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February 26 2008This is an update of the eviction of my non paying tenants, the process has well and truly dragged out for ages and ages. About 5 months in total.
In court the judge had ordered that the tenants leave on Jan 23rd and give up possession of the property. The tenants had agreed and I was to meet them there on the 23rd. On the 21st I called the tenants and asked about the 23rd and they told me they would not be leaving. Great!!
I went back to court when I could to ask for the court baliff to kick them out. This cost me £95 and I had to wait for the baliff to arrange a date. When I finally got documentation through for the eviction from the baliff the date they had set was for the 18th Feb at 11am. This was nearly another 4 weeks from when the judge had ordered them out. another 4 weeks of non rent payment Grrrr!!!
Court Baliff and the Police
The court baliff will turn up with the police if you think that it will be a problem getting the tenant out. I didn’t think this was necessary and I don’t like to waste police time.
So now I had an eviction date and knew when the property would definitely be empty. So I advertised the property in the local paper at a higher rent then before as I need to recoup some losses on the £4k in lost rent. I think my bad luck on this property had turned to good luck as I recieved at least 20 calls about the property from possible tenants. It turns out that this is one of the most desirable areas to live in as the schools and town centre are both very close. I scheduled as many people to come over on the 18th as possible to view as I really wanted to let the property ASAP.
On the 18th I went to the property at 11am to see that the tenant had already left and that so people had already turned up to view the house and were chatting to the baliff. I let the baliff in and he had a quick look round to check the tenant had left. When he had checked the house I had to sign some kind of form to show that he had done his job and the tenants had left. I changed the locks on the doors and my cleaner went about cleaning the house. 2 viewings later and the property had been let, a young couple really liked the house and had put down a large deposit for the property.
I was so happy, the nightmare of the bad tenants and non rent payment is now over. I’m pretty sure these new tenants will be a good ones. They actually came from a recommendation as I already rent a house to the girls mum and another house to her older sister and her mum is acting as a guarentor. So I didn’t actually even need to advertise the property, but at least now I know that that property is in a great letting location and in high demand.
You can read my earlier posts on my first eviction court eviction and section 8 eviction and tenant eviction
There are 8 comments
This is the kind of story you read in the papers and you hope it will never happen to you. Like a never ending nightmare. I am happy for you and I know I would have been so mad in your place! Suing their asses wasn’t an option for you?
Wow, what a headache! Glad to hear you got the tenants out of there! You know, real estate is a great long term investment, with potential to earn big bucks, but sometimes you get stuck with a lemon for a renter. Hopefully next time it works out better for you!
thanks for the comments, i;m glad i got them out of the house in the end and the new tenants are in place so it was a happy ending.
as for suing them? hmmm if they have no money I’d rather not waste my money on court costs as I know there is little or no chance in getting anything back
Yes maybe you won’t get any money from them but will surely teach them a lesson. I bet they did it in the past and will do it again.
Well done on getting this sorted.
My parents had a friend with this problem. They tenants wouldn’t pay the rent, let the dog foul the carpet, and kept on telling him how they had to feed their children instead of paying rent. Even though they had a big TV with hundreds of cable channels.
Wow, that’s a good story! A good plot, climax and even a happy ending! If you implement some fantasy elements you could probably sell it to Disney. I’m glad things worked out for you, congratulations.
DRE, thats almost blatent comment spam, but it made me laugh so i’ve included it here.
When we lived in North Las Vegas, Nevada, My wife and I Managed an apartment complex for off property owners.
Though we warned them in advance that something was wrong with the people they were about to rent to, they rented to them anyway.
It took a total of 4 months to get them out (meanwhile all that time they were doing “good neighbor things” Like cooking speed in the apartment, burglarizing the other tenants, all to which calling the police was to no avail.
after the second month we gave them a 3 day pay or quit. then we had to go to court get a 30 day notice,and post it. Then we had to go back to court and get a bailiff to come post an order to vacate. then he came back with the police and the people had left a pit bull locked in the house. so the police had to call the dog pound to come get it out. (and I had to call in a good carpet cleaner).
At any rate, bad tenants are a real pain.
I wish you better luck in the future. Tommy