Eviction for renovations major renovation

[Curtis Sharpe]

Hey everyone just looking for advice, I am planning a renovation project in Feburary and just gave my Tennent 3 months notice to evict as it will be a total gut job, however they are not complying and we may run into issues. What do you do on the situation when you have given notice, say they refuse to acknowledge receipt for the notice and do not leave, say time comes on the construction start date and they are still there what can I legally do? Should I bring the police to remove them ? Just looking for advice for people who have had tough time evicting.

Regards Elwood

[Justin Abdilla]

I don't know what the laws in Canada are, but I can tell you in Illinois you can't just evict someone even if you have every right to evict them.  Most jurisdictions in the United States require that the tenant be properly evicted by order of the Court to make sure that things stay peaceful.

If they refuse to acknowledge receipt of the notice, send it again, and hire a private investigator to both send it and make an affidavit of service.  That's how we do it in Chicago, especially with pesky Tenants who would never open the door to a squad car coming to deliver some "Get out papers."

Hate to tell you this, but you probably need to call an attorney in the area that the property is located.  It's very inexpensive to evict a tenant, and sometimes I can't even believe my own bills to do it are so small.  You get a world of protection if you do this the right way, from having your insurance be more receptive to covering tenant damages, to having the police more easily remove the problem tenants, to having the sheriff pull out the crummy property they left behind and billing it to the tenants for the removal.

Good luck!