I am in the middle of the process to obtain a possession order, but unfortunately my tenant decided to write to the court and claim he had left at the end of May. This was untrue, and contradictory to his letter to me at the beginning of June saying he had not started to look for anywhere to live.
Instead of the court making the order anyway, they have written and asked if I still want to go ahead. This has delayed the process by several weeks!
The court will now only say that it 'will be looked at again by the district judge in due course'.
My solicitor has written a letter of explanation.
In the meantime, I don't feel able to enter my property in case he's still there. He started forwarding junk mail to me from the flat and was still doing this middle of July so I know he was still there then.
I have let the council know that we have no possession order, and as far as I'm concerned he is still responsible for council tax (they have agreed). I have no idea who the utility bills are with.
My question is - why have the courts not just granted the order rather than writing instead, what is the likely outcome? Who is responsible for bills in the meantime and if they won't grant an order on his 'evidence' to them, where does that leave me?
Instead of the court making the order anyway, they have written and asked if I still want to go ahead. This has delayed the process by several weeks!
The court will now only say that it 'will be looked at again by the district judge in due course'.
My solicitor has written a letter of explanation.
In the meantime, I don't feel able to enter my property in case he's still there. He started forwarding junk mail to me from the flat and was still doing this middle of July so I know he was still there then.
I have let the council know that we have no possession order, and as far as I'm concerned he is still responsible for council tax (they have agreed). I have no idea who the utility bills are with.
My question is - why have the courts not just granted the order rather than writing instead, what is the likely outcome? Who is responsible for bills in the meantime and if they won't grant an order on his 'evidence' to them, where does that leave me?