“Staycations” and Risks of Owning a Holiday Home
The popularity of second homes in the UK, which are often used as holiday homes, could be exposing owners to a “minefield” of risks. The popularity of “staycations” – staying in the UK rather than travelling overseas for a holiday – has seen more second homes being used by “staycationers.” Statistics from the English Housing [...]
Fighting Back Against Squatters
What is Squatting? Squatting occurs when someone occupies an empty property without the owner’s knowledge and without their permission. Squatting does therefore not include tenants who remain in the property after their tenancy has ended or those with other rights occupation, there should also be no record of rent being paid to the owner. How [...]
Tenant Deposit Schemes stop Landlords evicting
Section 21 Notices and Deposits As a prelude to the launch of our comprehensive free e-book for dealing with problem tenants here are some great tips on how to get tenants out of your property. At MS Law Solicitors we help clients deal with problem tenants from simple scenarios to the complex. A situation we often [...]
Landlords Prevented from Serving Section 21 Notices
Landlords may not be able to serve Section 21 Notice in certian circumstances. So, if you can’t serve a Section 21 Notice, how can you end a Tenancy. How can you get your property back? As part of the Housing Act 2004 the Government introduced tenancy deposit protection for all Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in [...]
COUNCIL THREATEN LANDLORD WHO EVICTED TENANT 8 MONTH IN ARREARS !!!
We act for many of our Landlord clients in taking action against non paying or problem tenants.But here’s an interesting story… We served a Tenant with a Section 8 Notice a few wekes ago. This notice asked the Tenant to pay the arrears or leave. The Tenant didn’t do this so we applied to the [...]
Out, out, out I say!
If you want to evict non-paying tenants from your property but don’t know how, then you need to get in touch! Doing nothing is NOT an option!
