Illegal or just unfair?

[lynnellis]

Yesterday I had a court appointed bailiff evict one of my tenants (finally)
She has been ready to go since I first gave her notice to quit but because she was on housing benefit and needed the council to rehouse her we had to go through the rigmarole of going to court for a possession order and then applying for a bailiffs warrant.

The bailiff came, noted that the tenant was in the process of moving out her possessions, and apologised to her for having to formally evict her, because of the councils rules and regulations. He also mentioned that she would now in effect have a county court judgement against her for him having to evict her.

Surely this is unfair on the tenant and how can the council get away legally with flouting the original possession order?

The bailiff said I should send a strongly worded letter to the council to this effect, but would it really do any good, and I could then end up with the council on my back for every little thing.

Anyone any ideas?

[P.Pilcher]

Councils seem to be alaw unto themselves when it comes to this - have a look at http://homes4wreck.co.uk

I have just had similar problems, but the council concerned in my case were prepared to re-house when they saw the possession order - which has cost me over £2000 in lost rent!

P.P.

[Paul_f]

It will do absolutely no good at all and would be wasting your time. Until the system is drastically overhauled this will continue to happen. I've always said that it's not user friendly and is not meant to assist either landlords or tenants. Experienced landlords who want to do their utmost to ensure they can repossess their property without unneccessary hassle avoid benefit claimants as tenants. :(