over again in 3 months’ time?

Thank you,

Rufus