The most typical problem a landlord experiences with a tenancy is the non payment of rent.
Many times this is just a temporary blip in the tenancy.
What a landlord should never do is just ignore the situation and hope it goes away!
I recently had a situation where one of my tenants stopped paying their rent. I’ve outlined what I did to protect myself.
Following on from serving the court papers for possession my tenant suddenly started paying again.
Funny that!
I have had experiences in the past where the tenant suddenly does a bunk after a period of non payment.
This places you as the landlord in a difficult position because even if you suspect that your tenant has disappeared never to return. They still have a tenancy and you will need to go through the same legal procedures to end it. The one exception to this is where abandonment has occurred. However, this is a very grey area and a landlord is always better off following the legal procedures for possession rather than risking having the tenant take out a case of harassment or unlawful eviction against them.
If the tenant really has done a bunk and left you high and dry then it is possible to trace them and claim your money back.
The most typical problem a landlord experiences with a tenancy is the non payment of rent. Many times this is just a temporary blip in the tenancy. What a landlord should never do is just ignore the situation and hope it goes away!
No comments:
Post a Comment