2009/10/05 01:50:34 PM Moxxie Posts: 2

Hi, i've got a sectional title unit (3 bedroom) in Richards Bay. The tenant started occupying the unti in March 2008 and to date, only 4 or 5 rentals have been made in time on the first of each month. The rest have been paid mid month or towards the 20th/21st or even 29th of a month. I've got an agent managing this, but she's also struggling with this tenant (phones off, no replies to e-mails etc). I'm thinking of going legal on him, but am afraid of the costs which i don't have. even for some months I've had to become very creative in trying to not have my debit orders declined. How much, on average, would legal costs ask from my pocket in order to evict him? How long would it take for that eviction order to be issued by the sheriff? I've got all proof that he has paid terribly in the past 19 months (and somehow I let him do it even more). In an attempt to get him get to get himself out of my property, is it unreasonable to just raise the rent by 30% and then tell him to either take it or leave it. Actually, i haven't raised the rent a dime at all since he started leasing - it was even hard to get one tenant at the end of 2007!

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