Rent Arrears Eviction in England & Wales - Problem tenant specialists

T&E Landlord – national specialists in landlord and tenant law and eviction of problem tenants

Due to the unique way in which we have separated the steps involved in litigation and the costs involved at each stage, you are only liable for the additional cost if it is necessary to move on to the next step. As indicated, often completion of the initial notices and service of those notices on the tenant will have the desired effect and it will not be necessary for you to move on to subsequent steps. The charges we will raise against you will be limited to each step undertaken thus limiting your exposure to high legal costs.

Step 1

Step 1 - £132 inclusive of VAT

The first stage in taking action against your problem tenant is to serve the relevant notice pursuant to the Housing Act 1988. After an initial evaluation of your documents and papers, we will consider and advise upon the most appropriate notice. This will usually be either a notice under section 8 of the Housing act 1988 or a notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. These notices make your tenant aware of your intention to seek possession of the property or to seek action for the recovery of rent arrears.

Notice pursuant to the Housing Act 1988 is essential to any eviction action against your tenants. Failure to serve the notices correctly will render any eviction you intend to take unlawful.

In our experience, invalid or incorrect notices are the biggest reason why landlords fail to evict their tenants. As specialists in this area, we are able to make sure that the notice served on your behalf is correct and validly served and enables you to proceed to take Court action if necessary.

We are also aware that often the service of the notice on your tenants may be all that is necessary for your tenant to pay the arrears of rent outstanding. There is a strong chance that a correct notice and a strongly worded letter from T&E Landlord provides the desired result for you thus limiting any need for future Court action and further expense.

We will serve the correct notice on your behalf within 48 hours of receiving instruction, for a fixed price of £132 including VAT.

Step 2

Step 2 - £700 inclusive of VAT

If the service of the notice under the Housing Act 1988 has not had the desired effect and your tenant is either still in occupation or still in rent arrears then by law, you will need to obtain a Court order to evict your tenants. This is the only legal way you can evict your tenants.

Starting Court proceedings and attending Court can be daunting for anyone who has not experienced this previously. We are vastly experienced in the issue of Court proceedings and attending Court. We will take away all the pressure and stress of dealing with the Court and prepare on your behalf the relevant Court papers for issuing at the Court, pay the Court fee, serve the Court papers once issued on your tenant and, if the tenant is still in occupation and has still not paid the rent arrears, we will arrange for your representation at the Court hearing and seek an eviction order against your tenant on your behalf.

This eviction order will then be served on the tenant and the tenant will be asked to vacate and leave the property. We will undertake this extensive exercise for the discounted fixed fee of £700 including VAT. This includes the Court fee that you pay on the issue of the proceedings at Court.

T&E Landlord reserves the right to apply its discounted hourly rate of £140 per hour plus VAT or a further fixed fee to be agreed for any additional work as a result of a possession claim being defended.

Step 3

Step 3 - £230 inclusive of VAT

If, after we have successfully served both the correct notices and obtained a possession order against your tenants, the tenants still refuse to leave the property voluntarily, then the only legal way to formally evict the tenants is to use a Court Bailiff.

Once again, we will do this on your behalf. We will pay the Court fee on your behalf and instruct the Court Bailiff to set an eviction date with your tenants. Once the eviction date has been set, we will notify you of the eviction date and advise you as to the steps you need to take on the eviction date.

We will complete this section of work on your behalf for a discounted fixed fee of £230 including VAT, this includes the baliffs fee.