Tag Archive: unlawful eviction

When can the landlord change the locks after s21 notice ends?

Implied surrender

Jeff’s tenant is no longer living at the property and owes rent. Can he go in at the expiry of the section 21 notice and change the locks?

The ultimate illegal eviction

Hornsea Mere by Stephen Horncastle

I am very grateful to a loyal Landlord Law Blog reader for referring me to this story here in ‘This is Hull and East Riding’. We all know that the police (on the whole) are pretty useless when it comes to knowledge and understanding of tenants rights. However Sergeant and landlord Christopher Hine took this…

Regulations on repairs and eviction rights

evicted tenants

Looking at the legislation protecting tenants rights on unlawful eviction and disrepair

Tenants in the firing line #2

A small dog

Tenant A – being evicted because of his dog I received this email from tenant  A the other day, and he kindly allowed me to publish it.  This sort of thing does not put our country in a good light: I have just relocated to London from the US. I found a property through an…

TRO Confidential : The case of the Long Goodbye

Goodbye Ben!  (For now)

A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The case of the long goodbye Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and Illegal Eviction and prosecuting landlords. All names are false but the stories are true. For ages now I…

TRO Confidential : The Case of Cat-woman and the Strange Coincidence

White parrot

A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of Cat-woman and the Strange Coincidence Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and Illegal Eviction and prosecuting landlords. All names are false but the stories are true. Not my…

TRO Confidential : The Case of the Man Who Never Was

Microwave

A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of the Man Who Never Was Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and Illegal Eviction and prosecuting landlords. All names are false but the stories are true. A family…