Call us on 01908 639098

Affinity Lettings & Property Management in Bletchley, Milton Keynes and Surrounding Areas

Lloris can often be found on full alert by the office front door 'vetting' our clients... or possibly snoozing, but rest assured he is a good judge of character. _*Don't be alarmed; if you don't like dogs he has his own office to retire to whilst you are visiting with us*_

Lloris the French Bulldog, Office Pet & Head of Security

Stephanie has found her perfect role here at Affinity whereby she gets to combine both her years of property management experience alongside her nurturing skills and regularly visits our managed properties to promote good household upkeep and check that all is well. Often seen as the agony aunt ,…

Stephanie Campbell, Property Care & Inventory Co-Ordinator

Aaron joins the team with 25+ years experience in facilities site/building management. Having previously covered the whole of the UK there is little Aaron hasn't seen when it comes to the needs of maintaining buildings both large and small. Out and about on site for the large part of…

Aaron Limbert, Maintenance Surveyor

We look to be inclusive to all of our tenants and landlords and good communication is at the heart of this. We are fortunate to have a qualified BSL Interpreter, who can provide fluent communication for the deaf community. We understand that for 90,000 deaf people, BSL is the first…

Michelle Parry, BSL Interpreter (NRCPD 1023428)

Matching the right people with the right property is Sarah's forte. Having worked in the industry for 15+ years there is little Sarah cannot navigate her way through when it comes to property and people management. Our true peace keeper; Sarah shines when it comes to negotiating for…

Sarah Massey, Operations Manager

Search Available Properties

Location optional

Price min

Price max

Bedroom min

Bedroom max

Property Type

News

Agents Beware - no bailiffs to complete evictions between these dates

Friday 18th September 2020

Graham Norwood

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce.

Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete evictions between December 11 and January 11.

The dates were revealed by housing minister Chris Pincher in the Commons earlier this week, responding to a written question.

Pincher wrote: "In addition [to the Christmas dates] guidance will also be issued to bailiffs highlighting that they should not enforce possession orders in places where local public health restrictions have been introduced by government through legislation."

This means there can be no evictions staged where there are local lockdowns - and at the moment the list includes parts of Leicester, Bolton, Greater Manchester and the North East, North West, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.

Pincher added in his response: "Under the Coronavirus Act 2020, landlords serving notice of their intention to seek possession between August 21 and 29 would have been required to give their tenants at least three months notice.

"Where possession cases do go to court, new court rules mean that landlords are now required to set out any information they are aware of in relation to how their tenant, or any dependant of their tenant, has been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Where this information is not provided, judges have the ability to adjourn proceedings until such information is provided."

In the early spring the Coronavirus Act extended the notice landlords had to issue from two months to three.

The eviction ban's third and final extension - until last weekend - was accompanied by a new provision requiring agents and landlords to give tenants a six-month notice period, meaning that no tenant would find themselves evicted before March next year.

The exception to this would be for tenants who had not paid rent for more than six months, and "the most egregious cases" cited by the government, such as anti-social behaviour.