High court enforcement officers

[Android 07]

no expert

have you got an agent acting for you ??
what you are asking for is the eviction to be elevated to the faster high court procedure
so you or your agent i would think needs to be present to ask for permission for you to elevate the eviction fully at your cost with the high court just giving you permission and the paperwork to employ high court accredited bailiffs to do the job

The agent are the ones who gave the three options.

 

[Android 07]

The matter has now been resolved.
Thank you everyone.

Timeline of events :

MARCH - Paid £1400 and instructed baliffs
MAY - Hearing at county counrt to 'transfer up'
MAY - Baliff's solicitor Order confirming permission to transfer the Proceedings to the High Court
JUNE - Warrant Order request rcvd by solicitor
JUNE - Sealed Writ returned from the High Court
JUNE - Baliff asks to complete Risk assessment form
JULY - Baliff hands letter physically to tenant. Given two weeks to go
JULY - Tenant runs away the day before the High court baliff due to arrive
JULY - On day of eviction, pre-arranged locksmith ( £180 ) changes locks and baliff attends.

 

[aveatry]

The matter has now been resolved.
Thank you everyone.

Timeline of events :

MARCH - Paid £1400 and instructed baliffs
MAY - Hearing at county counrt to 'transfer up'
MAY - Baliff's solicitor Order confirming permission to transfer the Proceedings to the High Court
JUNE - Warrant Order request rcvd by solicitor
JUNE - Sealed Writ returned from the High Court
JUNE - Baliff asks to complete Risk assessment form
JULY - Baliff hands letter physically to tenant. Given two weeks to go
JULY - Tenant runs away the day before the High court baliff due to arrive
JULY - On day of eviction, pre-arranged locksmith ( £180 ) changes locks and baliff attends.

And the lefty do gooders wonder why rents are so high - landlords have to factor in all that kind of shenanigans. Every time the gov make changes to the rent law it costs the renter more.

 

[noseall]

And the lefty do gooders

Folk doing good?

 

[motorbiking]

The matter has now been resolved.
Thank you everyone.

Timeline of events :

MARCH - Paid £1400 and instructed baliffs
MAY - Hearing at county counrt to 'transfer up'
MAY - Baliff's solicitor Order confirming permission to transfer the Proceedings to the High Court
JUNE - Warrant Order request rcvd by solicitor
JUNE - Sealed Writ returned from the High Court
JUNE - Baliff asks to complete Risk assessment form
JULY - Baliff hands letter physically to tenant. Given two weeks to go
JULY - Tenant runs away the day before the High court baliff due to arrive
JULY - On day of eviction, pre-arranged locksmith ( £180 ) changes locks and baliff attends.

If you believe the Tenant has assets, nothing stops you going after them. Also since you used an agent, a bit of forensics on the service they charged you for vs the one they performed could give you an angle to claim.
For example failure to check references etc.

 

[Android 07]

If you believe the Tenant has assets, nothing stops you going after them. Also since you used an agent, a bit of forensics on the service they charged you for vs the one they performed could give you an angle to claim.
For example failure to check references etc.

The rent has been claimed back from insurance. It's just that we could have made £££ but only made £ as no one else wanted to rent the rooms.

The funny thing is that the councils' homeless team got in touch shortly before the eviction date and urged us to let him stay and would sort out his rent. I replied back he is a foreign citizen from Africa who obtained a EU passport and is abusing our system by deliberately becoming homeless so that he can get social housing.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

The rent has been claimed back from insurance. It's just that we could have made £££ but only made £ as no one else wanted to rent the rooms.

The funny thing is that the councils' homeless team got in touch shortly before the eviction date and urged us to let him stay and would sort out his rent. I replied back he is a foreign citizen from Africa who obtained a EU passport and is abusing our system by deliberately becoming homeless so that he can get social housing.

I had a tenant who hadn't paid rent for months. The FTT (First Tier Tribunal in Scotland, the (supposed to be impartial) body that consider landlord and tenant disputes) suggested I consider wiping the debt to enable the tenant to start with a clean slate. They also suggested I should be working with the tenant on their income and expenditure e.g. assist them collate an expenditure spreadsheet.

I kid you not, that's what they suggested.

No wonder tenants increasingly take the p1ss.

 

[motorbiking]

I had a tenant who hadn't paid rent for months. The FTT (First Tier Tribunal in Scotland, the (supposed to be impartial) body that consider landlord and tenant disputes) suggested I consider wiping the debt to enable the tenant to start with a clean slate. They also suggested I should be working with the tenant on their income and expenditure e.g. assist them collate an expenditure spreadsheet.

I kid you not, that's what they suggested.

No wonder tenants increasingly take the p1ss.

That’s ridiculous. You’re not their legal guardian.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

That’s ridiculous. You’re not their legal guardian.

The way it eventually played out stopped me from totally losing it over the whole thing.

We still had some moratoriums in place up here, put in place by the SNP (Sh1te National Party) to protect tenants, with no consideration for the fact LLs might suffer as a consequence. There were temporary restrictions around evictions and rent increases for two or three years.

Long story short, by the time the FTT were involved the tenant had already missed many months of rent payments.

By the time the FTT reached their preliminary decision, the tenant had paid rent once out of 11 months, so 10 months of no payments, bar maybe £50 or something one time.

At that point, the letter I received essentially said even if they (FTT) when reaching their final decision found in my favour, it could be up to another six months before eviction would be enforceable (due to the aforementioned moratorium.)

I remember reading that letter and thinking 'so they can stay put for up to 17 months before I can evict, having only paid rent ONCE!!!' i.e. 16 months of rent free living at my expense.

It was that letter that suggested a few things I as the LL could do to help the tenant. One was wipe the arrears. Another was to consider working with the tenant, if they were amenable, on their expenditure.

I sat there, deflated.

Thankfully, it was either later that day or the next that I received a text from the tenant saying they were planning to move out which, two or three weeks later they had. Perhaps they'd received a letter from FTT, I'll lever know.

You want to know the good part?

A few months back the local housing association were in touch to say they (the ex tenants of mine) had put me as a reference!!!

 

[denso13]

Another was to consider working with the tenant, if they were amenable, on their expenditure.

Housing Associations and Councils do that as a matter of course, makes the eviction process easier as they can demonstrate in court that they have tried everything.

 

[motorbiking]

The way it eventually played out stopped me from totally losing it over the whole thing.

We still had some moratoriums in place up here, put in place by the SNP (Sh1te National Party) to protect tenants, with no consideration for the fact LLs might suffer as a consequence. There were temporary restrictions around evictions and rent increases for two or three years.

Long story short, by the time the FTT were involved the tenant had already missed many months of rent payments.

By the time the FTT reached their preliminary decision, the tenant had paid rent once out of 11 months, so 10 months of no payments, bar maybe £50 or something one time.

At that point, the letter I received essentially said even if they (FTT) when reaching their final decision found in my favour, it could be up to another six months before eviction would be enforceable (due to the aforementioned moratorium.)

I remember reading that letter and thinking 'so they can stay put for up to 17 months before I can evict, having only paid rent ONCE!!!' i.e. 16 months of rent free living at my expense.

It was that letter that suggested a few things I as the LL could do to help the tenant. One was wipe the arrears. Another was to consider working with the tenant, if they were amenable, on their expenditure.

I sat there, deflated.

Thankfully, it was either later that day or the next that I received a text from the tenant saying they were planning to move out which, two or three weeks later they had. Perhaps they'd received a letter from FTT, I'll lever know.

You want to know the good part?

A few months back the local housing association were in touch to say they (the ex tenants of mine) had put me as a reference!!!

Did you use an agent to find them?

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Did you use an agent to find them?

Yes.

I always have, however next time I'll be sourcing and vetting them myself.

 

[motorbiking]

Yes.

I always have, however next time I'll be sourcing and vetting them myself.

so you may have an angle, given that you were a reference. If the agent does not do what it says they will do in their contract - you have leverage.

 

[aveatry]

Folk doing good?

No morons not thinking about the consequences of their virtue signalling and vote bribing

 

[noseall]

No morons not thinking about the consequences of their virtue signalling and vote bribing

Do good - ers?
Surely folk doing good is better than folk doing bad?