I’m living in my CAR with my two Great Danes & a Chihuahua after being evicted from my home
A WOMAN has been forced to live in her car with her three dogs after she was evicted following a court order.
Patricia Ramshaw was evicted from her home in Norfolk Broads and took refuge in her Range Rover with her two Great Danes and Chihuahua.
But now an aristocratic family have been ordered by a civil court to pay her £80,000, the Eastern Daily Press reports – though they are challenging this as they say the legal claim was not served on them.
Sex therapist Lady Pea left her £3,500-a-month rental after the wealthy Cator family owners accused her pets of destroying the Grade II property.
After losing two court battles, officials arrived at the The Old House in Ranworth and asked her to evict the property.
The woman then packed as many belongings as she could into her car – where she stayed for days.
Lady Pea said: “I have nowhere to go, nowhere to turn. I moved into the property in a vulnerable position.
“I am leaving in an even more vulnerable position than before I got here and the Cators know this.”
The bust-up follows a frosty court battle between the tenant and the landlords.
The dispute began in November 2021 when Lady Pea moved into the house with her three Great Danes Nova, Jager and Lola, two horses Bea and Bebe, and various pigs and ducks.
However, owners said the 54-year-old reportedly only had permission to keep two dogs onsite.
She was also accused by owners of subletting the property on AirBnB and letting her pigs “absolutely destroy the gardens”.
Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk and landlady Jane Cator said the menagerie of animals breached the tenancy agreement and damaged the 18th century Victorian house.
The family said her animals destroyed gardens at the £3,500-a-month property.
Lady Pea denied this and alleged she had to let her animals in because they were unable to graze in the garden during last year’s hot summer.
But the row escalated even more when the animal lover claimed owners rented out the home without an appropriate electrical certificate.
After paying 12 months’ rent in advance, she claimed the house had no central heating and was riddled with damp and the walls were covered with mould.
Lady Pea claimed the Cators family agreed to refund all the rent, as well as the electricity bill in exchange for her leaving.
She was served with an eviction notice in January last year, before negotiations between the parties about the terms.
But after £17,000 of her rent was returned, she said the agreement was withdrawn.
Months later the case was up in court again, with Lady Pea attempting to appeal against her pending eviction.
After the appeal was thrown out, she was given a statutory two-week notice to vacate the property.
Judge Stephen Evans ruled: “These proceedings provide a salutary lesson for those prospective landlords and tenants who embark on entering into a tenancy without defining the ambit of the demise, and without agreeing all relevant terms of the tenancy before occupation is taken up.”
The property now remains empty and a High Court writ of possession is displayed on the gates.
It reads: “Please note we have taken possession of the above-mentioned property
“Any attempt of re-entry of the said property is an offence and proceedings will be taken for trespass and criminal damage.”
In the latest twist, the EDP said it had seen a court letter sent to landlord Sam Cator, Jane’s son, stating he had not responded to a claim made by Lady Pea and telling him to pay her £80,000.
Lady Pea reportedly lodged her appeal through the Civil National Business Centre, a government body by which people can claim through the civil courts.
But a legal representative for Mr Cator told the paper and MailOnline they were “confident” the ruling would be overturned.
They said: “We are concerned about the validity of service of Ms Ramshaw’s claim as it appears that our client was not provided with, and therefore could not respond to, the particulars of the claim.
“Our client is going to apply to have the order set aside and is confident that this application will succeed.”