Renter's boyfriend has moved in.

Fact from fiction, truth from diction. Has he broken any part of the lease? That is what is great about a lease as oppose to renting month to month. A lease from the real estate people I have had contact with is a legal document; you will do this and that, they will do something and those things. If anyone fails to follow the lease then the “agreement” is broken and whatever was in play before is null and void. So if his having her there was not allowed in the lease you can consider it broken and demand he vacate the premises in according to the lease.

January of 2010 the lease was up for him. I made a month to month lease for her cause she is waiting for low income housing. We never signed it at all. There is no rental agreement at this time. She has paid a security deposit. He was ALWAYS late on rent. She had never been until July when she paid on the 8th. If she is late for August I am going to say something I think. I am always being taken advantage of. I originally had cheap rent cause it was one person. Now it’s 3 people. One being their daughter. (one year old) I really cant believe they are together again. He lives (should be) with his mom.

I hope your rental agreement or occupant agreement stipulates who may live there and addresses visitors. I don’t know if you have a lease or a rental agreement. If I were you I simply would not renew the lease and give at least 30 days notice prior to the end of the lease that they must vacate. Before you contract with another occupant be sure you have an agreement that you can live with. Run it by an attorney or pay one to draw your document.

!st off do not renue the lease for her at the end of the month and tell her that. Hope she is too dumb to know she can tie you up a long time because nothing is in writing the devils are always in the details, and the details are usually always in writing. Since you have nothing but handshakes and good intentions it will be harder to prove, it can be a “he said, she said” type of thing and all the while they can end up living there free while you are footing the bill. And if his lease is up and there is no new agreement made give him notice. Then cross your fingers they don’t resist too much.

Since you are on a month to month lease, give her 30 days notice to vacate.

@perspicacious I am with you and tell them that apartment is meant for one person. No more. Or raise the rent really high or to meet the bills?That could help. Starting next month. You just have to give them a written notice,

You are correct, they are taking advantage of you. since there was no lease agreement at all, its time for her, him, them to sign one. you need to take charge of your home and who lives there. in your lease contract, be sure you have the authority to authorize who lives in your home. specific names and dates of birth. if not, drug dealers and addicts could move in and you would have no recourse. its your home, take charge of it. get the law on your side and have them sign a lease.

you said their lease was up as of 1/10, and there is no rental agreement at this time. so if i were you i would send them a letter (put all communications in writing so there’s no doubt about what was said) and letter should clearly state they have 2 months to move out, or move out as of whatever date.

this is why a lot of people don’t rent apartments. when you have a good tenant it’s great but when you have a bad tenant it’s a nightmare.

Unfoirtunately, it all depends on the terms of the original lease. If the lease specified one person only, or no children, then you can evict them for violating the terms of the lease. Or if there’s a local ordinance that limits the number of people in the space or number of rooms they’re renting, that’s also cause for eviction. Otherwise, if there is no such provision in the lease or ordinance, then you’re stuck.

If there’s no lease at all, then it depends on your local laws whether or not you can evict someone without cause (taking “excessive” showers is not cause to evict someone).

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It is not a good situation. The woman moved in in January. There is no written agreement that we signed. I specifically said the rent was this much plus 50.00 for utilities only because you are one person. I told each of them at the time we talked money it was a super deal because it was one person. The last 3 months he has been there more and more. Now its 3 people. She complains if the grass gets too long. He is not trustworthy and has been a month late on rent at times. I didnt renew any agreement with him.

Give them all written notice to get out of your house within 30 days. They are occupants, not tenants. In some states the law treats these differently. You may only be required to give them 15 days notice. Check your state law. You can probably find out by calling the police or sheriff.

This is my opinion, not legal advice.

@perspicacious Thanks!

you can google your state landlord tenant relations or housing law and possibly find out the answer there. if not, get a lawyer to send her a letter on his letterhead (which will be a nominal charge) and hopefully that scares them enough to leave without fighting it.

You rented to the guy. Everybody else out. Unless you all come to some agreement that is satisfactory to you. But you don’ t seem to care who lives there.

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Im a pushover for a beautiful one year old. The father moved the other two in in Jan. 2010. He was supposed to go out of state to College. He said that they (mother and child) might want to stay and live there. He moved out and she wanted to live there. I told her I wasnt going to be lenient with her having rent late and she was great at being on time til recently. He has become a permanent fixture now. Now she is not being very truthful. I am not making any profit. Every time I turn around I am paying for repairs or damage. I do not want responsibility of 3 renters especially a one year old. The rent is too cheap for all the troubles.