Tag: Eviction advice

How to handle a nightmare tenant who needs to be evicted?

Author: Readers Question

21st January 2025, 2 years ago | 18

Hello all, I am in a bit of trap and struggling to find a way out. When my ex-tenant wanted...

How should we handle tenants’ belongings and mould after eviction?

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2nd December 2024, 2 years ago | 12

After months of struggle (9 months), including a breathing space moratorium, we have finally managed to evict our tenants for...

Should I evict my brother?

Author: Readers Question

8th October 2024, 2 years ago | 16

Hi, here is some backstory to my situtation. My mother died in 2019, as the oldest son of four siblings...

Tenancy agreement lost – what to do when evicting?

Author: Readers Question

19th July 2024, 2 years ago | 14

Hi, 20 years ago I bought a very small house on buy to let. I was always a good landlord...

Should I evict a tenant with mental health issues refusing an electrical inspection?

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17th July 2024, 2 years ago | 17

Hi, my elderly mother has had a tenant for the last 18 years and receives payment from the council through...

Tenant paying rent – what happens when the bailiffs come?

Author: Readers Question

3rd January 2024, 3 years ago | 9

Hi, The Bailiffs are coming to evict my tenant (Mr D) on 10th January. However, Mr D has paid his...

Did I issue an invalid s21 notice?

Author: Readers Question

13th November 2023, 3 years ago | 12

I lived in my property for a number of years before deciding to rent it out. I had my friend...

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Landlords ask courts to evict 65 tenants every day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords filed nearly 6,000 claims to evict tenants in the first three months of the year, according...

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Impact of Human Rights on Evictions

Author: Jim Bauld

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Regular readers of the Daily mail will no doubt have a healthy disregard for “human rights” or “yuman rites” as...

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger #10

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

30th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

I recently had a long online discussion with Mary Latham, in which we both tried to get to the bottom...

Don’t Shoot the Messenger #9 – How the Police can land you in hot water

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

17th April 2012, 14 years ago | 36

Imagine the scenario. You are being threatened or assaulted in the street, your home has been burgled, your car has...

Squatters to lose free court help to fight evictions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2011, 15 years ago | 8

Squatters are losing the right to claim legal aid to fight landlords and other property owners in court. A clause...

What do you do if your tenant won’t leave when their section 21 notice expires?

Author: Tessa Shepperson

8th April 2011, 15 years ago | 2

This is the ninth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...