What notice will be given for a council demolition?
Hi everyone, I rent out a leashold flat with the freeholder’s full permission. The freeholder is a city council and has stated the high rise block will be demolished.
Most of the tenants are council tenants, 14 for the flats are ‘owned’ by leaseholders. So, if section 21 is abolished, and the block is going to be demolished, the maximum notice period I can give to my tenant will totally depend on the information I receive from the freeholder, the council.
Has this situation been considered in the Renters Rights Bill? It will not be my fault the block is coming down, it will not be my tenant’s fault the block will be coming down either.
Can anyone with experience and knowledge advise on this please? I have never been in this situation before.
Thanks,
Sally
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Member Since January 2020 - Comments: 559
10:22 AM, 23rd October 2024, About 1 year ago
You should engage the services of a local compensation surveyor to help you.
We have just dealt with a block of flats in our town where the same thing happened; our management team actually handed some of the flats, whilst many were council flats.
Everything was done by agreement, but with compulsory puchase powers in the background. We served s21 notices on the tenants and they (luckily) left. Had they not left then ultimately the council would have had to take the flats back with the tenants in situ.
You cannot circumvent the requirement to give the tenant proper notice.
The council should pay for the surveyor’s advice.
Member Since January 2016 - Comments: 472
11:59 AM, 23rd October 2024, About 1 year ago
Wouldn’t a compulsory purchase be for the tenant functionally the same as sticking the tenanted property in auction where the obligation to the tenant is passed to the new owner, in this case the council?
While your council intends to demolish, it surely still has legal obligations to its acquired tenants. Or do councils have special rights to ignore the AST?
I wonder if the council are making public their intention to demolish before for issuing the CPO in order to deflate the price they will pay given that tje information makes your property unsellable.