Hi,
My DH and I own a house that we have rented out for 7 years. A new tenant moved in before Xmas and we seem to have a few issues that aren't being resolved. He isn't parking in the right space or using the bins correctly (the house is in a gated community and we have covenants that cover these issues that we/tenant need to adhere to). When the letting agent recently visited property she found evidence of smoking (no-smoking property). He really doesn't seem to give a stuff - and although these are minor issues, I am fearful that as time goes on we may get to hear of bigger problems.
He has got a 12 month lease with no break clause - so he has a fair old stint left in the property. We have tried countless phone calls and the agent has made three appointments to meet with him which he hasn't even turned up for.
I have asked the agent To write a strongly-worded letter to try to explain the consequences of not sticking to the terms of the lease (so far I have found 3-4 that he has broken) - but just so we understand our options, how would we go about terminating the contract?
Ideally he would just start parking correctly, stop using neighbours bins and not smoke in the property following receiving the letter. I really don't want to go down the eviction route (particularly over relatively minor issues) - but need to make sure I know what we can do if it gets worse.
Thank you!
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fatsamsgrandslam · 15/02/2012 18:58
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