Hello all.
Got a tenant in a family owned building… Fairly new to us and he’s not answering any calls emails.. Been two months now and we’ve had two rent payments missed also…
My folks are quite relaxed about it but I’m pretty pissed off… What’s the next move? Letters, lawyers etc? New to all this…

Residential, or business let?

Erm, check he’s not died.

It’s a commercial building… He’s still alive as the fb page seems active enough….

Hello! I”m a letting agent who specialise in these circumstances and the critical factor is don’t go in too heavy. I act as a mediator and often find something usually trivial causes the problem and the worst thing to do is wade in with solicitors letters and threaten eviction. When this happens they simply go out their way to delay the process and don’t pay anything.

The laws are far too in the favour of the tenant and you have to tread very carefully. Inbox me if you would like some further advice, email in profile

Edit: just seen your reply, if it’s commercial then no rent = easy eviction!

I wouldn’t worry. My tenant in my residential building hasn’t paid any rent for 11 months & I’m now about 5.5K out of pocket due to an incompetant solicitor & an oh so slow court.

Geordiemick, I wish I’d known what you did last March!

Disappointed Dr Who fan. 🙁

Yep I’m not in favour of getting heavy just yet… It took an age to get a tenant and they’ve spent a lot of money on the building so I thought they’d be keen on staying…just hard to know what’s going on when they’res no comms

Overspent on the setup, business now struggling, got no money to pay the rent, business about to go pop?

Maybe they bank with RBS ??

They’ve turned it into a dance studio…they always sell out they’re concerts and have over 80 folk who come to the place..(and pay)

I think I’ll send a letter with a formal outline of what the next stage could be…

Go over there when you know they’ll be there. Be very polite, ask if there is a reason why you haven’t been paid (some people think 3 months is acceptable). Give them a deadline for the arrears. Agree that all future payments will be on time.
Follow this conversation up with a letter.

Yup like that idea…might give it a bash..also may be in touch Geordie 🙂