bailiff-enforced eviction

After an eviction process has gone through court, bailiffs may be deployed to a property to evict the tenants and hand the empty property back to the landlord. In these cases, the tenants will be given two weeks’ written notice of the eviction date, which will arrive through the property’s letterbox or attached to the door in a sealed transparent envelope. The letter will detail the time and date that the bailiffs will attend either to tell the occupants to leave or see that the property is vacant and hand its possession back to the landlord. Bailiffs are not permitted to use offensive language or violence to evict tenants. It’s advised that tenants remove their belongings before the eviction date, although bailiffs and landlords are not allowed to sell, dispose of or destroy belongings without the tenants’ or the court’s permission. They must keep them for a certain time, after which if they’re not collected, the belongings may be disposed of or put into storage at cost to the tenant. Tenants being evicted should contact their local council if they’re at risk of being homeless as soon as they receive an eviction notice, and may be put into emergency housing.