UK Landlord Forum / Life

I am currently buying a property with a tenant in situ, and has been since Sept 2015, on an AST, however the property is a reprosession, so no keys and more importantly the previous landlord didn't use a TDS, what is my liability if I take this over, I do also want to serve notice maybe after 3 months

Any advice appreciated please

Chris

What ever the previous landlord did or failed to do is thier problem, not yours.
What is your problem, or more accurately, your obligation is to request that the tenant moves out.
I would not wait 3 months befroe you do it, and ask for a section 21 notice to be issued.
Otherwise you will have to do this yourself when the property becomes yours.

Your details and backround information on this is quite vague which may have been the reason for a delayed response from the regulars on this site.

However, I would be careful taking on a new property with a tenant in situ if you have never deal with this sort of thing before.
the quiestions i would be asking are..

Do I think the tenant will move out easily and without trouble?
What sort of trouble could they cause me if they were being awkward about it.
is the property in good condition (because that could be used to delay the eviction process) i

Is there any other information that you don't see here? - It strikes me as strange that the owner of the property is in re-possession when the property is being rented.
if the reason for bankruptcy related to non payment of rent? - because if that is the case, then it may suggest the tenant is going to be difficult.

I don't have time to go through all the possible scenario, so you should maybe provide some more information?