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from David J. Button (davidjohnbutton@supanet.com)
The tenant is a periodic tenant as the existing shorthold tenancy term has expired. The landlord needs to give two clear months notice to end the tenancy and this has to be in the correct form. He then applies for a possession order using the acellerated possession procedure. If all the paperwork is in order and the tenant does not request a hearing to contest any part of the process, the possession is granted. If the tenant does not move out, the bailiffs will then evict, forcibly if need be.

As to the increases in rent - as the lady has paid the increases, it suggests that there was an amicable oral agreement to increase the rent - it is quite possible that the original written agreement carried a term that there could be periodic rent increases. If this is the case, then she cannot reclaim all the excess rent back (the excess being the difference between the rent in the original agreement, and the increases as they were applied). She cannot get the rent "regulated", you can only apply to the rent assessment committee during the first six months of an AST.

(posted 7094 days ago)

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