Good Afternoon everyone,
Its my first post on the site and probably like most first posts on here I am asking for help !
Without going into too much detail my tenant has decided to stop paying his rent , after I gave him notice to leave, and ignore Section 8 and Section 21 notices sent by the letting agent . Last week , foolishly perhaps , I called the tenant directly and had a 40 second conversation with him politely asking when he would be paying 3 months rent arrears and when he would be leaving the property , he cut me off so I politely texted him. This prompted him to call the letting agent and tell them I'd harassed him and that the local council had told him not to leave the premises , although I would imagine they would also have suggested that he pay his rent arrears if he had told them he wasn't paying anymore.
I'm now going down the Accelerated Possession route (N5B) , as recommended by the letting agent , and it looks like there's lots of potential pitfalls in completing the paperwork to me. Are there any examples of a completed one as I can't find one anywhere and I am sure this would help no end? On page 1 I'm not sure if I have to fill in the "Claim No" , "Issue Date" , "fee account no." " court fee" , "legal representatives costs" and even the date that the defendant has to deliver the defence form by . Do the courts fill these in and surely if they do it should be stated on the paperwork? Looks like question 4 (for those who are familiar with the document) is a strange one but some say just to ignore it and put "Not applicable" ....... I really don't want to get anything wrong on this form that could slow things up any further.
Only another 19 pages to go after this !
ANY help whatsover would be really appreciated here as I am at the end of my tether and can really do with out this especially as I'm trying to deal with some serious family health issues at the moment.
Thanks in advance and sorry for waffling on......
Its my first post on the site and probably like most first posts on here I am asking for help !
Without going into too much detail my tenant has decided to stop paying his rent , after I gave him notice to leave, and ignore Section 8 and Section 21 notices sent by the letting agent . Last week , foolishly perhaps , I called the tenant directly and had a 40 second conversation with him politely asking when he would be paying 3 months rent arrears and when he would be leaving the property , he cut me off so I politely texted him. This prompted him to call the letting agent and tell them I'd harassed him and that the local council had told him not to leave the premises , although I would imagine they would also have suggested that he pay his rent arrears if he had told them he wasn't paying anymore.
I'm now going down the Accelerated Possession route (N5B) , as recommended by the letting agent , and it looks like there's lots of potential pitfalls in completing the paperwork to me. Are there any examples of a completed one as I can't find one anywhere and I am sure this would help no end? On page 1 I'm not sure if I have to fill in the "Claim No" , "Issue Date" , "fee account no." " court fee" , "legal representatives costs" and even the date that the defendant has to deliver the defence form by . Do the courts fill these in and surely if they do it should be stated on the paperwork? Looks like question 4 (for those who are familiar with the document) is a strange one but some say just to ignore it and put "Not applicable" ....... I really don't want to get anything wrong on this form that could slow things up any further.
Only another 19 pages to go after this !
ANY help whatsover would be really appreciated here as I am at the end of my tether and can really do with out this especially as I'm trying to deal with some serious family health issues at the moment.
Thanks in advance and sorry for waffling on......
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