Tenant eviction

No landlord wants a Tenancy Agreement to end in tenant eviction but with an estimated 10% of the market classed as bad tenants, if you lease properties over a number of years, then you're likely to encounter the more 'difficult' tenant. There's plenty of landlord advice around regarding how to safeguard yourself against bad tenants but if you're already facing a difficult situation you may well have to resort to tenant eviction.

Tenant eviction is a tricky business and can be quite a drawn out process. Depending on how quickly you respond to a problem with the Tenancy you could face a 6-month struggle to achieve tenant eviction. The key to avoiding this situation is getting the right advice as soon as you become aware of a problem.

It is essential you follow the correct legal process for tenant eviction - a court could throw out your claim for repossession if you are seen to be harassing your tenant or acting outside of the law. In fact any landlord seen to be behaving in a prejudiced or intimidating manner can be tried for a criminal act under the Tenant & Landlord Act, regardless of the actions of the tenant.

Achieving a successful tenant eviction is therefore dependant on getting the right legal advice no matter what the problem. For example, in the event of rent arrears of 8 weeks or more, you are entitled to apply for a Section 8 notice. However, no matter how much you are owed, any further actions on the part of the landlord to retrieve monies owed before the end date of that notice is seen as a criminal act.

Eviction Cost

All of our evicion cost are listed on this site, and remember we always offer our fixed fee eviciton.