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Doing your own eviction work – what are the pitfalls?

September 5, 2012 by Tessa J Shepperson

If you have a non paying tenant, generally the last thing you will want to do is pay solicitors to deal with evicting them. But if you don't evict them through the courts they are entitled to stay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips and How to Tagged With: Eviction, Section 8 Notice

Squatter law – if at first you don't succeed …

September 1, 2012 by Tessa J Shepperson

Today (1/9/12) the new squatters law comes into force. "At last!"  landlords up and down the country are saying - "at last I can get the police in and get rid of those pesky squatters!" Except … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News and comment Tagged With: Eviction, squatters, Squatting, unlawful eviction

Aggressive receivers threatening tenants – what should they do?

August 30, 2012 by Tessa J Shepperson

Here is a question to the blog clinic from John (not his real name) who is a tenant: I am a tenant in a property which has recently gone into receivership, I have googled this and learned it means … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Readers problems Tagged With: Eviction, Tenant

Letting agents – how to help a landlord evict bad tenants without putting your firm at risk

August 23, 2012 by Tessa J Shepperson

Are you a letting agent? Have any of your landlord properties been let to a tenant who has turned out to be a nightmare? If you choose the tenant, you will often get the blame for this. “You let … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips and How to Tagged With: Bad Tenant, Eviction, Eviction Proceedings, Letting Agent

Evicting tenants with no written agreement

April 2, 2012 by Tessa J Shepperson

Here is a question to the blog clinic from David who is a landlord I am the owner of a property. We have no signed agreement other than trust. I wish to evict two persons staying in my property asap. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Readers problems Tagged With: Eviction, Eviction Procedure, possession claims, Property

Eviction – five misunderstandings about using section 21

January 6, 2011 by Tessa J Shepperson

Eviction using section 21 Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 is the section which says that you can evict your tenant, without giving a reason, provided you serve the proper form of notice. It sounds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips and How to Tagged With: Eviction, Eviction Proceedings, five things you didn't know, possession claims, Section 21

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