UK Landlord Forum / Life

Submitting a letter with a S21. I just want to cover myself. My tenant has been informed verbally that I will be selling my property in February and to expect confirmation. However I still have a few concerns. I have verbally allowed her to pay on a weekly basis for the last month or so. Seeing as she now knows her time is running out should I point out in the letter that failure to pay will result in a section 8 (2 weeks notice)?

Also my girlfriend went round yesterday and it's an absolute shit pit. Garden is like a tip, will definitely need a skip. The water pressure is down. There's also water thats been leaking onto the floor so it's damp. My concern with this is:

A) I need to cover myself as I don't want tenant to not leave stating I never fixed anything. Tenant only text me the other night about these problems and had now said her boyfriends dad is a plumber and is going to take a look.

B) I'm worried that by the time she moves if she hadn't fixed the problem the leak would of done serious damage? Along with leaving other problems.

Thanks kindly in advance for any replies. I really am very bad at this kind of thing hence the several posts I've made recently.

Why are you writing a letter with a Section 21?

Firstly, there's never any need - the Section 21 speaks all for itself, and attached letters don't strengthen it, in any way. The Section 21 is a no fault / no reason eviction - that is kinda the point of it.

Secondly, there's no real reasoning here that I can see as to why. The Section 21 is dated, so if the date of repairs you've not performed matters then the date is on the Section 21 - a letter won't help with that. But the Tenant telling you about repairs counts... https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repairs/revenge_eviction_if_you_ask_for_repairs?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_s3nivCv5gIVSrTtCh0OnQJzEAAYASAAEgI8a_D_BwE ...you don't want to be in a revenge eviction situation, of course. If you've been informed about repairs (in a way you accept) and then you've issued a Section 21 - then, hmm, you need to think about things and adding a letter ain't gonna turn it from being invalid to valid.

Thirdly, it's B) you need to be most concerned about... get it fixed, this is your expensive asset. Why are you even letting someone else possibly fix this for you? Why?

For God's sake don't let this plumber Dad into your house.Many tenants claim to have a tradesman relative,and the consequences of letting them tinker can be disastrous.

I think anything included with a S21 invalidates it.. it needs to be served correctly, with a witness and without any other correspondence included..send your leter at the same ime but not in the same envelope.. or ring her for a friendly discussion on the s21.. and a polite refusal of assistance from her dad.. Ask me how I know...