|
|
| Mortgage Default | Question | | We have a tenant on an assured shorthold lease commencing on 8th June 1995 who left the property on 13th September 1995, before the end of the six month period, and without giving the required noti... More... | | Illegal immigrants from Brazil | Question | | I recently let a house to a couple who paid the full six month's rent upfront. I subsequently discovered that they were using the property to accommodate illegal immigrants from Brazil. The Imm... More... | | Death of a tenant - no will or relatives | Question | | The tenant of one of the houses that I manage has just died in hospital. She didn't have any relatives and there isn't a will. It was a fixed term tenancy which will terminate at the end of... More... | | Too hot in Australia! | Question | | A couple decided to move to Australia and asked an agent friend of mine to find tenants. He found a couple, A & B, who had two young children and another on the way, who wanted to rent the prop... More... | | Possession notice | Question | | I recently served a notice seeking possession under s.8 of the Housing Act on one of my tenants who was in rent arrears. Shortly before the possession hearing, the tenant swiftly offered to bring t... More... | | Tenant in Prison. | Question | | We manage a property where the tenant has been sent to prison. The tenancy is an assured shorthold. Can the landlord repossess the house.
More... | | I think one of my tenants is running a brothel | Question | | We have received a lot of complaints regarding a property we have just let to a gentleman and his Thai girlfriend. According to the neighbours in this block of luxury flats, he is never there and t... More... |
| Standard possession procedure | Question | | How long would it normally take for the use of the standard possession procedure to give me possession of my property?
More... | | Non payment of rent | Question | | Under which grounds can I rely on in cases where there in the Housing Act 1988 are there for arrears of rent?
More... | | Harassment and statutory liability | Question | | I have a tenant who seems to have abandoned his flat. He is in arrears with his rent but he has left some of his possessions in the flat. Can I go in and change the locks?
More... | | Access to a property for viewing | Question | | We act as agent for the landlord who wishes to sell his property. The tenant has been served with the appropriate Section 21 Notice and is in the last two months of her tenancy. In addition, the fo... More... | | Tenant starts fire | Question | | One of my tenants, who has a history of violence, had been in arrears with his rent for some time. I informed him that I intended to start possession proceedings and, once informed, the tenant set ... More... | | Tenant dies | Question | | A tenant in a property that I manage sadly died recently. I have not received rent for the property for the past two months. The tenant lived alone but has a grown up son who I have not been able t... More... | | Break clauses | Question | | I usually let my properties for a fixed term of one year. Is there anything I can do to bring these to an end before this time?
More... |
| Joint tenants | Question | | I have just been give notice by one of two joint tenants. Does this terminate the tenancy for both of them?
More... | | Early termination by tenant | Question | | What can I do if a tenant gives me notice when they are only two months into a six-month fixed term tenancy?
More... | | Only courts have authority to evict | Question | | - One of the landlords for whom I manage property wants to change the locks on a flat where he believes that the tenant has done a ‘runner’. Can he do this?
More... |
|
|
