I have a room mate who is doing drugs and drinking in our apartment, just got a DUI, drunk driving on a suspended license, coming home at all hours of the night, and brings home a different person every night to sleep on MY brand new couch. I am losing sleep, I feel uncomfortable in my own home, and when I confront my room mate about it, the reply I get is, "My friend was too drunk to drive home" or "I'll get my own couch so my friends have a place to sleep". I tell my room mate that his friends don't pay rent here so they are not entitled to a place to sleep but he is not seeing it my way. We are both on the lease to the apartment. Is there anything I can do to get him out?
2007-12-07 04:02:52 · 11 answers · asked by Koren's Mommy 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Tell the Landlord that your roommate is doing drugs in the apartment. Let the Landlord know that your next step is to call the narcotics section in your local police department. That alone should get action from the Landlord.
2007-12-07 04:22:23 · answer #1 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask him to keep his overnight guests in his own room (not in community space like on the couch). If it is 'your' couch, are you using 'his' microwave, etc.? That kind of territory in shared space can just be a fight waiting to happen.
Tell him that you are concerned about the drug use and drinking, and that not only are you not participating, you can't allow him to do illegal things in the apartment. Your lease WILL have a clause about 'no illegal activities', and you can remind him that you could BOTH get thrown out, arrested, etc.
Overnight guests are probably allowed, but there MAY be a clause in the lease that limits the number of nights a person can stay without being on the lease.
OR, tell him that your lease is for TWO residents, not three -- and that any time he has a guest stay, he needs to pay a larger portion of the rent. (If rent is currently $600/month = $20/night. You each pay $10 now. For one 'guest', each night, the split is now $14 him, $6 you.) Charging them 'rent' might slow down the frequency of guest visits. He has to pay you $4 cash any time a guest stays over.
2007-12-07 04:18:17 · answer #2 · answered by Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, but move when your lease is up. In the mean time, stay clear of him. Put a sheet over your couch. I had to put new locks on the doors once and put my roommates stuff out in the hall. But I would only recommend it as a last resort. You could threaten him with arrest about the drugs. Or if you know when he is drinking and driving call the police. Last of all remember the old adage keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer.
2007-12-07 04:16:59 · answer #3 · answered by Nancy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make it uncomfortable for him to be there. Tell him it's a good idea for him to get a couch for his drunk a*s friends to sleep on. Charge your roommate for everything his friends eat, drink, and use. Bring your friends over and sit on the couch, play loud music, keep him and his friends up..great when they're drunk and just lookin to sleep.
2007-12-07 04:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by mrsdeli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most leases forbid over night guest. Inform the landlorad to talk to your romm mate about sleep overs. Warn the room mate if they do drugs you will call the police that might get them to move out and you can find another room mate.
2007-12-07 04:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by john a 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Buy him out of the lease, or have him buy you out. Other wise there is nothing you can do. If it's a serious issue, call the land lord and report the drug violations. If he won't do squat call the police.
Since he is on the lease it is legally his residence so he can bring whom ever he chooses into your apartment. Sorry.
2007-12-07 04:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by kellan m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don;t tell your landlord about any lease violations unless you are prepared for the lease to be terminated, which means you are out too.
Your lease, even if you both sign it, is a "joint and severa" contract, meaning each of you is 100% responsible for all of the clauses.
If there is a drug clause violation, even if they are not yours, you are responsible for the lease violation and have no recourse to the landlord's response.
see nolo.com renter's and landlord's law books for definitive info. they are probably in your local library.
2007-12-07 04:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by Barry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait. His DUI may land him in jail, which will lose him his job, which means he can't pay rent anymore. You'll have to find another, and the replacement should be made while he is in jail.
BTW, look carefully at the lease.
2007-12-07 04:08:18 · answer #8 · answered by scottclear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the roommate experience. If you're both on the lease, short of calling the cops about his drugs/drinking there isn't much you can do... OFFICIALLY. Call your landlord, explain what's happening, and I bet he/she can find a clause with which to evict him.
Oh yes, better do it quickly before he gets you in trouble, you might find yourself charged as an accessory if the cops come busting in.
2007-12-07 04:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by Freethinker 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Move out.
2007-12-07 04:07:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋