I received an Empty Homes Grant from the council and signed up to take on tenants from the Homeless team for 5 years. I did not realise it but I had to remain at LHA rate for those 5 years and now thatt the 5 years is up I gave the tenants a Section 21 (the newer version) with 3 months notice. Now the time is up they are not leaving.
I wanted to ask which form I need to complete for Accelerated Possession as there seem to be two options on gov.uk. Please can someone let me know.
Also I cannot find a proof of posting of the S21 - I only have an email saying I will be posting the Notice - although the tenant has not denied receiving the Notice, they have not mentioned it at all, and I am worried this may cause a problem.
Also the gas cert ran out in July and although I have proof of asking the gas engineer to go and do another, I have heard nothing from him. I have contacted him today and he has told me the tenant does not respond to his calls or messages (which I absolutely believe as they dont respond to me).
There has been a condensation problem in the bathroom which needs some action but we were hoping for the tenant to leave and then do what will be a big overhaul of the bathroom however the tenant has now complained to the council about this (even though I previously asked the council for their help with advising us on it) and asbestos (Eon would not put in a smart meter as there is an asbestos backboard to the meter) and mice (we thought this problem was done with as it hadnt been mentioned for about 2 years) and now we are being forced to complete the work within 1 and 2 months. And as the tenant has to be evicted they are in situ for the works. We have only been ordered by the council to paint the wall with a specialist paint and to preferably change the extractor to an humidistat one, but we may as well do the rest of the work we wanted to the bathroom while we are at it.
Please can anyone advise me on if I have just too many problems here to have a successful eviction. Do you think I will need to start over again (I really dont want to)?
Also we did have a bond for the tenant but because we never visited every two months the council have backed out of that.
Tenant has been with me 4.5 years and was on housing benefit but now pays own rent (which is below lha rate). I have given How to Rent booklet - there was no deposit onnly a bond (which I no longer have). No rent arrears.
I wanted to ask which form I need to complete for Accelerated Possession as there seem to be two options on gov.uk. Please can someone let me know.
Also I cannot find a proof of posting of the S21 - I only have an email saying I will be posting the Notice - although the tenant has not denied receiving the Notice, they have not mentioned it at all, and I am worried this may cause a problem.
Also the gas cert ran out in July and although I have proof of asking the gas engineer to go and do another, I have heard nothing from him. I have contacted him today and he has told me the tenant does not respond to his calls or messages (which I absolutely believe as they dont respond to me).
There has been a condensation problem in the bathroom which needs some action but we were hoping for the tenant to leave and then do what will be a big overhaul of the bathroom however the tenant has now complained to the council about this (even though I previously asked the council for their help with advising us on it) and asbestos (Eon would not put in a smart meter as there is an asbestos backboard to the meter) and mice (we thought this problem was done with as it hadnt been mentioned for about 2 years) and now we are being forced to complete the work within 1 and 2 months. And as the tenant has to be evicted they are in situ for the works. We have only been ordered by the council to paint the wall with a specialist paint and to preferably change the extractor to an humidistat one, but we may as well do the rest of the work we wanted to the bathroom while we are at it.
Please can anyone advise me on if I have just too many problems here to have a successful eviction. Do you think I will need to start over again (I really dont want to)?
Also we did have a bond for the tenant but because we never visited every two months the council have backed out of that.
Tenant has been with me 4.5 years and was on housing benefit but now pays own rent (which is below lha rate). I have given How to Rent booklet - there was no deposit onnly a bond (which I no longer have). No rent arrears.
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