RECOMEND A GOOD EVICTION SPECIALIST IN EDINBURGH
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Hi. Had a mucky tennant in a ground floor flat for 9 years but now need to move into the property due to medical mobility reasons. Gave the tennant 9 1/2 weeks notice ( legally only needed 8 weeks) as she had been with us for a long time.The tenancy and notice time have now expired and she is staying put with no sign of moving out. I have offered her assistance ( with my car to transport her stuff) to move out and now she throws the " entitled to peace and quiet " act back at me. I feel best way forward is eviction ( she also owes 2 1/2 months rent) .Can anyone recommend eviction specialist in Edinburgh. Many thanks. Ian
Edited by Polome on Saturday 21st April 18:30
Polome said:
Hi. Had a mucky tennant in a ground floor flat for 9 years but now need to move into the property due to medical mobility reasons. Gave the tennant 91/2 weeks notice ( legally only needed 8 weeks) as she had been with us for a long time.The tenancy and notice time have now expired and she is staying put with no sign of moving out. I have offered her assistance ( with my car to transport her stuff) to move out and now she throws the " entitled to peace and quiet " act back at me. I feel best way forward is eviction ( she also owes 21/2 months rent) .Can anyone recommend eviction specialist in Edinburgh. Many thanks. Ian
I think you just need a lawyer, or not..but you have to go through the courts before you are allowed to evict don't you??You need to serve a section 21 notice giving 1 month (assuming she’s on a rolling 1 month contract) then you can go through courts to evict.
Be prepared to be f
ked over and your house to be in a st state. HTH
good luck (my tenant managed to stitch me with 6 months council tax as well)
Edit, just noticed it’s in Scotland - I know nothing but good luck!
Be prepared to be f
ked over and your house to be in a st state. HTH good luck (my tenant managed to stitch me with 6 months council tax as well)
Edit, just noticed it’s in Scotland - I know nothing but good luck!
TVR1 said:
pureguilt said:
Talk to Jim at the "worlds end" pub. Hes done a few problem tennants for me. No need to go through the courts!
Nice. I hope you end up in jail.A landlord pal of mine used to wait until the tenant was out and remove the windows for ‘maintenance’.
First of all thanks for the advice..."all" the options offered were considered. Good news is she has left , just under a week over notice period with no signs of paying overdue rent(s). She did leave a nice present though...this is the lounge...the rest of the house is the same...what the picture doesn't convey is the smell.....tenants don't you love them!! 
Jesus. I’d be embarrassed leaving it like that. I’m renting temporarily for the first time in my life. The flat is cleaner now than when I first moved in (previous tenant hadn’t been that great). So far, my landlord has been great, friendly and really helpful (and I’ve no reason to suspect he won’t continue to be).
joyless lobotomised parrot said:
Scottish city?? Telly's gone, they're gone. End of.
Squalor monkey didn't have cash to do full removal so grabbed what they could and bolted.
Looks fine to me. No big visible damage. £100 debris clearout, £50 cleanup. .......NEXT!!
Your comments made me smile! I posted the messy picture as justification to the type of tennant she was. I was VERY relieved when she left without legal wrangling. I had suspected the house was full of junk so had given her authority to leave anything behind as a sweetener to get her to leave. I did get her to sign ( and witnessed) a document saying all goods left would be disposed of.Squalor monkey didn't have cash to do full removal so grabbed what they could and bolted.
Looks fine to me. No big visible damage. £100 debris clearout, £50 cleanup. .......NEXT!!
I have now filled a full size skip with her discarded stuff exposing filth and damage. This was an excecutive let , 3 bed, private garden driveway / conservatory //25 ft kitchen with aga etc in very good area of the city. The days of quick refresh for this property is long gone...your money figures are way off...the skip was £195 , carpets are completely ruined ..£1800 , bedroom paper hanging off walls , half of the ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen are smashed and broken etc etc . I am not exaggerating either ...however we are both very relieved just to have our property back. We are now in our 22 year of landlording with at last count 29 different tenants Had minor bothers as you do but always been ok ( I too remember the £100 reflash & rent days ) and never experience damage & disrespect of our property like this. So busy few months ahead for us but put it down to experience that could have ended a lot worse. Again many thanks for replies and advice. Cheers.
Coming at it from another angle... When was the last time you refurbed the property?
If she has been there for 9 years, then you could say its all wear and tear over those years... Carpets... Well they need replacing anyways, wallpaper... needs a freshen up.
Tiles all being smashed is the only bit I dont agree with.
(I just shelled out 1.8k for a damaged wetroom that was classed as wear and tear from my last tenant).
If she has been there for 9 years, then you could say its all wear and tear over those years... Carpets... Well they need replacing anyways, wallpaper... needs a freshen up.
Tiles all being smashed is the only bit I dont agree with.
(I just shelled out 1.8k for a damaged wetroom that was classed as wear and tear from my last tenant).
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