Update On Stubborn Tenant...

[Smowball]

Ok so I posted recently that due to tenant refusing to let any potential buyers in to view property we had decided to serve him notice, and I told agency this. We then had chat on phone and to my horror they said that the two viewings he had cancelled at last minute, he - the tenant- was going to have done them himself and without the agent! I was mortified and asked the agent why on Earth they had agreed to this?? As I would never have done. So clearly one way or another he does NOT want anyone to look inside this house. I told agent to write to him and say they need to do an inspection (they need to give 48 hours notice). They have written to him, phoned him, left voicemails but no reply to anything.
So yesterday I just really lost my temper with the agent and said why can’t you just go and knock on the *** door? He could be lying dead there for all you know!
They said they aren’t allowed to legally, and as this is the first (and last!) tenant I’ve ever had I really don’t know where I stand legally. Is it true they can’t know on his door if he has refused to respond to all forms of communication?
Getting severely hacked off with all this....

[Barmaid]

And of course they can knock on his door. As long as they dont seek entry that day.

Speculation as to his reasons isnt really helpful either.

[Smowball]

Sorry phone rang - the agent bizarrely! He has been told repeatedly that if the house sold he would not be kicked out as he has a tenancy agreement, and that the buyer would just take over from us. He has been told this time and time again that he isn’t being thrown out and that nothing would change.
Anyway, agent has just sent a letter saying that they are doing an inspection on Saturday afternoon and they also have 4 people who want to view on same afternoon.

[Rockrose]

Spath I never said that the situation was ok! My response was to your unfounded allegations, as barmaid said guessing the reasons behind his behaviour is not helping

[Rockrose]

Good news smow will you give us an update please

[Smowball]

Will do RR and everyone else. Thankyou all for your valuable input. I honestly don’t know the reasons behind his behaviour. He has been in the house three years. Moved in with wife and one child (it’s a 2 bed) and then proceeded to have 2 more children, so it’s cramped now. He is also now on benefits, which makes no odds to me, but agent said that if he’s come to them at this precise moment to rent that house they would have said no as it would have been too overcrowded (3 children in one room))

[Peter Pedant]

follow Barmaids advice
thank you BM
sound advice based on good law

mistake 1 was renewing - did any of us say nooooooooo ?
anyweay that was free advice and so you got the quality that goes with free advice.

so it looks like a s21 in .... three months ( you renewed Mar 1st)

[Baldric]

PP, If you look at Smows original 'Stubborn Tenant' thread, you will see she didn't ask us about renewing tenancy but told us in the OP they had done so.

[bednobs]

surely a letter today does ot give enough notice for a visit on saturday?

[chelle7272]

Baldric

PP is referring to an earlier thread about this tenant
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1643036.html

[Peter Pedant]

Balders - I like answering the wider question
and frequently refer to previous points raised

even tho I am told this is Not Done
and other short-memory ABers squawk loudly: "wot dat den?"

that's Law I suppose ....

[Smowball]

Update - agent went to house and managed to get in. Tenant was there. But there were boxes piled high everywhere, right up to the ceiling. He didn’t ask what was in them. Tenant refused to let them into one bedroom and said it was because his daughter was ill in there. ( before every other viewing, which he cancelled last min anyway, he has also said that they would not be able to go into this bedroom because of a sick child, so he has always said that they wouldn’t be able to enter this room)