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Landlord intends to sell

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1(1)It is an eviction ground that the landlord intends to sell the let property.

(2)The First-tier Tribunal must find that the ground named by sub-paragraph (1) applies if the landlord—

(a)is entitled to sell the let property, and

(b)intends to sell it for market value, or at least put it up for sale, within 3 months of the tenant ceasing to occupy it.

(3)Evidence tending to show that the landlord has the intention mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b) includes (for example)—

(a)a letter of engagement from a solicitor or estate agent concerning the sale of the let property,

(b)a recently prepared document that anyone responsible for marketing the let property would be required to possess under section 98 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 were the property already on the market.

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