Issuing Notice: Section 8 Notice £250 plus VAT at 20% or £300 plus VAT at 20% Section 21 Notice
Preparing and issuing claims:
- Section 8 claim: £650 plus VAT at 20%
- Section 21 claim: £650 plus VAT at 20%
- Section 21 Accelerated: £1045 plus VAT at 20%
Plus £404 court fee
Preparation for hearing: This is typically not required for s.21 Accelerated Claims – £520 plus VAT at 20%. In addition, there is a £130 plus VAT at 20% advocate fee. The advocate will represent our client at the hearing.
Instructing county court bailiffs: £385 plus VAT at 20% and a court fee of £148.
How do possession proceedings work?
- Issuing Notice: We will serve the appropriate Section 21 or Section 8 notice, the cost is £250 plus VAT for Section 8 Notice or £300 plus VAT Section 21 Notice.
- Application to Court: We will prepare and issue your court claim; the court fee is £404.
- Hearing: A hearing will be listed by the Court following the issue of a section 21 claim and a section 8 claim. A hearing is not typically required in a Section 21 Accelerated Possession Claim. If a hearing is scheduled, parties will be required to attend. We will prepare a witness statement for you and instruct an advocate to attend court to present your claim to the judge. Our fee for this is £520 plus VAT. The advocate’s fee will be in the sum of £130 plus VAT.
- Bailiff Action: If the tenants do not leave on the date ordered by the court, we will instruct a county court bailiff to perform a physical eviction. The fees involved are our legal fees of £385.00 plus VAT, plus £148 court fee.
What is included:
- Initial telephone conversation
- Regular updates
- Answering any questions as they arise
What is excluded:
- Meeting at your local office with a lawyer (can be arranged at additional cost)
- Your valuation costs which are payable to your professional valuer
- Your freeholder’s professional costs
- Legal advice outside of the service requested
- Responding to a defence should the claim become contested
- Preparing rent statements
These fees assume that the property is let on an assured shorthold tenancy and that all of the regulatory requirements which entitle you to serve a notice have been complied with by you or your agent.
How long will it take?
The timescales vary depending on the type of notice served and the process followed. Each case must be considered individually but we will always – without exception – endeavour to procure possession as soon as practicably possible.
When will I pay?
Attwells Solicitors will ask for money on account in advance of each stage of the possession process.
