Shared House down to one tenant but no agreement?

Shared House down to one tenant but no agreement?

13:08 PM, 20th April 2017, About 7 years ago 11

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I have a 3 bed house which I have let over the years to girls by the bedroom and they get to share the house. The rent is all inclusive of utility bills and council tax.

The house is now empty apart from one girl who has been there for 9 years. I want to give her notice.

1. I don’t have a tenancy agreement.

2. I never protected her deposit of £200 (never kept a deposit even when damage was done).

3. How much notice do I have to give one month or two months and can I use a Section 21 Notice a or b.

I want her gone because she always makes it unpleasant for other people staying and have lost about seven tenants because of her.

As its a shared house I can move in who I like, maybe some unsavory drunkards who would be very unpleasant to live with.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Regards Harry


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Ingrid Bacsa

23:10 PM, 22nd April 2017, About 7 years ago

Understanding the red tape as a landlord and doing ones best to conform is one thing.

Handling a situation where you need to protect your business from a nuisance tenant who seemingly has the right to upset the household and exploit requires a bit of 'savvy' and an understanding of psychology - if I moved in it would be that tenants decision to conform to acceptable behaviour in the shared spaces - or simply, she would want to go - quite soon.

Good luck again Harry.

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