What's the longest anyone has waited for tenants to go? We're buying.

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Vender has just reissued the section 21. Court next. Been going on since Feb. When we viewed tenants showed us round pointing out every little fault. Should have guessed then.
We're not desperate as still have our home. Plus other stuff going on. But curious to know if anyone has had similar? TIA

Fair enough if they want to stay as long as they are legally entitled to occupancy but do you really think it’s OK for tenants to intentionally damage someone else’s property? Certainly the law would not be on their side if that’s what you mean, but it would also be childish, rash and just a nasty thing to do. Not to mention short-sighted — tenants who do things like that usually end up losing a lot more in the long run than if they had behaved like adults with a shred of dignity.

My sister recently evicted tenants. It took 20 months from issuing the Section 21 to the bailiffs finally evicting the tenants. They left behind absolute carnage which has taken another four months to put right.

@PeriIsKickingMyButt absolutely- it's your home, just not your property .

Because the law says you aren't entitled to homeless accommodation unless you're homeless. There isn't the housing stock to house people before they become homeless. It doesn't exist. They can't house people in emergency accommodation unless they present as homeless.

Bollocks

It's the landlord's bricks and mortar. It's the tenant's home. You're mixing up the word home to mean 'owns the building' which it doesn't and never has. It means the place where you live.

No, you said several times it wasn't their home. And now you're backtracking because you made yourself look silly. Home means where you live. Not where you own.

They can't do that though as there is an enormous shortage of housing stock so they can only provide housing to people who are actually homeless. While you are legally allowed to occupy your home you aren't homeless! Section 21 notice isn't the 'end of a tenancy' anyway.

@MotherofWhippets81 I can beat you in terms of rent and our lovely home is in very nice order . Only reason we haven't bought is we like living in nice areas and started earning really good money at the point we were beyond getting a 'big' mortgage over a normal term- but we do have quite high income-so we will either buy if/ when we inherit or downgrade on rental at some point. Really pisses me off hearing some peoples attitude as if we are all low life's , when I'm probably paying 3 times what they are- and keep it nice- my gardener has been today and comes every 3 weeks in summer - even agent told me the house looks great.

No need to be so rude. We're all entitled to an opinion.

If your opinion is bollocks you can expect to be told so. And when your opinion is not just bollocks but classist, elitist, offensive bollocks then yes, there just may be a need to be so rude.

No, they want social housing because they get an assured tenancy. Which is ideal if you are sick of moving because private lets.

I guarantee only the most pressing issues get fixed quickly. Everything else is left til its dropping to pieces.

Go take a cold shower and calm down, dear! There was nothing elitist about stating you were rude.

No I haven't at all. I was arguing with the idiot that said that they wouldn't blame the tenants for trashing the place. By saying it wasn't THEIRS.

It's not me that looks silly

@K0OLA1D it OS their home. It's not their house. 2 separate things.

Omg. I know! Christ on a bike

Of course it's their home! They live there!

Granted, it's not their asset, ie they don't own it, but it absolutely is their home.

Nooo really? You don't say? I don't think anyone has mentioned it.

I love how me saying home and not house or property is being jumped on but the person saying it's ok to basically trash someone's house because they're selling is not being picked up on.

Isnt it technically the Crown Estate's, with the landlord owning the freehold or leasehold? If we're being technical.

My family home was owned by the council, it didn't make it any less of a home than the one I have mortgaged.

I've asked mn to amend the word home in my original comment to property.

That's what I meant. I was arguing with the poster thinking it was ok to trash a house someone was selling. Ok?

My HA home was a home when we lived there. Thought we'd be there forever, but it wasn't MY property.

The original comment you made was elitist 🙄 sheesh...

The snobbery on this thread is awful.

I suspect the council will be encouraging them to sit it out until the very end, otherwise they will be classed as being made intentionally homeless.

Actually that’s incorrect. It is the tenants home, until a court evicts them or they leave themselves,just not their house or flat. No justification for wrecking it though.

Can't believe people saying it isn't their home. Of course it is.

Agree completely. As you say, if you have a mortgage you don’t technically own your house, the bank does.