I was stayn wit someone for 4 months with no written rental agreement&they are threatning to take me to court?

Question

i needed a place to stay and i asked if i cud stay with her. she said for 700 i said i cud only pay 400 and she said okay. i didnt start payn until my second month wen i got my second job so i had paid for two months of 400 plus 170. i left under my own accord and moved to my own place. now she says she's gona take me to court for 700 for four months plus late fees& will lie and say she evicted me and lie and say she had a witness sayn the rent was for 700! she works for a restaurant making no real money so thta's y she's threatning me cuz i actually hav a real job, two jobs. shud i pay her greedy *** or let it go to court?

There was no rental agreement. it was for a room in a house that she doesnt even own or isn't even in her name. and i gave her more than a 2 week notice. some friend she is. my girlfriend was in the house wen i told her that 700.00 was to much and 400.00 was all i cud afford to pay no one else was in the house.

there was nothing signed but i do have proof of checks for the rent and withdrawls.

Answer 1

If you stayed for 4 months, it is justify you pay 400 X 4 = 1600. If you pay only 400 X 2 + 170 = 970 you still owe the owner 630. Very simple calculation. If you don't intend to pay, the owner will use other means to get back the money from you. Bringing you to court is not a good option as there is no written agreement. Better resolve to a peaceful solution by paying the balance to the owner and settle the dispute with going thru the hassle.

Answer 2

It's possible that if there was no written agreement and you were not evicted legally (with notice and court filings by her or the owner of the rental property) she will not have much of a case. It sounds like you had a verbal agreement and did pay some money toward rent (and or expenses), so she may be able to take evidence of those payments, if she has any, to prove that there was some kind of agreement between the two of you. If there is not paper trail it may be difficult to prove who paid what for what. If you did promise to pay her rent then the honest thing to do is to make payments to her (because she did give you a place to stay when you needed it), not in cash and get signed receipts, until it is paid just to be finished with her for good!

Answer 3

There is no written documentation of terms/agreements on the rent, so she can't use that. If the witness wasn't present during the "verbal agreement" then that isn't so valid either. Did you give her two-weeks notice about you leaving? Did/does she own the place she stays in? If not, she can't evict you, only the landlord.
If this goes to court, i recommend refraining from saying things like: she's a bad person; she's lazy, or she lies all the time. The judge will figure out the truth, just stay true to the facts and yourself.
take care
ciao

Answer 4

I don't know where you are, but in the US real estate agreements must be in writing or they don't exist. But if she has the court fee, she can take you to small claims court, and you never know what will happen. That's going to take time from your jobs and be a pain.

She's asking for $700 for each of 4 months? Did you pay in cash? Did you get receipts?

I would pay her whatever I really owed her, and let her take me to court for the rest. Lying usually doesn't work in court. Judges are pretty smart.

Answer 5

verbal agreement also can be an agreement in law.
now... i think the better way is file up a police report at a police station nearby before she/he does it first.
secondly collect much source of evidence that she/he promise to rent u the room at the price that u agree with.

and from what i can see....... the owner won't bring you to the court for just $700x4 month =Rm2800. coz the cost for betting in a court by hiring a lawyer and also the court fees will be more higher that that amount.

so from my point of view...... forget about it... dun give a damm... pay what ever u alr agree at first and chaw... not even a sen more.. but u must report police 1st. in case the owner bit u up or what.
step by step:
1.file up police report say that she threatening you.
2.tell the police whole story.
3.pay the balance amount that u alr agree at first.
4.move out immediately.
5.if she dare to bring you to court. it will take few years to bit.
6.why worry?u sure win... haha

Answer 6

When a person sues, the burden of proof lies with them. It looks very odd when a person sues for rent based on a verbal agreement. Even if she gets someone to lie, it is one word against another, and since she needs to meet the burden of proof .... I'm betting she doesn't have eviction paperwork either, so that's likely out. Let it go to court. She will have a very difficult time proving that you owed her anything at all.

Answer 7

$700.00 a month for a room is way too much, it's almost as mush as a one bedroom apt! (depending on where you live) I definitely agree that if there is no written agreement and she verbally told you it was okay to pay 400/ mo, then don't pay her a cent more and let her try and sue you, she will get nowhere. I think she is just trying to manipulate you for more money- hope you dropped her as a friend...

Answer 8

What proof has she that you owe the money? What proof have you that you paid her. Have you been given a rental agreement that you signed with witnesses? - have you got a rent payment book? - does she own the property or is she sub letting and has she got permission to sub let? I f the answer to these is "no" then it has just been a casual verbal agreement and she has no basis in law to sue you.

Answer 9

No, she can't take you to court for anything if you have nothing in writing. What you guys had was a "verbal agreement", so there is no proof of what was said on how much you were to pay her each month. It's her word against yours.

Answer 10

Court