UK Landlord Forum / Life

I'm not sure how many of you check the main site articles or the latest comments people have left, but there is an interesting/sad situation going on in my "i'm evicting my tenant" article.

This is the basics of someone's comment:

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I am 6 months pregnant. I served a section 21 notice to quit to a tenant that has been nothing but a nightmare. Her contract ran out a couple of days ago and despite numerous letters and phone calls asking her and her said husband to confirm when they will be leaving the property...they never returned any of my messages. I went there on the last day as stated in her contract and eviction notice and she had the cheek to say to me that she was not moving anywhere and was shouting behind the door that I was harrssing her! I remained calm even hough at this point my blood was boiling, I asked calmly if I could come in to talk. Her husband opened the door five minutes later and as he was coming out of the door I pushed myself in. At this point he grabbed me and tried yto push me out but as I was half way in the door I got slammed against the door post with his hand pressing on my belly. At this point I screamed and shouted for my partner who was on the ground floor (as I didn't want her feeling intimidated I asked him not to come upstairs with me)that I was hurt. It was when the husband saw my partner (who towers over him) that he let go of me. I called the police and reported the assault.

I have never had such a nightmare before with a tenant. I thought I have been lucky so far. She is a professional, well a training Pharmacist. I have offered her deposit in cash and even extended time fo rher to find another place, but all is not working. Does anyone know people that will help me in moving her out (I know this is not the 'right' way), but apart from spending more money in court and being assaulted by them what other choices do I have? The law in this country is screwed up! Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Also do I file an assault charge on her husband?

That's left by a nice lady called Donna. I feel so sorry for her. To make it worse, the law is pretty messed up when it comes to Landlords rights, or the lack there of, should I say.

Anyway, the plot thickens throughout my conversation with her. If anyone has any experience in this issue, please leave a comment. If you're interested in reading the story, go here.

Unfortunately my experience with evicting tenants isn't as complicatedf as Donna's, so my advice was limited.

Advice, unfortunitly its going to be long and drawn out and it will be at a cost.

The bad thing about these situs is that Donna also needs be be prepared to go back to a shit hole when they do move on cos they are going to probibly wreck the joint out of shear nastyness.

The best thing she can do, and has done probibly is get legal help, but its going to be long and costly.

Landlord and tenant situations are a funny one,  The best thing to always do i feel, is to work with the tenant and to be honest if you really dont need to serve them notice, then dont,
The mind set of a LL must always be * ok i own the house, but its not mine unless something goes wrong* lol.
Vetting and good coms throughout the relationship is a must, these can eradicate these kinds of situs most of the time
I wish Donna well.