Property Eviction Services
Website Editor • September 19, 2018
Let Woodstock Property Law guide you on the correct actions to take when you need to evict a tenant from your property.
Are you wanting to obtain possession of your property, and not sure which notice to serve or procedure to follow? If your tenant will not leave peacefully then you MUST follow the correct legal processes or you could face being fined or even imprisoned. Regaining possession of your property ought to be simple, but it is a heavily and strictly regulated area of law and it is easy to get it wrong. Even a minor mistake may jeopardise the whole procedure and cost you a great deal of time and money.
STEP 1
Legal Possession Notice
If you would like us to serve a legal possession notice on your tenant please contact us – to speed up the process please upload the requested documents here. This will enable us to review your papers before contacting you to discuss the notice that can be served.
STEP 2
Court Proceedings
If you require court proceedings, a hearing may be listed to consider the claim. We would always recommend using a solicitor to prepare and serve the court papers, because it can sometimes take 6 months to obtain a possession order. If the papers are wrong you may have to start completely afresh, a very expensive mistake especially if the tenant is already in arrears of rent.
If you would like us to commence court proceedings to obtain a possession order and/or a court order for the rent arrears please contact us here. It helps if you are able to upload the requested documents here as we can check everything is in order before contacting you to discuss the court process.
Undefended Court proceedings with a hearing Fee – £1100 plus VAT (this includes court fee, preparing the court papers, instructing an expert advocate to attend court to present your case to the judge, preparing the witness statement and a schedule of costs. We will also chase up the court throughout – a very necessary element with the heavy workloads our modern courts undertake).
STEP 3
Eviction
Once you have a possession order that can be enforced, this does not mean you can simply change the locks. A bailiff or High Court Enforcement Officer is required to legally evict the tenant. An appointment will be scheduled by the Court – this does not happen automatically and a further application has to be made to the court.If you would like us to apply for a bailiff appointment please contact us here. We may be able to use the services of the High Court in specific circumstances. This will be discussed with you upon receiving instructions.
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