Yes. You can still evict your tenant providing you know when the tenant first moved into the property to the best of you knowledge. A consultant will ask you a few further questions about the agreement you made with your tenant which will aid in preparing any further documentation to obtaining possession of your property.

No. You will be required to go through stage 1 (service of notice) should the tenant refuse to leave. However, if the tenant does decide to vacate after stage 1 you will not be required to proceed to the next stages.

Section 8:- The tenant(s) will have 14 days to pay all of the rent arrears. If the tenant(s) fail to pay the rent arrears and or deal with the breaches as cited in the S8 notice then you can go to court and obtain:-

1. Court order to evict the tenant(s) a “possession order”.
2. The tenant will be ordered to pay all the rent arrears to you if not the tenant(s) will have a County Court Judgement “CCJ”.
3. Court will order your tenant(s) to pay your fixed court and legal fees
4. Interest on all monies owed to you.
5. Daily rent charge judgement – this is in addition to the rent arrears judgement [as explained above in b.] (this is rent calculated on a daily rate payable for each day the tenant is in your property until possession of the property is conveyed with vacant possession back to you)

Section 21: – This is a two months notice (calculated under the housing Act 1988, 1996 as amended by the court of appeal) It legally ends the tenancy. Note – You cannot get a judgement for rent arrears under section 21. If the tenant pays the rent say under section 8 then you can fall back on the section 21 notice to obtain possession.