Re: Payment not received by welfare now also tennat's gone
OP, how can you be sure the tenant has left? You cannot go on the word of a neighbour surely?
Going on what other people say on this forum you cannot change the locks or just assume they have left... you may be in hot water with the PRTB.
I agree it's silly... however people who have problem tenants who won't leave are always advised to follow procedure.. issue letters and all that.
I recommend doing what you have done, just take back the house... however this can go badly.
Landlords are advised never to go into the house without permission, and definitely not to change the locks.. even when the tenants have not paid rent for months, and when the tenant says they will move out by Thursday for example.. I always say the landlord should just move back in on Thursday... however this is advised against.
So what protection have you against a claim by the tenant???.,., their lease is not up and you're moving back in?, thus breaking the lease, and the quiet enjoyment that the tenant is entitled to.
(I'm just a devils advocate here, of course you can't wait for notification that may never come, however this could be a ruse by the tenant...)