Would like to ask tenant to leave but now we have a change in regulations?

[cheeseandbranston]

I have a small renter. I have only put the rent up by £50 in the past 4 years because I had (wrongly) assumed the tenant was a good one, because she rarely asks for anything, is polite and pays on time.

however, I asked to walk through the property a month ago, and it was shocking. She had painted everything herself and down a very bad job, the garden was full of junk as was the garage, she has a pet that we never discussed and the carpets are all ripped up by the pet.

i didn’t say much at the time because my visit obviously made her super anxious - she covered all the floors with sheets and claimed she had just carpeted them when it was obvious that it was because she didn’t want me to see them. And she tried to stop me going outside claiming the rain had made the garden and garage dangerous.

I could see she was close to tears as I left.

i felt sorry for and after texted saying that I hoped the walk through didn’t make her too anxious and I wouldn’t need to do it again for another year - I didn’t want her to be frightened.

BUT, it has made me realise, I don’t want to rent my house any more. I took a couple of months to think about it, and the damage will be costly to put right, and I don’t want my own property at risk like this.

I had planned to tell her in January because I don’t want to make Christmas difficult for them. (Her boyfriend and teenager live there too)

but yesterday I saw renting rights are changing and you can no longer simply give a tenant notice?

does anyone have any advice please? Not just opinion, but actual knowledge of what I need to do?

thank you.

It’s actually laughable its somehow tenants are always poor weak vulnerable people and landlords are always overweight big rich nasty people. It’s pathetic.

That"s a void waiting to happen.

I would turn this over to a letting agent, work with them to get everything legal and up to scratch, and let them deal with giving notice at a future date. It’s too easy to fall foul of the law as an accidental landlord these days. They’re usually 10%-12% of the rent but a good one is worth every penny.

You can"t be an "accidental" landlord, it is a choice to become a landlord, most people call themselves accidental landlords because they wouldn"t accept the market price they could sell a house for, how many are now regretting that decision?