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Surely I’m not expected legally to have this tenant in my property forevermore??

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Saywhetw · 06/11/2025 17:54

Tenant been in property since 2017. I need to sell. Solicitor telling me we can’t used section 21 as I didn’t provide the right information at the time of the tenancy and also didn’t carry out electrical report or gas safety checks. This was oversight on our part. We can’t seem to use section 8 as tenant paid rent and isn’t a nuisance or anything but she literally won’t move even though we’ve asked repeatedly she just says she hadn’t got anywhere to go. It doesn’t seem right there’s no way out of this?? Solicitor said best they can do is write a letter asking her to vacate. I will get a second opinion tomorrow but really panicking now

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FancyCatSlave · 06/11/2025 18:04

An oversight?! That’s bloody reprehensible- how on earth did you fail to discharge your basic duties as a landlord?!

I am one btw, who is selling up and has issued a section 21. But yes you have stitched yourselves up now.

You could keep whacking the rent up if you haven’t done so in the last year and create a new tenancy with the correct things in place but it is immoral and means a long haul. No sympathy though. How can you get it that wrong?? I always re-issued fixed terms annually with all the paperwork so it was always robust. If you let it run into periodic without the paper trail that’s your fault.

Kittlewittle · 06/11/2025 17:59

Have you spoken to the tenant to come with an amicable solution? They may well want to buy the property from you, which would be the best solution all round. Otherwise, you could agree for a timeframe which works for them, and offer a cash bonus if necessary to get them to vacate.

Alternatively, there are eviction specialists, but this is costly and better to reach an agreement with the tenant.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 06/11/2025 17:57

Have you done the electric and gas safety checks now? It’s not an oversight it’s illegal and potentially put your tenant in danger.

cestlavielife · 06/11/2025 17:57

Can you rectify the oversight?
Issue a new 6 month tenancy same rent or less and do everything correctly ?
Where is the deposit kept?

77Fee · 06/11/2025 17:56

Not that this is what you want but you can sell a property with a tenant in situ.

Whether there are landlords out there wanting to buy is another thing.

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