You cannot trust L A ( have I said that before?)
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If they are a friend of the family, why are they causing you problems?
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Too right Collin, I donāt trust them either. I experienced the exact same treatment from Barnsley Council after serving my tenants with S21 following their total neglect if my property. When I contacted the tenant to enquire why they hadnāt vacated my property they responded āweāre doing as the council have instructed usā when I asked what instruction the council had provided it was revealed that they were told to stay in the property until the Baliffe arrived. On hearing this I had to pay more cost and apply for more court papers but I demanded a meeting with the Council and was granted the meeting with two staff from Housing who lied by denying that the tenants had been instructed to remain in the property. I presented the department with the before and after pictures illustrating the condition of the property and received a promise they would investigate the allegation advising the tenants to remain. They also promised they would instruct their housing staff not to extend the period of notice of a section 21. Needless to say they didnāt offer to reimburse the cost incurred to obtaining a warant of execution and Eviction costs.
I believe the reason behind this attitude and course of action is simply because they donāt have sufficient housing stock and as weāre all aware many tenants have applied fir cheaper council housing and weāre told applicant faced a several years waiting list. It could well be that tenants believe they can jump the waiting list by engineering the Landlord to make them homeless by
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Yes I am having pretty much the same trouble
Take your issue to the LA ombudsman. An LA has been successfully penalised for this behaviour.
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