tenants without agreement

[GIRL RACERS]

what type of tenancy do you have if there has never been an agreement as such but have occupied the property for 67yrs. do you still have rights, can you still be evicted and on what grounds, if no tenancy agreement has been broken.

would a court still evict if the occupiers are elderly, physically disabled and with learning disabilities who have belived the home to be theirs.

all law sites are asking what type of tenancy ? i would appreciate any help prior to seeking professional help to establish if the case stands any form of chance.

many thanks in advance

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[warpig3]

Sorry, don't have a definitive answer for you but I just typed in 'no tenancy agreement' into google and there were a few interesting sites. Have a look at this one, right at the bottom.

http://www.advicenow.org.uk/go/feature/feature _15.html

Hope you find what you are looking for.

[warpig3]

Oops, I meant the bit about get advice, contact the councils Tenancy Relations Officer.

[GIRL RACERS]

thank you warpig3

xx

[Peter Pedant]

Hmmm 67 years takes you back to before the reforms of 1977
and so they could have ...

a protected tenancy

in which case they could not budged for love or money

So......it is so important that your first step is CAB and then onto whomever they say.

Oh and there is no doubt that this will cost money and someone is gonna have to pay.....

Now when you say they thought the home was theirs....implies that they havent been paying rent
[no-one pays rent if they think they own the home]

in which case you still need help

but tenancy isnt really the word you need

[GIRL RACERS]

thank you peter pedant, very much appreciated, at least now i have a starting point. I will now collect as much info as possible, so at least i will understand to what is being refered to from the CAB/solicitor.


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[warpig3]

Girl racer, I would be interested to know the outcome of this as my grandmother lived in a property for around 50 years and to my knowledge the landlord couldn't do a thing except make conditions so unacceptable that she had to move.

Best of kuck.
warpig

[flyciderman]

Could be that they own the house on a long lease 99 years , paying a ground rent of a few pounds per year?

[GIRL RACERS]

Definately not leasehold. Warpig, I'll be sure to pass on outcome - P Pedant post opened up a lot more informative
sites under protected with access to actuall cases - but i tell ya this is heavy phoo it aint as straight forward as i had hoped.

Many thanks to all