Some lovely mumsnetters have been helping me draft a letter to evict my arsehole of a lodger. (Thread here if you're interested).
However it's been quite rightly pointed out that I need to be on firm ground legally. It's complicated by him being on holiday. Does anyone know where I stand legally?
About the lodger:
- he was due to pay rent on the 3rd of this month
- he went on holiday just over a week ago
- after he went we found out he hadn't paid the rent
- he's due back in about 10 days
About the flat:
- the flat is rented in my name and DPs. We sublet 2 rooms
- we have no written contract for the sublet rooms
- the verbal agreement was that our tenants pay a deposit of a months rent, which they get back by not paying rent in the last month
- the deposit has nothing to do with damages. It's simply there so that we get a month's notice so we can find someone new to move in
I want to write him a letter he'll get while he's away, asking him to leave basically. As he hasn't paid his rent am I within my rights to take a months notice from when the rent's due? Or is it from when he receives the email? Or when he gets back? Or doesn't that matter as there's no written contract?
I won't have time to ring CAB until the end of the week, any help will be much appreciated :)