You are required to follow the proper procedure to remove your tenants in Suffolk from your Suffolk land.
The exact procedure in Ipswich, Lowestoft, or Bury Saint Edmunds will depend on the terms and conditions of the tenancy agreement.
Common types of short-hold tenancies in Suffolk in Suffolk are as follows:
Periodic tenancies in Suffolk - run week-by-week or month-by-month with no set end date
Fixed-term tenancies in Suffolk - run for a set amount of time
If you've signed an assured shorthold tenancy agreement in Ipswich, Bury Saint Edmunds, or Lowestoft with your Suffolk tenants, you'd have to follow a specific process.
1. The Section 8 notice if the Suffolk tenants broke or failed to abide by the terms of the tenancy agreement, and the Section 21 notice that is applicable if a landlord wants back his property in Suffolk at the end of a fixed term.
2. If your tenants in Suffolk do not leave by the date specified on the notice and they owe you a rent, apply for a possession order that is standard to the Suffolk court, but if you do not claim any unpaid rent, you can submit for a possession order that is accelerated.
3. If a tenant in Lowestoft, Bury Saint Edmunds, or Ipswich fails to completely leave the Suffolk property after the accelerated possession order, then you will have to apply for a warrant for possession meaning the tenant will be removed from your property by a bailiff.
You are not required to go to court if your tenant in Suffolk has an excluded tenancy or licence, i.e., if they live with you.
What you need is issuing a sensible order to leave.
Reasonable Notice means to provide them the length of paid or unpaid rent, so if it is paid weekly, you can give then one week's notice.
You won't even have to give a written notice to them.
You can choose to change the locks to the property in Ipswich, Bury Saint Edmunds, or Lowestoft, despite their belongings still being inside.
Properties in Suffolk that went on rent before the 27th of February in 1997 could either be regulated or assured tenancies.
Then, you will need to follow the different rules for evicting them in Suffolk, which also, from eviction they will have enough protection.
You should come up with a plan on what to do with the belongings left in Bury Saint Edmunds, Ipswich, or Lowestoft behind by the tenants in Suffolk.
You may be able get the rent paid straight to you instead of evicting tenants in Suffolk if they owe you rent and claim Universal Credit or Housing Benefit.
In Suffolk, this is called 'managed payments.'
In Suffolk, you can ask for managed payment if your tenant is a beneficiary of:
Universal credit: inquire at the department of work and pensions
Housing Benefit: Get in touch with Suffolk's local council in charge of paying your tenants' benefits
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