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RENT ARREARS – DISREPAIR ISSUES – LANDLORD BEING HARRASSED AND THREATENED – ALL COMMUNICATIONS STOPPED BY THE TENANT – SECTION 8 NOTICE AND SECTION 21 NOTICE

Matter taken to the court by us Outcome – Tenant Evicted – 21 Days to vacate

Property managed by the estate agents – landlord not happy with their delayed communications – landlord seems paying estate agent’s commission for nothing – disrepair issues raised by the tenants – Landlord fixing those issues – Estate agents served Section 21 notice but failed to keep update the Landlord for any of the information and documentation – Landlord approached us for eviction – Advised to serve section 8 notice also – Landlord having misconception that Section 8 notice route is lengthy and costly – advised we will take care – Served section 8 notice – upon its expiry matter taken to the court on section 8 notice route and referred both the notices – Tenant came to the court and allege disrepair issues – with our robust advocacy and case preparation – the court awarded possession order on the first hearing –

T is ordered to hand over the possession of the property within 21 days under Mandatory Grounds and ordered to take the disrepair issues vis-a-vis rent arrears as separate proceedings