DON'T "LET" THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!

I am seeing a growing trend of tenants unlawfully subletting their properties to earn a few quid. This is especially so for social housing tenants who are often able to sublet at a higher rent than they pay their landlord and thereby pocket the difference.  Nice work if you can get it! 

BEWARE!

However the courts are getting tough on this so beware.  First a landlord can take a tenant to court to recover any profit made from the unlawful subletting by way of an Unlawful Profits Order (UPO) but it goes further than this......The courts also have the power to evict the tenant from the property completely.  This happened recently in a case involving a London property and the tenant had a nasty shock as a result and wasn't feeling quite so clever!

It is essential to check the terms of your lease to see if subletting is permitted and here at ABD we can help you with that process.

For information please contact me.

Jonathan Bailey
Solicitor - Head of Commercial

Jonathan Bailey is a Solicitor and 
Head of the firms Commercial
Department. 

He is based at the firms
Devizes office.