They can certainly pay the rent, but they are almost choosing not too. They are now 15 days late and are acting like they don't care that I may threaten with eviction. I get the feeling they want me to evict so they are relieved of the lease agreement and aren't responsible for the remainder of the lease. They wanted a shorter rent when they moved in. What can I do in this situation? I'm in a college town and already have tenants signed on for next year. It will be extraordinarily difficult to get tenants for a 6-month period before the next group.
Thanks in advance.
2007-09-17 11:57:32 · 9 answers · asked by drf2684 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I know what to do to evict them. I'm implying that they WANT me to evict them so that they can either move to a different place or whatnot without being responsible for the rent while I find new tenants. (Lease is broken) What do you do then?
2007-09-17 12:16:36 · update #1
Inform them that once you receive the judgment in small claims court for the entire amount owed (duration of the contract) that you will annotate their budding credit. It will last seven years and devastate their scores. Are they in it for the long haul? Tell them you are game... Or they can just honor the terms of their agreement and call it a lesson learned. Their choice.
2007-09-17 13:32:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tenant Refuses To Pay Rent
2016-10-30 05:18:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely get a lawyer! Tenant disputes can get kind of tricky and you will need one.
The lease agreement I signed for the place I'm renting now has a clause that says that breaking the lease early would cost us 2 1/2 times what a normal months rent is, so if you don't have something like that in your agreement already you should put it in.
2007-09-17 14:41:48 · answer #3 · answered by hoktauri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can make them want to break the lease instead, if that's how it's got to be. Mowing the lawn at 7 am on a Saturday is a GREAT way to annoy your tennants.
Stop by every day, especially when they have friends over to ask where the rent money is. Have your attorney send letters to their jobs, it'll make them look bad.
If worst comes to worst (and you won't be able to get someone in anyway), let them ride it out for the next 4 months, then evict them so you can legally garnish their wages for that rent & then you'll have 2 months to get it cleaned up and re-rented.
2007-09-17 12:35:51 · answer #4 · answered by Roland'sMommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there, That's a rough situation to be in for anyone. I'm not a solicitor, but what I do know is: i) Yes, you can sell the house, but you should really give your tenant notice to evict before you do this. ii) You would have to notify them of your intent and request them to pay back their arrears in writing. However, as he has next to no income and can't afford to pay, the most you would get would be a string of minor repayments over many months (for example, £20 a month over 18 months to recover £360) and it really wouldn't be worth your money or time to hassle him too much on this one. If your tenant agrees or if it is in your tenancy agreement, you could be entitled to retain the deposit to help cover your costs, but your tenant has the legal right to argue on that one, so if they agree get them to put it in writing. iii) In order to evict the tenant the standard way, you have to start by serving them a notice in writing of two months minimum, letting them know you would like them to leave. There's more legal stuff to do with that, so pop down to the CAB or to a solicitor and get them to fully explain the full process of putting a "Section 21" into effect. Make sure you do this correctly as failing to carry this out exactly could result in your notice being invalid. This process does change depending on how long your tenant has been there and what type of tenancy you have though. If your tenant has gone past the "guarantee" period with an AST, then you're OK. If he has an AT or a Rent Act (very unlikely), things get a lot more tricky. I hope this helps. Best of luck. Blessings x EDIT: Masked Landlord is spot on, a Section 8 notice in conjunction with at least one of the other Sections of the Housing Act (10 or 11 I think might serve you best) will also do the job and quicker, but it depends on how nice you want to be to the tenant. I always find trying to be as reasonable as possible and getting them to agree in writing about any outstanding rent is always better initially - you could get the tenant out of the home sooner and pay a lot less in legal fees, but as Masked Landlord stated, its' not quite as secure in its' own right.
2016-03-13 04:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say don't do anything and let the rent pile up. If you can I would increase the late fees to a nice big number.
The downside is you hope that when the lease is done that they actually move out
2007-09-17 14:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by AJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would give them a thirty day eviction notice on their door and see if they will respond if not and if they dont pay you ill just say see you in small claims court.
2007-09-17 12:11:00 · answer #7 · answered by domojj24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must use an attorney and get their asses out of your place. Or, one way is to pay them to leave.
I mean after they have actually left.
2007-09-17 12:04:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they would still be liable for the lease - tell them that you will take them to small claims court - and DON'T give them their security deposit back
2007-09-17 12:33:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋