Tenants are 2 months in arrears, we have a court date for possession on 8th Aug.
Every month since they moved in we have had complaints from neighbours about noise, screaming, shouting, swearing, door slamming at all hours night and day. Police have been called on numerous occasions. He has been arrested and released each time.
Rubbish/recycling left all over with free holder threatening to have the rubbish removed at our expense. We have collected, sorted and disposed of their rubbish three times now. The first time 8 weeks of rubbish piled up in the communal area. Yesterday 4 weeks of rubbish. When we sorted it to put it in the correct recycling bags at our house we found the:
The court possession date letter thrown away
Tenancy aggreement
Final demand for council tax arrears
Final demand for water rates
Final demands for non payment of train fares
Letters from police about possession of a knife
Loan refusals
JSA letters dated Feb 1st
Pay slips some £4000 a month others £400 dating between Sept 15 to Jan 16 (it seems he lost his job on 1st Feb, 3 weeks before they moved in... great)
We have had no communication with them since issuing a Section 8, but yesterday received more complaints about rubbish (so we dealt with that) and complaints about a possible leak with water damage affecting the downstairs flat which originates in our flat.
The free holder has asked us to get the leak investigated and put right.
How do we gain access to our flat when tenants won't communicate with us and feel they are above the law... free council tax, train travel, rent etc?
God knows what state the flat is in. We inspected it in June and it was spotless... before the section 8 was issued.
What happens if they ignore the possession order and just stay put? How do we get our flat back?