2007-12-31 04:35:05 · 6 answers · asked by cyberchick7_99 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
It is OK, they do not have to sign anything. You evict them exactly the same way you evict any other tenant.
2007-12-31 04:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by Landlord 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The same way you kick someone out that has signed everything. Verbal agreements are valid in rental situations.
2007-12-31 13:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Empire Realty - Upland CA 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has the tenant EVER paid rent?
If not, then you can treat them as a squatter and apply to the courts to have them removed.
If so, the courts would deem that they had an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, and therefore you'd need to serve them appropriate notice. This can take over two months, so you are well advised to try to settle the matter amicably first.
Did you get a reference from their employer?
If so, BEFORE you do anything "legal", it may be worth dropping them a polite letter, saying that you are disappointed that you haven't received any rent, that you would be grateful if they could send them the sum owed, but that if you don't hear from them in 7 days, you will start legal proceedings against them, and ask the courts to write to the their employer to have the money owed taken directly out of their wages.
NEXT TIME REMEMBER MARK'S COMMANDMENTS
THOU SHALT NOT let tenants into a house until they have signed a contract.
THOU SHALT NOT let tenants into a house until they have paid a deposit (which these days is lodged with a Government-approved scheme, who judge how much of it (if any) can be retained.)
THOU SHALT NOT let tenants into a house without taking up references.
There are a lot of comments on the Internet about "bad landlords", but there are bad tenants out there too. The good news is that it's relatively easy to vet your potential tenant.
2007-12-31 12:54:02 · answer #3 · answered by mark_harrison_uk2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prolly have to go to landlord/tenant court and get an eviction notice, but the judge will probably give them plenty of time to catch up or leave. No body want's to see the homeless #s rise.
2007-12-31 12:49:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bob H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sit down and tell them they have to leave tonight.
2007-12-31 12:43:04 · answer #5 · answered by Bright Baboons Butt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can call the police because the individual is simply an unwanted guest at this point. The police will escort them out if they refuse to leave. I am assuming that you either own the home, or yours is the only name on a lease and you are renting some of your space to someone else. That would give you the legal right to call the police.
2007-12-31 12:42:07 · answer #6 · answered by rimbaud 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋