What should I do if my tenants won’t leave despite health issues?

Reply to the comment left by Lisa008 at 17/11/2024 – 14:36
Thanks Lisa,
I’m humbled by the support and understanding I’m receiving on here.
Kind regards
Godfrey

Godfrey, your lack of knowledge of housing law is scary. A deed of surrender has to be executed at the moment of departure or it is of no effect. Anything else the tenant writes promising to leave is of no legal effect unless it is a formal notice to quit, but it needs to be valid and I fear you wouldn’t know if it was.

I’ve already sent a Deed of Surrender notice to the tenant and asked them to sign and date for 2 months time with say the 01st Feb 2025 and return it to me now will that not be enough? Tenants have agreed to this via WhatsApp and promised to move out by this date.

I’ve never done this before and every which way I turn seems to be on the side of the tenants. I just need my home back so I have somewhere to live.

Godfrey

Please see the comments above from myself and others, then please get some professional advice.

I am sorry to say that you are dealing with things in a very haphazard fashion and yet the outcome is so important to you.

You risk being disappointed when the tenant fails to move in February and will have lost two more months.

Reply to the comment left by DPT at 20/11/2024 – 14:35
I’ve already sent a Deed of Surrender notice to the tenant and asked them to sign and date for 2 months time with say the 01st Feb 2025 and return it to me now will that not be enough? Tenants have agreed to this via WhatsApp and promised to move out by this date.

I’ve never done this before and every which way I turn seems to be on the side of the tenants. I just need my home back so I have somewhere to live.

So how do I write a Notice to Quit or find a Template for one?

Reply to the comment left by Graham Bowcock at 22/11/2024 – 16:53
Grahame, I have no doubt you’re right. I don’t have a clue.
Do you know how I write a Notice to Quit or find a Template for one?

Reply to the comment left by Godfrey Jones at 22/11/2024 – 16:54
Godfrey

Are you legally compliant and able to serve a s21 notice? If not it is possible (likely) that you cannot use this route. Hopefully you did everything right at the start and can therefore use s21.

You may be able to sue ground 8, but this will depend on your precise circumstances.

I’m afraid that there’s more to serving notices than downloading templates.

Reply to the comment left by Godfrey Jones at 22/11/2024 – 16:54The Deed Of Surrender needs to be signed and witnessed on the day the tenant(s) move out. It should be signed inside the property by the tenant(s) and yourself as landlord at the same. And it needs to be witnessed otherwise it will not be classed as a deed and the document will be invalid. At the same time the keys need to be handed to you by the tenant(s).
You will of course need to have correctly served a Section 21 notice on the tenants at least two months beforehand.
As you don’t have a scooby doo about what you’re doing instruct a specialist eviction firm without any further delay.

Reply to the comment left by Godfrey Jones at 22/11/2024 – 16:57
If you’ve managed to source a proper deed of surrender, then take it around there with a witness on the day that’s agreed they’ll leave and everyone signs as the tenant leaves.

Reply to the comment left by Dylan Morris at 22/11/2024 – 19:09
Can you recommend any in the Wolverhampton area?