Having extended the eviction ban for a further month at very short notice the government have issued further guidelines that come in from the 1st September.
You will only have to give 4 weeks notice of intention to repossess your property on grounds of anti-social behaviour; with just 2 weeks notice for tenants who have committed acts of domestic violence, and 4 weeks notice for tenants who have built up 6 month rental arrears.
Whilst this is a (very) tiny step forward, you will still need a court order to evict, and with courts likely to be almost a year behind due to the current restrictions, you are still in for a long and painful process.
Should Landlords Manage
Their own properties?
With all the current legislation changes, and the Governments determination to protect the tenants from Landlords (I'm not entirely sure what they think Landlords are like) it's a nightmare trying to keep up! You say, or do one thing incorrectly, and you could see yourself in a year plus long ride through the court system.
Scaremongering aside, Landlords need to remember that renting your property is a business, and all personal feelings have to be set aside. In a recent survey of Lettings Agents 90% of them said that tenants, at the viewing stage, always ask ‘who is managing the property?’ With 70% of those saying that, given a choice of properties, they would go with the property managed by an agent.
I believe tenants feel that
dealing with an agent is less personal, they feel that any repairs will be done
quicker and that if things go wrong they are better protected when dealing with
an agent. Whether this turns out to be the reality is another story!
