Hi,
Mom and now 21yr son were on the original lease. Son wasnt living here fulltime before. Mom got married and moved out and now he lives here. Its a long story and I have checked with housing dept and rentcontrol thats how it works.
Anyway, my question is my tenant throws cigarette butts in the lawn and in the plants. Can I ask him to not do that? I dont know if he is smoking indoors. I havent done inspection in a while. No one in my family smokes and when our guests smoke outside the house we have them put the butt in trash bin.
My tenant sits on the stairs and smokes I guess and there are lot of butts in the rose bushes around. Can I ask him to clean it up and not do it again? I dont like the way that area looks.
Thanks for your answers.
2007-12-16 07:36:58 · 5 answers · asked by Confused_Landlord 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
asking a smoker to be neat is like
asking a Muslim to remove the
white gown.
review your lease.
if it a month to month, add "no
cigarette butts" are to be tossed
into plants.
STUPID and trashy people are not
lease violators until the lease
states this act is prohibited.
then, make sure you have cameras.
until then, say nothing. He would stop if he cared to stop.
use the law and cameras!
2007-12-16 08:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by kemperk 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would ask him if he would not throw the cigarette butts in the lawn and the plants. I owned a two flat and my tenants were doing the same thing. I asked them very nicely not throw the cigarette butts in the grass because it hard on the lawn and I don't want to pick them up. They did not get angry, they were very apologetic and it was stopped immediately. When it was time to renew their lease I added to my lease that cigarette butts, candy wrappers or any type of trash should not be thrown in the yard or the hallways. It never happen again and I didn't lose a tenant or break any tenant or landlord laws. I hope this help. Just be nice about it.
2007-12-16 08:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a tenant who did this and I just sent a letter by US Mail asking him in a nice way to stop this.
2007-12-16 10:23:03 · answer #3 · answered by Bibs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can send him a registered letter telling him to stop. If he refuses, give him a 30 day eviction notice.
2007-12-16 07:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
absolutley. send him notification and if he doesn't stop, or refuses to pick them up you can chose to take further action by evicting him.
2007-12-16 07:58:11 · answer #5 · answered by michelle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋