Tenant[1] Eviction Services in England and Wales
We hold conversations with landlords each and every day and have a clear picture of our clients and their frustrations. Through 20 years of experience with strong client relationships, we have developed highly effective solutions for dealing with eviction cases.
When evicting a tenant, you’ll have many questions. Do I need to go to court? Could the written tenancy agreement affect the eviction? Is there deposit protection in place? How do I legally evict a tenant?
Mistakes can easily be made during the eviction process, causing landlords to suffer financially. The legal process is complex and slow, but we can help.
Our solicitors are here to make the eviction process simple and hassle-free. With expert knowledge, we can answer your questions and help you gain possession of your property with minimal fuss.
It will cost you nothing to make an enquiry. Get in touch today.
Here’s what we can do:
An Inexpensive, Quick and Effective Tenant Eviction by Solicitors
You’re looking for an inexpensive, quick and effective solution to your tenant eviction problem. We can help, anywhere in England and Wales.
We’re inexpensive:
For a straightforward possession involving the usual one court hearing, we will act for you for an agreed fee:
The eviction process, in most cases, involves serving notice to the tenant. This can be a fault notice (usually for rent arrears) or a no-fault notice. The notice will inform the tenant that they are required to leave the property. If a tenant refuses to leave the property following the notice period, a possession order can be sought from the court. This process will involve issuing proceedings, preparing for and attending a court hearing. If the tenant doesn’t leave following a possession order from the court, the County Court or High Court bailiff can be instructed to attend your property and evict them.
Fixed Fees
These prices include a review to check that your eviction is likely to succeed. If there is a problem, we will tell you how to fix it.
- Notices:
We can serve either type of notice for £125.00 + vat., or even both types of notice at the same time for £150.00 + vat. For additional tenants just add £25.00 plus vat., per additional tenant.
- Court Proceedings:
Full service – Start to finish including representation at court, we charge £745.00 + vat. In addition, there is a court fee to pay of £404.00. That all comes to £1,298.00. This service includes taking your instructions, drafting and issuing your claim through to preparing your case to obtain your possession order, including representation at court (1 hearing at any court in England and Wales). - Enforcement:
If the tenants don’t leave when the possession order says they must, we can issue a warrant and the bailiffs will evict them, by force if necessary. We charge £180.00 + vat., plus a court fee of £148.00, which comes to £364.00. - Accelerated Possession Procedure:
Using the accelerated procedure, in the absence of a defence or serious issue with the claim, no hearing is required. We charge £650.00 + vat. To take your instructions, draft your claim and file it at court. You also pay the court fee which is £404.00; that comes to £1,184.00 in total. However, where there is a hearing, there will be an additional charge for an advocate to attend court. The cost will vary according to the nature of the issue and the location of the court. Typically, it’s around £300.00 + vat.
These prices include a review to check that your eviction is likely to succeed. If there is a problem, we will tell you how to fix it. Additional reviews, help and advice will be chargeable. You will not incur further costs without your agreement.
We are quick:
If we have the necessary information from you, we can often get the notice in the post and begin your tenant eviction within a day of being instructed. We will where possible, give you the option to speed matters up by have your possession order transferred to the High Court for enforcement. The procedure facilitates a very quick eviction. We can’t make any promises though, the necessary order is at the discretion of the judge and not always granted.
We’re effective:
We’ve dealt with over 20,000 possession matters, many on behalf of banks, building societies, and very large landlords. We know how to get the best from the system for you. Furthermore, as a firm of solicitors, we are properly qualified to carry out all of your tenant eviction services.
We can go on the court record as your solicitors, the court will correspond directly with us. This means that we can manage the process of your tenant eviction for you and deal with any issues promptly and properly. You can also claim your legal costs if you are represented by solicitors.
Instruct us because:
Unless you are very experienced, trying to carry out the work yourself will not only be time-consuming but a small error can be costly.
The law takes eviction very seriously. The process must be conducted diligently. Judges will rarely overlook procedural errors in the eviction process. An apparently minor error can result in an adjournment or even the case being struck out so you have to start the whole process again.
Delays can be expensive if they extend the time that your very valuable asset is not earning its keep.
To find out more about the UK tenant eviction process, check out our dedicated blog post here!
We are solicitors. Non-solicitor firms undertaking tenant eviction work are unable to go on the court record, the court will not deal with them.
We are qualified to carry out your eviction work. As tenant eviction services solicitors, we are heavily regulated and have to comply with far-ranging rules which govern client care, confidentiality, treating clients fairly and putting client’s interests first. There are also legal regulators and ombudsmen to who you can complain if you are dissatisfied with the service you have received.
In addition, solicitors are required to have professional indemnity insurance which is far more comprehensive than any insurance likely to be held by a non-solicitor firm. You are very well protected against anything going wrong if you instruct a tenant eviction solicitor.
Despite all these advantages, we are no more expensive than non-solicitor eviction firms and cheaper than many. Why wouldn’t you instruct us?
Contact us We’ll try to answer all your questions and you’ll be under no pressure to instruct us.
It will cost you nothing to make an enquiry. Get in touch today and we can chat through the solution to your problem for free.
It will cost you nothing to make an enquiry. Get in touch today and we can chat through the solution to your problem for free.
[1] Tenants are called “Contract Holders” in Wales.
