Local authority tells tenants not to leave the property?

Reply to the comment left by Golfman at 07/07/2023 - 18:00
There are rules about leaving stuff behind. The bailiffs should have said to contact you to arrange pick up, within a week or so. You should not have had to keep their stuff for months. What you do is give ex tenants a time limit to pick up or tell them after that you'll charge them a storage fee (after that find a storage unit and put the stuff there). Or put the stuff out side. Really you can do that.

The answer to the original question depends on why the tenant was due to leave. If it was following a landlord notice, then I've nothing to add to what others have said, but if it was because the tenant served a valid notice, then the Council should be warned about their advice as the tenant would become a trespasser and liable for daily charges of double the rent.

Reply to the comment left by David at 07/07/2023 - 18:54
Ha! No such luck. I'd like to hear if you've tried and it worked.

Reply to the comment left by Kay Turner at 07/07/2023 - 15:37
What do you mean, forced? Why were you served with an notice to quit in the first place?

Reply to the comment left by Peter Newman at 07/07/2023 - 10:48
That's useful to know ..tenants make themselves intentionally homeless if they don't pay rent. I wasn't aware of that. Many thanks

Reply to the comment left by Golfman at 07/07/2023 - 14:52
Quite. "Should not" isn't the same as "Must not"!

Yes but if they have vulnerable people (kids/ disabled/ mentally ill ) then they are legally obliged to re house. Therefore the rent arrears does not count. It’s all a complete mess.

Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 07/07/2023 - 16:49
In a way you did. You either had or acquired an asset that you gambled on generating an income high enough to cover your costs, mortgage, insurance, maintenance, etc. While you benefit from the increased equity and value of the property. As with all investments the value can go up or down. This is the risk you take, expecting someone in a much worse financial situation than you to cover your bets when you get to keep the asset is a big part of the cause of the witch hunt against landlords atm. You have to speculate to accumulate as the saying goes but when someone is perceived to keep all the profits but be liable for none of the losses then people get upset. If more landlords look at the long-term and factor in the value of the assets as well as cash flow then most of the vitriol would disappear. Obviously cash flow must be managed. Good reliable tenants with a proven track record in your property paying 10 , 20% or even more less than you could get on the open market has the benefits of lack of stress, effort and uncertainty you may suffer from. As long as you are not losing money every month then you're still making money with the increased value of the asset. Look at it like a savings account with an incredible interest rate. Unfortunately if everyone gets fed up because they don't make the profit they did and sells then that's when your asset could drop in value. So try to think like the Chinese and plan your finances for 10 years not 10 weeks.

Same problem, Portsmouth City Housing told them to stay for the possession court order, having ticked that box they stopped paying until the bailiffs, 8 weeks rent and costs from court, plus another 10 weeks until vacated, over £10,000 in damage done along with £4,770 in unpaid rent and I'm the baddie, downsized ourselves and bought the property to cover the fact my wife's pension was slipped 6 years. Now they plan to take away any hint of control we though we had, mind you section 21 was a useless tool anyway. No we haven't seen even a penny of the money of course!

Your experience has been normal practice for years. Only option is to get a possession order/bailiffs and evict. Costly and takes ages