Dealing with a rental property

[fitflopqueen]

Any advice please.
i have been asked to oversee a rental property for an elderly relative who is very ill.
The house in question was rented to a family who couldn’t afford to fund a deposit (about 7 yrs ago, there was no written contract either).
The rent has never been increased in this time and is nearly half of going rate for the area.
Rent has been paid very haphazardly each month over the years, the landlord supported with an electric payment during the last winter as renter claimed financial distress and was directed to council support..
The landlord would now like to ask the tenant for vacant possession of the house due to failing health.

As there is no tenancy agreement or deposit held is there any specific wording required? due to the length of time the renter has been there is 2 months notice sufficient?

Thanks in advance

Go to a solicitor

Yep. You need a solicitor. This sounds really problematic.

100% this is going to be an costly eviction as the renter will not get a property for the same price locally so the best advice woiuld be contacting a solicitor who has specialist pratice in evictions.

no tenancy agreement
There is as the legal framework arround rentals applies and creates an agreement so you need good legal advive.

no deposit held
Not a issue as it is unlikely that this would cover much of the repair costs anyway. Plus the owner would have had to follow the deposit rules. If the owner has no proof that no deposit was taken it may be helpful to get the renter to confirm that in writing.

As the owner is ill you need to discuss what happens of they become incapacitated or pass away during the process with the solicitor.

Thanks for your replies, sadly landlord is very ill now, I will contact a solicitor