How to deal with tenant who hasn’t paid any rent?

How to deal with tenant who hasn’t paid any rent?

0:02 AM, 17th July 2024, About 36 minutes ago

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Hi, we had rented our 2 bedroom flat in London at the end of October 2023 through a estate agent. The agent did the referencing and the tenant passed. The agents collected the deposit from the tenant.

The tenant didn’t pay rent in November and somehow reclaimed his deposit through a bank chargeback.

Since then, he hasn’t paid any rent. We used solicitors and issued a Section 8 notice, went to court, and secured an eviction order. However, he didn’t show up to court or leave the property.

We have been informed by the building management that they are getting complaints of something dodgy happening in the property. He has not paid any council tax,utilities bill or any rent at all.

County bailiffs are due to attend the property on 1st of August.

Questions:

1)Is there anything the tenant can do now to stop eviction?

2)How was he able to charge back his deposit from the agents. Is the bank or agents responsible for this. What can we do about this?

3) Is there anyway or any chance of collecting the rent arrears bearing in mind that we have already incurred high solicitors fees thus far. Is it worth trying for debt collection?

We would appreciate any advice please.

Thank you,

Ruchi


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