The documents contained in this pack include everything you will need before you can start court proceedings to claim back possession of your property if it is rented using an assured shorthold tenancy agreement.
Begin the process by using the document 'Notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988' along with its associated covering letter. (Please note that you cannot use this section 21 notice if you taken a deposit but have not sent to your tenants a notice of the government-authorised tenancy deposit protection scheme that you are using. If you have not yet done this, you should use the document 'Notice to tenant(s) of deposit protection scheme' first.)
Once you have correctly served the section 21 notice, use Form N215 - Certificate of service to record how and when the section 21 notice was served.
If the tenants do not move out of the property in the time stipulated in the section 21 notice, you can move to stage two in the process by using our pack 'Stage two: Start court proceedings for possession (accelerated possession)'.
Pack documents:
- Notice to tenant(s) of deposit protection scheme
- Notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988
- Covering letter for section 21 notice
- Form N215 - Certificate of service