Landlords: Eviction Services

Nationwide Residential Eviction Experts

We specialise in tenant eviction services, providing efficient solutions for landlords, including serving Section 21 and Section 8 notices with professionalism and expertise. In certain instances and by engaging in early intervention with problem tenants, we able to provide practical solutions to gain swift recovery of premises without entering the legal eviction process.

The involvement of DP Lawyers as a third party often serves to defuse existing tension and building hostility between the parties and brings to a problem-tenant’s realisation the seriousness of a situation.

We have a wealth of knowledge and experience of homelessness law and Local Authority duties towards people that are threatened with being homelessness. We therefore can provide free advice to your tenant in regards to what options are available to them so that they are able to leave before court action.

We get strong outcomes because we specialise in landlord representation and know how the process works.

• We do all the work and relieve you of the burden of confronting problem tenants.

• We save you money - the cost of our services are typically less than a month of lost rental income.

Assured shorthold tenants are protected by the Housing Act 1988 and the Protection of Eviction Act 1977. If you fail to follow the due legal process of law in regaining possession of the property, you could be found guilty of illegal eviction and your tenant could instigate criminal and/or civil proceedings. This could lead to your arrest and prosecution.

Types of Notice

Section 21 notice procedure:

If you want to evict your tenant from an assured shorthold tenancy you can use something called the Section 21 notice procedure. If you use this procedure you do not need to prove a reason.

If you use the correct procedures and issue a valid notice, the courts have no choice and must grant a possession order regardless of the circumstances. Legally the tenant does not have to leave until you have obtained an eviction warrant. However if you have to apply for a possession order and a warrant then you can hold the tenant liable for the costs of applying for them.

As of 1st October 2015, new provisions came into force in respect of Section 21 notices. The provisions of the Deregulation Act 2015 and The Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements effectively introduced new requirements for serving a valid Section 21 notice for tenancies that started on or after 01 October 2015. We will ensure that all the legal requirements are met when serving the notice.

Section 8 notice procedure:

You can also lawfully evict your tenant if you can prove a Ground (reason) for possession.

We can serve your tenant with a section 8 notice of at least two weeks. The Grounds that can be used are set out in Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988 - They are divided into eight mandatory and 10 discretionary Grounds. Mandatory grounds for possession means, if they are proved, the judge has to grant possession. Discretionary means that not only must the ground be satisfied, but the judge has to be convinced that it is reasonable to grant possession before giving an order.

Our Tenant Eviction Services

Pre-Eviction Advisory

Letter (£30)

The purpose of the Pre-eviction Advisory Letter is to allow the tenant one last opportunity to remedy any problem that you are having with them. For example, the main problem between landlords and tenants is the non-payment of rent.

We could invite your tenant to get up-to-date with their payments or for them to get in touch with us to negotiate repayment of the rent arrears.

If we don't hear from your tenant within the requested timescale, we can proceed to serve a Section 21 or a Section 8 notice

Section 21 & Section 8 Possession Notices (from £80)

We provide a free case review and will determine and advise you of which type of notice to serve to your tenant.

We will draft and serve the notice on your tenant and ensure that this complies with the legal requirements.

We can serve both notices together in order to later give you the option which notice to rely on for any possession claim.

Accompanied with each notice would be our letter informing your tenant of the implications of non-compliance of the notice.

Contact Our Eviction Specialists