richardgaywood wrote:
A mate of mine had to vacate his rented property quick sharp because it had a possession order served on it.
Um, out of interest, can you narrow down "quick sharp" any? I've read as much as I can, and Charl's cousin is a lawyer in the residential lettings/property area, but still, information is good.
Craster, the original fixed shorthold tenancy had 2 months notice to be given. It also came with that notice, dated to expire the same day as the fixed shorthold. So effectively, since then we've been on a month-to-month with no notice required (well, 'til the rent period, ie current month, is over).
Therefore, as I understand it - from the initial hearing, mortgage possession will take
up to 28 days, and from then getting an eviction notice will take
up to 14 days. When they have that, they can boot us out as they feel like.
So if she doesn't get her act together (and last time she just paid up citing - to paraphrase - 'I'm a fucking idiot who doesn't look at their bank account or read their mail', hence it happening again) we have no more than 5 weeks, presumably
significantly less - and it can easily take over a week from saying "want that one" to a letting agent, with credit and reference checks and that. And there are no reasonably priced, reasonably located, reasonably nice lets at all at the moment. Hoorah!