he wont leave the garage

hiya can anyone help me ive just got divorced and gone through court at long last for the finances etc the judge awarded me the house woohoooooooooooo lol there is just ONE BIG problem ... whilst all this was going on (20 months )my ex husband kept all of his tools for his job in the garage and came back and forth on a daily basis collecting his tools etc and causing my life hell for the last 20 months well now the house is mine he is ignoring solicitors letters saying that we r ready to complete everything and he needs to get his things out of MY garage lol ... we bothed signed a Consent Order which sed that we had until aug 26th to complete if we were ready before then we had to do it before that date(which we are )the garage is full up with his stuff so i told my solicitor if he hasnt left by aug 26th when the deadline is then im gonna change the locks and put his things on the driveway for him but she sed dont do that we will take him back to court and get him sent to prison etc etc but to b honest i cant take another 6 months of him coming back and forth disrupting me and my boys life i dont know wot to do for the best any advice would b really helpful thanks xxxxxxxx

I changed the padlock on the garage door. He had to ask permission to enter the garage and remove everthing he needed in one go. I am now the owner of lots of tools which may well come in handy but would probably put me in danger if I tried to use them lol
Tricia

hahahaha thanks for the reply well he is a very mad man because i got the house and if i did that i think he would leave a load of rubbish for me to clear up because its a double garage and i want it all gone and there is a side alley full of stuff and rubbish on my driveway which has been there for over a year arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh do u think i have every right to empty myself and just leave his stuff on the driveway ??????

Hi
I'm not sure about rights but like you I got the house. I will need to hire a skip to get rid of the rubbish but that's a small price to pay. Like you I think going back to court is just more money and more anxiety.

Would it be possible to get sol to write to him to state that if all not removed by x date you will dispose of as you see fit.

I'm sure other more knowledgeable people on this site may give you sound advice
Good Luck
Tricia

As it is your house you can give him a reasonable date by which you will expect it moved or you will have it removed. Thats what housing ass. do when tenants leave stuff in property.
If you send a letter to him by reg. post you can prove you tried to get it moved.
Good luck

hi yeh i know the skip will be just the end of it all but hes gonna need at least 5 trips in a transit van to move all of his stuff and i seriously dont think my sol will write to him stating that because she just wants me to take him back to court so she can get more money etc

hiya thanks for the reply yeh i think i might do that and tell him that he needs to come get it all by a certain date or the locks r gonna b changed and his stuff is gonna b put on the driveway for everyone to steal lol