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Property Mentor Investment Questions
The following question was recently submitted to our property experts by an individual looking for advice on how to deal with their property let. If you have got a question regarding your tenancy/property, contact us now via the link to the right.
Submit your own questionsMy landlord is threatening to repossess the property, I have paid my rent on time but am worried about where this could end up, can he legally do this?
A: Property landlords have only got the right to retake possession of a property in one of the following circumstances, so unless you have breached any of the below terms your landlord is acting illegally:
- You are more than 2 months/8 weeks behind in rental payments
- You have damaged the property
- You have refused/delayed vital maintenance work to the property
- You have breached a term in your tenancy agreement - taking illegal substances on the property; letting the property detoriate etc
- You have been reported to your landlord as a nuisance to your neighbours and have repetitively failed to change following written warnings from your landlord
- You have provided false information in your tenant application form that helped persuade the landlord to give you a tenancy agreement
Traditionally, in each of these circumstances your landlord would have to issue you with a Section 8 form, and give you 14 days to respond. This can include paying your overdue rent or vacating the property. However, unless your landlord has gone bankrupt; the property is being repossessed or it was their home originally and they want to make it their residence again, you should always receive notification through a Section 8.
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