Evictions

We do a lot more than evictions! We provide effective, creative solutions to the everyday challenges all of our clients’ face. We take the time to get to know you, your business, and your overall legal situation. That lets us provide innovative solutions that work for your benefit. We are the London eviction lawyers who care. We’re creative, but we never lose sight of why we’re here – to make life easier for you. We are the landlord’s preferred eviction lawyers in London and the United Kingdom at large.

Our lawyers have acted for major London supermarkets like Sainsburys, global banks including Barclays Bank PLC, large London retailers such as Argos and Homebase and major London transport companies as well as individuals at all income levels. Evictions are our real bread-and-butter, though, and our lawyers specialise in recovering possession of both commercial and residential properties. Our lawyers have collectively dealt with thousands of eviction cases over the last 40 years.

We are your Tenant Eviction specialists in London and throughout the UK. 

Eviction is the safe, legal way to rid yourself of a tenant who doesn’t respect the terms of their tenancy agreement, regularly makes late rent payments or fails to care for your property the way they should. Keeping a bad tenant around can severely harm your bottom line, and can even strain your relationship with the property’s neighbours – or neighbouring landlords.

Creativelegals’ experienced tenant eviction lawyers are standing by, ready to help you evict problematic tenants quickly, efficiently, and above all with all propriety and attention to detail. Our lawyers get to know you, your property and your situation to find the best and fastest ways to get you back into possession of the property and in a position to rent it out again profitably.

If you are experiencing tenant problems, it is vital that you get qualified legal advice as soon as possible, and you really need to talk to a team of eviction specialist lawyers like Creativelegals lawyers before attempting to evict a tenant yourself! Don’t run the risk of being accused of harassing your tenants, or of violating their rights. If you need to talk about eviction or virtually any other legal matter, please contact our London eviction lawyers straight away at 020 31376336. We provide an elite London service at provincial prices. Our lawyers promise to get back to you quickly with the best legal advice in the business!

Our lawyers are landlords first, then lawyers.

What is tenant eviction? Which eviction notices can you serve? 

There is a set procedure for evicting a tenant from your property if they have violated the terms of your tenancy agreement or committed certain other actions. The law sets out very clear procedures that a landlord has to follow in order to evict a tenant legally, and if you do not follow them you could suffer penalties for attempting to evict someone illegally or for harassment of a tenant. Your conduct could amount to an unlawful eviction.

What are the legal reasons for evicting a tenant?

There are actually quite a few, more than we could easily list here. But the most common legally acceptable reasons for evicting a tenant these days are:

• Damaging the property or allowing it to fall into disrepair
• Engaging in anti-social behaviour
• Late or unpaid rent
• Not complying with the rental agreement or other contract, perhaps by keeping a pet or smoking in the property.
• Providing you with false information, references or credit card details (either upon application or later)

Is there a specific eviction procedure?

Sometimes, yes. The procedures are designed to protect the tenant more than the landlord, and there is a very precise process you (or if at all possible, your lawyer) has to follow to evict someone effectively. If you are going to use a lawyer for your eviction, make sure they are a specialist eviction lawyer.

Just a few of these steps would be choosing the correct type of eviction notice to use (based on the property and tenancy types), giving the tenant written notice of your intention to evict them, applying to the courts for a possession order for the property. Of course, if the tenant really wants to fight the process, it can get a great deal more complicated than that.

Get in Touch

If you would like to know more about your rights and responsibilities as a landlord or what procedure you should follow to pursue an eviction, please contact our specialist eviction lawyers by filling out the form below or by ringing 020 31376336. Our lawyers will be happy to talk the matter over with you during an initial FREE discussion.

The 3 step Eviction Guide

If you choose to instruct us as your lawyers in a tenant eviction procedure, we’ll learn all about you, your property and your tenant.

Once we understand the situation properly, we’ll typically take the following steps:

1) We’ll serve notice of your intent to evict.  

Our eviction lawyers will give the tenant notice in writing that you are demanding that they leave the property and pay any outstanding or arrears rent within the prescribed legal timescales.

2)    We’ll take the matter to court  

If the problem tenant refuses to leave at stage 1 or fails to pay their arrears, we will make the initial filings with the courts to take matters further. Typically, this includes obtaining a court order for the eviction and payment of rent arrears.

3)    If necessary, our lawyers will instruct bailiffs on your behalf. 

If your tenant refuses to comply with the court orders in step 2, our lawyers will instruct bailiffs who can legally remove them by force. It may also be possible for the bailiffs to seize some or all of the tenant’s movable property, to offset the rent arrears owed. Just let our lawyers know if you need assistance with rental arrears recovery.  

How long does an eviction take?

That all depends on the facts of your specific case. If they have broken the terms of their tenancy agreement with you, you may have to give them as little as two weeks’ notice to vacate, or as much as two months. It all depends on your agreement, and exactly which terms they have broken.

If the tenant has not broken any term of the tenancy agreement, but the agreement still allows an eviction, you will typically have to give at least two months notice. It also depends on the geographical location. We find that some London courts are busier than others.

Get in touch with our expert tenant eviction lawyers today!

If you need to remove a tenant from one of your properties, or even if you simply want to know exactly what your rights are in a particular case, we invite you to contact us by filling out the form below or by ringing 020 31376336. Our lawyers will be happy to talk the matter over and to help you determine all of your options.