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How To Evict Tenants In Luton Without Going To Court In Bedfordshire

1. Do I Use A Section 8 Or Section 21 Notice

If you are planning to let your Luton tenant know that they should leave your property in Houghton Regis, Dunstable, and Caddington, there is a necessity to serve section 8 or section 21 under the 1988 Housing Act.

Notice of possession in Section 21 is provided by Denbigh Franks to a tenant in Luton for a 'notice of possession'.

You can begin the procedure of retrieving your asset in Luton, Bedfordshire, and this also implies that you may instigate a break clause of the agreement.

On the other hand, in Bedfordshire the Section 21 Eviction Notice doesn't necessarily require explanations on why you want to take back your property from a tenant.

Section 8 notices of eviction shall be given in Luton, Bedfordshire, when you have the reasons for eviction.

For example, if the tenant is causing a nuisance in Caddington, damaging the property in Dunstable, or has not paid the rent in Houghton Regis.

In such scenarios you can terminate a fixed term tenancy in Luton if the tenant has breached the tenancy agreement.

But your tenant may disagree and then you will have to go to court in Bedfordshire to provide evidence of the reason for eviction.

Although the notices serve different reasons and are completely independent, they generate the same result, which includes you obtaining your Luton residence back.

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2. Provide A Section 21 Possession Notice With Help From Denbigh Franks

Although a Section 21 notice is not necessarily an eviction notice, it notifies the tenant in Luton that you want to have your residence in Houghton Regis, Dunstable, or Caddington back once they have left.

As the property holder in Bedfordshire, you need to, first of all, serve your tenants in Luton with a two-month's notice before the end of your lease agreement.

You can serve a Section 21 notice of possession in Luton if a fixed term of the tenancy has ended or is there is a break clause in the agreement which can be initiated.

There is no need to provide a reason for taking possession of the property in Bedfordshire and you are allowed to serve this notice even if the Luton tenant hasn't done anything wrong.

However, a section 21 notice must be served well for you to be able to enforce it in Bedfordshire court.

Amendments on how to use Section 21 Notices were made in the Deregulation Act of 2015.

The act was initially for Luton tenancies rented or agreed after 1st October 2015.

However, after 1 October 2018, it applies to all tenancies in Bedfordshire.

These are the rules that are most important:

Remember that Denbigh Franks cannot serve the Section 21 notice during the 4 months of the tenancy, but you can serve the Section 21 notice if the Luton tenancy is renewed after the end of a fixed term, so you can serve a Section 21 notice at any time after renewing the tenancy.

A section 21 notice is legitimate only for 6 months, and if you didn't get the proceedings of possession in Luton, Bedfordshire, during the 6-month period, you will need to issue another notice.

If an authentic complaint is made by your tenant in Luton concerning the condition of the rental property in Bedfordshire and you do not handle it, the problem may have to be referred to the local housing authority by the tenant; The validity of a Section 21 notice is lost if it is issued after a notice has been served by the local housing authority.

Make use of the form 6A to issue a section 21 notice.

For Section 21 notice to be binding, you must inform the tenant in Luton about the following items when they come to rent the property:

A Gas Safety Certificate

Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)

A landlord is required to give a "How to rent" guide to the tenant at the start of the tenancy

3. In Luton Serve A Section 8 Eviction Notice With Denbigh Franks's Help

If you have reasons to evict a tenant in Houghton Regis, Dunstable, or Caddington, you can start the eviction process in Luton by serving a Section 8 notice asking for possession.

In Bedfordshire, Schedule 2 of Housing Act 1988 explains the grounds for serving a Section 8 eviction.

Some of the common grounds for eviction in Bedfordshire's Luton are:

Inability to pay rent

Damaging the property

Nuisance

To issue Section 8 Notice in Dunstable, Houghton Regis, or Caddington, you are required to complete a notice claiming possession of your property let on an assured agricultural occupancy or an assured tenancy.

You also need to be specific about mentioning the terms that have been breached in Luton and you will have to give between 'two weeks and two months' notice according to the terms you are depending on.

If the occupant in Luton declines to vacate within the agreed period, you need to move to court in Bedfordshire to get an ownership order.

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4. Apply For A Possession Order In Bedfordshire's Luton

You may act if the occupant in Luton refuses to vacate your premise following an eviction notice served with Denbigh Franks.

In case a written tenancy agreement exists and also the tenant in Luton does not have any pending rent then accelerated possession order can be used, if you serve Section 21 notice.

If you are willing to get your property back in Dunstable, Houghton Regis, or Caddington as well as claiming the pending dues from the tenant then standard possession claim in Luton can be used, if you served anyone of Section 8 or section 21 notice.

If the possession order has expired and the tenant fails to vacate in Luton, then it's vital to notify the Bedfordshire County Court Bailiff to help you evict the tenant - this may take additional four weeks or more depending on the County Court.

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