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steven hollis

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Joined: 21/8/2005

Landlady wants her house back

My partner and I live with our 2 children in a private rented house.We moved in on the 1st February 2005.In April our landlady wrote to us and told us she needed her house back at the end of the tenantcy.She was moving abroad and rented her house to us with a 12 months tenantcy agreement.She is living with our friend who is having a baby due in september.For us to be rehoused through our local council she has been told she has to take us to court which will cost £500.The friend who she lives with has a house and already has a child who is 7 years old and has autisium.Which means she needs all her room as the children can not share due to his autisum.Our landlady can only take us to court once the tenantcy agreement has ended on the 1st February 2006.This means we have to wait for a court order before the council will rehouse us which could take several months.Is there anyway around this situation.It is causing amence pressure on our relationships and causing us a great deal of stress and pressure.

Report Abuse | Date 21/8/2005 3:57:33 PM

P.Pilcher

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Joined: 25/7/2003

RE: Landlady wants her house back (in reply to steven hollis)

Regrettably, there is little that you can do unless you can get social services to apply pressure to the housing department on your behalf. Your landlady's figures are slightly in error however.: The court fee for the issue of a possession order which the council require is, I believe, £150 and if the council will not act until the bailiffs are involved to actually evict you their fee is a further £90, so the total is nearer £240. Your original AST agreement must accompany the court paperwork as must the section 21 notice giving you two months or more notice of the end of your tenancy. If you are on sufficiently good terms with your landlady, there is nothing to stop you colluding with her and signing new paperwork with expiry dates to suit you all and start the court process much earlier. However if you have already told the council when your tenancy agreement expires, they may become suspicious when you produce a possession order and eviction notice before that date!

P.P.

Report Abuse | Date 24/8/2005 1:30:18 PM