I hope I can get some advice here as I am panicking slightly 
I have a two bed maisonette that was let 2 months ago to a single male who told my estate agent his wife would be moving in with him the following month.
It turns out he may have moved in 3 or 4 other males into the maisonette and they are causing nuisance to neighbours and basically causing complains coming to me left right and centre with noise, mess, a few other things and most worryingly for me breaking HMO rules if there are 3,4,5 of them potentially living there in a small 2 bed place.
I have visited the property and it seems to be being looked after well enough but obviously they are causing nuisance when i am not there and I do not want all these people in the property, it was let to 1 person only named on the AST.
My property is leasehold and the managing trustees have now sent me a stern letter telling me basically i am breaking all these various clauses of my lease and they will issue a Notice of Breach of Covenant and start legal proceedings to forfeit my lease if i do not carry out action immediately. This has stressed me out.
The break clause is still over 3 months away so i cannot use a S.21 as that is too long to wait, i can only think that i can issue S.8 on a few discretionary grounds (12 and 14 with also 13 and 17 seem likely) as none of the mandatory ones have been broken.
I sent my tenant a letter a few days ago telling him that anyone else in the maisonette must leave immediately and the property is only let to him as per the AST but really i just want him gone so i can start again. I don't think when i check Monday these other people would have left anyway.
Would you recommend this route with the S.8 in this situation?
I am going to have a polite conversation with him next week and ask him nicely that this property seems like it doesn't fit his needs and suggest he looks for somewhere else to live where more people can stay.
Either way after the conversation i think i need to issue the S.8 to him in person so he knows i am serious and as i need to show the managing trustees that i am taking immediate action being i feel like i am in the shhhhit.
Thanks for any advice.

I have a two bed maisonette that was let 2 months ago to a single male who told my estate agent his wife would be moving in with him the following month.
It turns out he may have moved in 3 or 4 other males into the maisonette and they are causing nuisance to neighbours and basically causing complains coming to me left right and centre with noise, mess, a few other things and most worryingly for me breaking HMO rules if there are 3,4,5 of them potentially living there in a small 2 bed place.
I have visited the property and it seems to be being looked after well enough but obviously they are causing nuisance when i am not there and I do not want all these people in the property, it was let to 1 person only named on the AST.
My property is leasehold and the managing trustees have now sent me a stern letter telling me basically i am breaking all these various clauses of my lease and they will issue a Notice of Breach of Covenant and start legal proceedings to forfeit my lease if i do not carry out action immediately. This has stressed me out.
The break clause is still over 3 months away so i cannot use a S.21 as that is too long to wait, i can only think that i can issue S.8 on a few discretionary grounds (12 and 14 with also 13 and 17 seem likely) as none of the mandatory ones have been broken.
I sent my tenant a letter a few days ago telling him that anyone else in the maisonette must leave immediately and the property is only let to him as per the AST but really i just want him gone so i can start again. I don't think when i check Monday these other people would have left anyway.
Would you recommend this route with the S.8 in this situation?
I am going to have a polite conversation with him next week and ask him nicely that this property seems like it doesn't fit his needs and suggest he looks for somewhere else to live where more people can stay.
Either way after the conversation i think i need to issue the S.8 to him in person so he knows i am serious and as i need to show the managing trustees that i am taking immediate action being i feel like i am in the shhhhit.
Thanks for any advice.
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