Hello, I wonder if anyone here might be able to give me some advice on this issue. 12 years ago I moved in with my Father to care for him (dementia). This is a flat that he owns, no mortgage. Three years ago he was finally taken into a care home as it had become too dangerous for him to be alone while I was at work. At that time I was down as his carer. My sister, who then became legal power of attorney and lives abroad agreed that I could continue living here as long as I took over the bills and paid the twice yearly maintenance on the flat to the management committee. The council also agreed to this, and put a charge on the property. They are at the moment paying the care home fee's and when the house is eventually sold on my fathers death, they then recoup the money they have spent. Now, out of the blue, I have received a letter from my sister telling me I have to vacate the property in ten days time so she can sell it, or start paying my fathers care home fee's (very expensive) or start paying rent, a figure she has decided. My questions is two fold really: Firstly can she really throw me out in ten days time? Secondly can she change her mind on this agreement that we had for the last three years? I don't earn enough to rent another property so I am not sure what I would do. Thank you in advance.

Does anybody know the email addresses of any of the big cheeses at Southwest Trains? I sent an email to customer services a few weeks ago regarding my mobile phone going walkabouts from lost property but have not even had the courtesy of a reply and I would now like to take my complaint higher. The story so far is that my phone dropped out of my pocket while I was running between connections at Clapham Junction station last month. The first I knew about the loss was when my wife told me that a member of the Southwest trains platform staff phoned home from my mobile to report that a member of the public had found my phone and handed it to the staff member. Initially, he asked my wife for our address to post the phone back to us. When my wife refused to provide our address on identity security reasons, he informed her that the phone could be picked from lost property at Waterloo. The trouble is that the phone never arrived at Waterloo! Despite a visit to the lost property office, several calls to the office, and conversations with disinterested platform staff at Clapham Junction, my phone has disappeared without trace. Interestingly, one member of the lost property staff told me that several people had recently also reported lost phones going missing between Clapham Junction and Waterloo and another informed me that the correct procedure when a lost phone is handed in to a staff member is for the phone to be switched off and then sent directly to Waterloo lost property. So it seems that I may not be alone in my predicament and some Southwest trains platform staff may not be strictly playing ball when it comes to lost property. Any help in taking this further would be much appreciated. Thanks Brett

Hi i recently moved out of a rental property and got charged £50 for marks to the carpet 1. is this money for repairing the damage or for compensation to the landlord 2. i feel this is a high price there were 3 marks/burns all less than half a centimeter in diameter 3. we left a cooker which the landlord agreed to pay £50 for a bit coincidental our tenancy agreement ended 22 days ago and we still haven't received a penny. please help thank you Duncan

Hi Folks, Not sure I'm posting in the correct place here so I'll provide some basic information and see how we go. I bought my property, a flat in 2003 and the management of the building was handled by a local Property company. In short they were horrendous, over billing, duplicate billing, sub-standard work carried on the property without the correct procedures being followed for signing work off and un co-operative with requests for information and resolving problems. One such issue was damaged caused to my property by rain water coming down the chimney stacks in the bathroom and faulty guttering causing water to run down the brickwork and seep into my lounge causing damage to the paint and plasterwork. I reported this and made an insurance claim with the management company about 3 years ago. The claim was paid by the insurance company and the excess was approx. £400 I believe, which seemed incredibly steep. I had no paperwork showing the claim or the excess required and never have had. When my money was not forwarded to me, I discovered, through checking and chasing myself, that the management company had kept that money and used it to pay off debt from the Freeholders and also advised me that I was in arrears with them. I should point out that for a year or so prior I had been attempting to resolve the issue of incorrect billing, duplicate billing and my refusal to pay for works that had been done poorly, and had not signed off myself. They also failed to provide 2 lots of statements. By this point the freeholders had moved away from this management company, and so when I chased them for the statements, so I could sit down and work out any discrepancies, they told me that they refused to work for free. I informed them that the statements were owed to me and were from a period whereby they were the appointed management company. So in essence I have all these years later still got a damaged property and don't know how to tackle this situation best. Any help would be greatly received. Thanks GIAB

As a newby not sure if this is the right place to post this but here goes. I am about to move out of my rented flat and I have to have a property inspection. Not a problem with that except that the lettings agent wants to charge me £35 for the inspection! There is nothing in his T&Cs about a charge for this, but as he is holding a £500 deposit, if he decides to take it out of that there isn't much I can do about it. Does anyone know if he can legally just take this money without my consent.

Been a while since I've been on here. Hope you are all still as friendly. I bought a number of ground rents about 20 years ago. Most are 999 years and some pay some don't. The rents are only nominal of a few pounds a year. The problem is on one in particular. It is vacant and getting vandalised and has been for years. I have no idea who owns it and it hasn't been sold in the last 20 years to my knowledge. The council are getting onto me as I have my name on the Land Registry as there are drug users/ dumping etc and they are clearing it up and slapping charging orders on the house. What I'd like to do is own the house. Wouldn't we all. What are my chances if I slap valid notice under section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 - the Notice of Seeking Possession? Alternatively gaining possession myself. Getting it modernised (most is superficial) and letting it out. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers Steve

Hi I have a assured short hold tenancy for my flat I moved into in March last year with my wife.It is managed by a well known agent chain on behalf of the landlord in terms of repairs etc. The flat is a large old building and we are on the ground floor, it has a large storage area at the front of the flat which is underground under the main stair entrance to the upper building. Shortly after moving in and filling the storage area (which had been newly tanked and vinyl floored) began dripping in water substantially when it rained. We went through a long period of having to be insistent the agent arrange to have someone come to see it and repair the leaks eventually I chased the contractors myself and apparently the leak was repaired as the works they carried out (concreting the cracks and gaps on the ground level outside) seems to stop it. Just before Christmas we entered the store room to find excessive water coming in through drips in the ceiling 10 times worse than before, we have wrapped our things in plastic and moved out what we can but it is the only real storage space in the property so we can really bring everything out. I rang the agent and told them we needed to get it repaired as an emergency but although they sent someone round to survey it we have had no action...we now have a de-humidifier in there to help hold off the damp and I go in and mop it. So.....Are we able to claim for damaged goods from this leak as much of our things have become mouldy, we dont have property insurance as we have high out-goings and are desperate to keep bills down. Should I inform the agent this will be the case ongoing until it is repaired. The landlord has been good about it and has asked the agent to do what needs to be done to fix this but they are very slow to act if at all and our things are getting damaged!...could I charge them for storage of our things?. The storage room comes off of our babies room and there is signs of damp in the ceiling there too which concerns us. Many thanks for any help Sam

I hope this is the right forum and somebody can help me. I moved in with my girlfriend who rents about 6 months ago. She has a pet dog which she hadnt informed the agents about. They have been informed by a neighbour that she has a dog. They have called us in to speak to us. What will the next steps be? We have been great tenants, been there for a year and have recently signed up for another year. I accept that we are at fault, but can we be evicted as a consequence? Will we lose deposits? Be accountable for that years rent? The contract wording is written below and I've heard that the OFT deems it unfair to blacket rule out pets. Hope somebody to help clarify our situation. "the tenant agrees neither to keep any animals,birds,reptiles or rodents in or on the premises nor to allow his invited guests or visitors to do so.in breach of this cause to responsible for reasonable costs or rectification of any damage caused or for any appropiate de-infestationm,cleaning ,fumingation etc..required"

Hi guys and girls, i wonder if anybody can help me i'm looking for some finance by using my property i have for a secured loan of around £10,000 to £15,000, problem is i have poor credit. I own the property with no mortgage or debt owing on it. I did try a pawnbroker and although they will give a 24 month loan on a property with a very high interest they wouldn't do it for me as the property is in north wales and they only cover england. Any ideas would be welcome.

Hello, I am administering my late fathers estate. There is a caution placed on his property dating back to 1980 in favour of legal aid. I have tried to contact Legal Aid by phone and letter but have basicaly just had the runaround from them. Is there a process whereby I can request removal of this caution without relying on Legal aid who don't seem interested in chasing it up as it is so old?

Hi Rickyd, I have a factor issue just now. Hacking & Paterson, Glasgow. They are seeking , actually that's incorrect- they are "demanding" an increase in the float amount. I paid £500 at the outset and now they want an extra £200 as a top up. Does anyone know if they have the right to do this? Has anyone challenged them successfully? This increased float demand is being made to many of the owners of the properties they manage- so this is affecting a large number of folk who will be in the same quandary as myself.... whether to stump up or face court action ( they added the float to the common charges invoice and are now pursuing it as an unpaid debt) Any comments or help much appreciated x

the debt is not disputed. it was approx £3400 balance of a business debit with a food provider. their dca 'offered' a payment plan of £500pm or bancruptcy, which i managed for 2 months even though i explained the business was closing and i had no income - not even for my priority debts. i then asked for a lower plan of 100pm but they wanted more 250, but took 200, so again i limped along. not paying any off the other business debts as they werent chasing or threatening bankruptcy! i have not made payment for the last 2 months, so the other day received dca letter of impending bankruptcy proceedings for the balance of £1654.67 [this includes late payment and interest to date of £240]. i have now received an email from the Food provider directly, saying they have exhausted avenues etc etc; and notice i have a property registered in my name. so my question is this.... if they force bankruptcy, presumably they cant have a charge on the house - as it will have to be sold? plus if they do force their debit, at 1600 is a small drop compared to the other creditors in excess of 11k utilities and 10k business rates, so they would lose out in the % in the £ ratio. if they go for the charge - INSTEAD of bankruptcy - can i ask for a non-interest bearing charge? thoughts and advice welcome please. i am going to reply to the FOOD supplier first as i hope their email is a sniffing around for a better option that forcing bankruptcy etc. thanks.

My brother has been diagnosed with an agressive form of lung cancer, the doctor said that there is no cure but depending on how he responds to treatment he is looking at between 3 months to 3yrs left. My brother has a mortgage on his flat and wants to transfer it to my son and his fiance. How would we go about this and would there be problems regarding costs for end of life care and inheritance tax etc.? I hope that my brother would move in with me if it came to that but he is quite independent. How could my brother be financially protected if he went into remission and lived longer/:?:

Hi I am new to the forum I have a trailer unit on a holiday site in Turkey it is in disrepair and the committee have informed me that they are going to have it scrapped if it is not removed by April 1 2013 it would be difficult to have it moved by then as I am based in the UK. do they have any legal right to remove someone else's property. Thanks hope I have posted correctly.

Hi, I'm having problems getting things repaired in my rented flat. First, our boiler broke and was pumping out carbon monoxide. We had five electricians/plumbers come round to look at it (none had spoken to each other, so it was five individual assessments), which took weeks. During this time we were without heating and with very limited hot water. The last gas certificate for the property was done in 1995. I rang the estate agents every couple of days to check progress, and they said they were unable to contact the landlord and were therefore unable to do anything. We stayed in for four consecutive weekends to let the plumbers in as the estate agents said they didn't have a spare key and we had to be there. Eventually, after 4 weeks of no heating or hot water, a plumber finally replaced the entire boiler. We thought that was the end of it, until over a week ago, when I went into the bathroom to find the carpet completely soaked. I did some investigation and found a leak coming from the pipe that runs behind the toilet, boxed in and tiled over. I called the estate agents... We've since had three plumbers come and look at it and nothing's been done. Each say this and that, and send quotes, but nothing is fixed. The flat now stinks of rotting carpet (one plumber wretched when he came in) and it's unbearable to live here. We also cannot use the toilet, shower or sink because this creates more water and we're concerned that it will leak into the flat below. We've explained all this to the estate agents and they do nothing. When I call them, they say they'll call back and they never do. No one is communicating with each other and the upshot of this is we're left to visit our friends and family for showers and use the neighbour's toilet when we need to. Not an ideal situation. Yesterday we went to the estate agents and sat in their office. I said I wanted it fixed asap, that I would like to request a rent reduction for the two months we've had problems in this flat (I suggested the landlord half the rent for next month, but didn't ask for more) and that if it wasn't fixed soon we would be moving out. My question is, do we have a right to move out? Are there any specific laws that say problems with heating/burst pipes etc should be fixed within in a certain period of time? I would happily get the repairs done myself and take that off the rent/be reimbursed by the landlord, but I simply can't afford to do this. I'm in the process of packing a suitcase and going to stay with my parents until this is fixed, but it is likely to be at least two weeks, according to the estate agents. I feel completely stuck with no recourse to the law. I can't threaten anything in order to get my point across, it seems. I've also sent a letter to the estate agents requesting the name and address of my landlord, who lives abroad. I suspect they'll give me a UK address and I won't be able to contact him. Other problems we've had with the property are: it was supposed to be a furnished property, and we sat with the estate agents highlighting all the things we wanted the previous tenants to keep in the property. When we moved in, the flat was empty, as the cleaners had got the wrong idea and taken everything that was highlighted to the dump. We were told there was nothing the estate agents could do, they refused to contact the landlord, begged us not to tell him and we had to go out and buy loads of furniture at vast expense. We have also been asking where our car parking space is for six months (as we live in a communal flat area, where the car parking spaces don't seem to correspond to the flats) but the estate agents have never asked the landlord and never call us back. We've asked where it is about 20 times. Last week, the car was inevitably clamped for being in the wrong place and the estate agents say there's nothing they can do. I would really appreciate any help or advice anyone can give me. I'm extremely angry and frustrated with the whole thing and don't want to pay nearly £1,000 a month to have no hot water, heating, no use of toilet or showers at various times during our tenancy. Thank you, Lottie

Hi Everyone, I was looking for some advice on negotiating with a secured loan provider. We have a flat worth approx 80k - the mortgage is currently sitting at 70k and we have a secured loan of 23k From the sale of the property there will be a shortfall of 13k left on the secured loan - we have asked if the loan company can turn this into a unsecured loan on the same terms as we don't have any other savings etc to clear it off. We plan on renting as we can't afford to buy a new house so it is not possible for us to transfer the loan onto another property. They have said this is a possibility and have sent us an income / expenditure form and asked us to confirm the valuation, sale price etc. Has anyone had any experience of this before? I am just worried that they will see the 13k as too much and block any sale - if there any legal routes to go down if this does happen? I read on a previous post about going to court to get an 'order of sale' i have a lot of unsecured debt (manageable) so i dont see getting another unsecured loan to clear the 13k as an option until well after the sale of the flat when my credit might improve a bit. I'd imagine that there is more and more people in this situation with negative equity etc - when we got this loan they said we could have 125% of the house value - crazy! worst thing i ever done was take it out as secured I'm new to this so if you need any more info please let me know - thanks A

My local Gp's have a brand spanking new Medicine Factory. They used to be called surgeries. At the gate is a sign saying that the car park is monitored , and anybody they don't like will be clamped . They claim that it is Trust Property. My take is that if the property belongs to a trust then within the meaning of the 2012 act it is private land. whether or not they can hide behind Crown Immunity and clamp without lawful authority I do not know. But I don't like practice managers , who seem to have more say than Doctors these days, chucking their weight about. We units of illness (It's now all our fault or in our heads) once called patients, should have a say. Any opinions would be welcome

How long can I stay away from my house and still call it my home? I received Incapacity Benefit in 2005. However I got Income Support because I had not paid enough National Insurance. In early 2010 I became extremely ill and moved to another town where I stayed with my family who took me to doctors and looked after me during the daytime. The DWP say that they have decided I have permanently moved home in Jan 2012. What are the rules regarding which location is defined as my home? Here are some details: I lived on my own and owned my flat outright. I took only few possessions and left the vast majority of what I own in my flat. I have kept gas and electricty going. It is not inhabited by anyone else. It is fully furnished. I visit it approximately every month to see it is ok and as it is some distance away I stay there for a day or two. I disconnected the phone off but otherwise everything else is in working order and it is fully habitable. Surely it is still my home? While staying with my family I was intially diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia but after 18 months the diagnosis was withdrawn and we looked for other causes for my severe states of confusion. I had approx 50 medical consultations. In May 2012 we think we found the cause of my illness to be toxic side effects from a medication I was taking. I will need another about 6 to 18 months to recover before I can live on my own in my house. I changed GP to one in the town my family were in in order to get referrals to local hospitals. Can I still claim my house is my home or am I deemed to have moved home? Thank you for any information.

Hi , I have a CCJ through a credit card with Capquest which was issued by the court 29 March 2012 , with me ordered to pay Capquest solictiors £20 a month I have been doing this religiously , by sending them cheques through the post all the cheques have been cashed and I can see they have been taken out of my bank account Yet I have been sent a copy of an application from Capquest to Bradford County Court for a charging order to be put against my property which is to be heard this coming Friday 26th October, the reason they have cited is that £20 of the order has fallen due or remains unpaid . This is incorrect , and infact the last cheque I sent them was for 3 installments of £20 takes me up to December 2012 , so i am infact in credit What I would like advice on is do I phone Capquest (HL solicitors - as they use) ? Or do I phone the court and tell them that this is incorrect ? How do I know they (capquest) won't lie to the court and say I have defaulted ? I realise I have left this to the last minute , and am now panicking Any help or advice on who to contact would be greatly appreciated

Hi Sorry about the length of this post. I've rented the house I live in for over 36 years. When my first wife and I first moved in, 1976, I asked the landlord for an agreement/contract. He said "we won't bother with that". We did get a proper rent book. So I have a Protected Tenancy. The years passed and I always kept the property in an excellent state of decoration and have promptly reported any structural/repair problems. It's a large house with large garden, was built in 1825 and I've always been happy living here. The original landlord died over 25 years ago and his son took over. He lives in another part of the country. Everything was OK, no problems, we paid the rent and considered ourselves to be first rate tenants, who looked after the property and kept it in a good state. In 1995 when my first marriage broke down and I got into short term financial difficulties, the landlord was understanding. In July 2011 a woman knocked at the door and said she was from the landlords agents, a local estate agent, that she was with the owner of the agents and they were inspecting the property next door as it was vacant. They were looking at what renovations/repairs were needed there. The same landlord owns that house as well. She asked whether we had any work that needed doing and I said no. She went away, then returned about 20 minutes later with a man and asked if they could come in to look around so they could "understand the layout of the property next door." I said OK and showed them round. They were very pleasant and went on their way. Then the work started next door. To say we were driven nearly to desperation by the noise is an understatement. It went on for over seven months, finally ending in March this year. I complained many times but the agents told me to complain directly to the company doing the work. I complained to the local council who were useless. In September 2011 we were a couple of days late paying the rent, no more than that, we'd had a family upset and had been away and been otherwise occupied. The agents sent a man round who literally jumped over the front gate and started peering in through the windows. When I opened the door he said he was from the agents, handed me a mobile phone and said they had been trying to contact me. I spoke to them and when they explained what it was about I explained the situation and said the payment had been made, which it had. I asked why they had sent this man round to harrass us about this when they could have written a letter. They ignored me. Then last October, 2011, we got a letter from the landlords agent saying that under the terms of our contract we had to allow them to inspect the property. We were confused at this, I called them and said we'd never had an inspection before and didn't have a contact. They said they'd made a mistake about that, but the landlord had asked them to start these inspections. That they would take place annually in our case. We felt that we were being treated as though we were untrustworthy, but I agreed to the inspection. There were no problems. In May this year the agents called us and said they needed to measure the property as the landlord was distributing some of his property between his children. After the upsets of the last eight months we were getting fed up of these intrusions and I told them so. However I agreed to the visit. The owner of the agents arrived and was pleasant and civil while he carried out his measurements. Now they've sent an email telling us our "three monthly inspection" is due. I sent them an email saying that the inspections are annual and offered a day/time for the inspection. I am prepared to accept that the amail may be a standard one and they've made another mistake. It is almost a year since the last inspection. So far I haven't had a response as they sent the email on Friday tea time. We've nothing hide or be worried about, but I would like to know whether they can just decide to start these inspections out of the blue after so many years without doing any. We haven't received any letters or proper confirmation that these inspections will be required or their frequency. I could seek professional advice but don't want to create any problems unless necessary. I feel torn between thinking there's a hidden agenda to all this and that there's nothing to worry about. After the last 14 months we no longer feel secure or safe here and are making plans to move in April 2013. Are we over reacting?

Hi, I wana ask for the transfer of property by my name..property owner is dead as he was my mama ji.. his wife also died and he has no children..his sisters also died, and sisters sons are availabe like Iam and other 2 sis and bro.. My mama has other cousions but their father has done 2nd marriage sons how this property transfer ?

Hi I had Equita bailiff visit and he left a letter of his intention to seize my goods.Having read up quite a lot on what he can do etc,im still at a loss to several things. There is an old caravan in my garden which has not been moved in about 8 years or more,it is virtually derelict and am sure the wheels will be seized up.If bailiff levys this does he then have right to enter my property as i dont want to let him in. I owe £1375 for this years council tax.I work 23hrs per week and my husband has lost his job and started claiming job seekers allowance including council tax benifit. I have contacted the council and explained all this but they say i have to deal with bailiff. Would contacting magistrates court be of any use? We also have an old car which is not at our property Sorry for prattling on but really dont know what to do and my head is buzzing with worry.Any advise would be really helpful Thanks

The land registry have refused to register a part of my farm access road which runs between two other properties. On my deeds it is a part of a field and the written part includes it as our property. On the map it is left uncoloured. I've queried this with a solicitor whose father drew up the deeds and he states that it was his job as a small boy to ink in the areas on the map. It would seem therefore that it is a mistake. When the deeds were drawn there was only one property besides ours in existence. As per LR's policy only the property area is designated and not any roads by them. In the LR's literature it states that where a road is unmade (this road has always been stoned by the farm ans so is technically made up although not tarmacked) the properties abutting it own the road to the middle. Well there are actually three properties abutting and this is not covered in the LR literature. In my opinion as the farm has had unfettered use of this area for a minimum of 75 years and have always maintained it, it can be argued from that standpoint that it belongs to the farm. In fact the road was actually dug out by the farm. The other point is this area is designated as grazing land of our sheep and is shown as so on DEFRA maps. I know this sounds complicated but it has now arisen (after 26 years of our occupancy) because one of the neighbouring properties is objecting to our stopping on that area (essential for us as it is the only access to our residence) and is accusing us (with police support) of harassment because we stop there!. Is there anyone out there who can advise, please?

Hi, I'm posting this here as i dont know what to do. In approx 2005 myself and my (soon to be ex) wife re-mortgaged our house with Northern Rock and had the 'Together Loan' After this there was an additional loan that was taken out and secured on the property. since then, we went our separate ways and due to the financial mess i was left with, I went bankrupt. This included my share of the together loan. I agreed with the 2 lenders that had loans secured on the house that i would stay in the house and carry on making these payments. I have been doing this for several years now (since Jan 2008) and everything has been fine. My wife wasnt contributing to this as it was agreed that she would walk away from the house and as long as i kept up the payments, it was mine, but her name has had to remain on the deeds because Northern Rock refused to remove it. the payments have become too much to afford every month and now myself, new partner and our 22 month old son have arranged to move. we are trying to get into a new build house that will cost us considerably less every month. I'm desparate to not get into the same financial mess that i was in before. We have arranged to part exchange the house and they have offered us full market value (2 independent valuations) which would cover both secured loans. Because of the mess that my wife was in, she entered into a debt management plan and because the full payments wernt being made to the unsecured together loan, northern rock placed a charge on the house. They did this without informing me or my trustee (the insolvency service) but it still went through the courts. Now Northern Rock are blocking the sale because there will not be enough money to cover the whole amount (including the together loan) as they say that the charge effectively makes it secured. There will NEVER be an extra £60k in the house to pay this off (60 because the £30k has to come out of my wifes share of the house and not mine) Apparently there is an option to lift the charge and let the sale go ahead but they wont even consider this unless i can prove i'm in 'financial hardship'. They went through a very basic income/expenditure and deemed us able to afford the payments. sale blocked. we gave them more accurate figures.....still the same. because we have both been bankrupt (me and my new partner) our bank balances will always be in the black at the end of the month as we are not allowed to go overdrawn. so how can we prove we are in financial trouble? I went through a comprehensive income/expenditure with the nation debt helpline that shows we are living well beyond our means (getting by with help from parents) and I have posted this and emailed it to Northern Rock but still nothing. Is there anything i can do? This is killing me knowing that I am sliding further and further towards where i have fought so hard to get away from. I've tried reasoning with them, telling them that i'll be repaying all the secured money and my wife will continue to make payents on the rest through her management plan. NR suggested (in so many words) that i could default on my mortgage payments and they might be able to look at things again. I cant do that as it would affect my (already shakey) credit rating and I'd never be able to get the mortgage for the new house. Please help me. I feel like i've been treated really unfairly and that as my (admittedly complicated) circumstances dont fit in with the procedures that they keep harping on about, I'm being left to slip into financial meltdown. I was even asked about the amount I had put in the expenditure for prescriptions. "Do i really need them?" Yes, I bloody do. I just wan this to be resolved and to pay back the money i borrowed and return to living within my means.

Unfortunately my wife and I are separating and we are forced to sell our property that is currently rented out. the shorthold tenancy agreement has run for more than 6 months so I understand this is within our rights to do. I feel badly for the tenant but we really have no choice - Could I check with the experts on here that a) we are able to put the property up for sale in these circumstances? b) what is the best way to approach the tenants with this - we dont want to inconvenince them more that absolutely necessary - do we give them fixed notice? Do we let them stay until its sold? Right now a tenancy void would be disastrous! Thanks is advance for your help GIB