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I know I don't regularly post here, (or anywhere for that matter), but it seems you would all be more experienced (no offense, but I do mean older in this context, and for this topic, hopefully more experienced).

I own a house. I use roommates and their rent to cover my mortgage. This in itself is usually not a problem. But I have roommate moving out very soon with about a weeks notice. He has however, offered to pay until the 15th of November. He also wants until then to get his shit out.

I am twenty-three and cannot afford to one month where I can't cover my mortgage.

In this situation financially, I need to have a new roommate in by Nov 15.

I have a potential new roommate ready to move in Nov 1st though. (Guaranteed, he starts working in this city Nov 5)

So should I kick the guy (who already has the room [paid till Oct 31st, and wants the room until the 15th]) out on the first, and say sorry, you haven't given me nearly enough warning, please leave the first so I can keep my house (Cause or mortgage problems), or does that seem really rude? This guy literally told me Oct 24 that he was moving out, yet wants until the fifteenth to get his stuff out. Can I in good conscience tell him to get the fuck out on the first of November?

What would you do in the same situation?

Edited, Oct 27th 2007 3:28am by Upaut

Bidness is bidness, man. You have a mortgage to pay and sometimes that means you can't be the nice guy.

idk how it is in your state, but in some states if someone has been living with you for X amount of time, you can't legally kick them out without X amount of days notice. I mean, you can try of course.

Personally, I'd tell them that if they can find someone to take their place, ok, but if they can't, you've gotta take whoever will pay the bills. Maybe help them pack up, but you gotta get your money.

Do you have a lease?
If not Start using them.

If he wants to stay to the 15th then he pays full month of nov.
If he is moving out 11/1 then take the half rent, put his stuff in storage and have new person move in.
As a landlord, Jonwin always require first month and security deposit. He always use a lease, but then the house is set up as a duplex. (Separate apartments for you
non homeowners.)

Give one a month to ship out, bring the other in when he needs to be there, and sleep on the couch for the overlap.

When I clicked the link originally I was glad I was never somebody's roommate.

I was mislead again.

If you did I'd just do that.

You of all people know I did. :P

I see Jonwin been adding to my post count again.

Having a lease, though I'm much more then a roommate, has help me legally deal with government agencies. That one piece of paper comes in mighty handy for both of us. If I knew as much years ago, I would have never gotten married. I rather face Rent Court, then a divorce.

Plus I can make him go down stairs and sleep on the couch, if I want the bed all to myself.

On topic though. Prorate the rent for how many days he is going to keep his sh*t there. He is impacting you financially and you are providing him a free storage facility. If he doesn't feel that option is acceptable tell him ok and go get some garbage bags and toss his sh*t to the curb.

Good idea, then when just sign the house over to him to save him the minor effort of suing you under tenants rights laws. This is why the stabbing/burning works so much better. Have we really learned nothing from Micheal Keaton in Pacific Heights?



Edited, Oct 28th 2007 2:40pm by Smasharoo

Bad idea. You do not have the right to remove his belongings until you've obtained a court order for eviction, and without a lease, you have no grounds to evict. If the old roommate is under the impression that he has until the fifteenth, then has until the fifteenth. Can you not contact the guy? Has he just disappeared?

Anyway, the lesson is that if you're going to be a landlord you need to get a simple lease agreement, at the very fUcking least. Otherwise you just need to eat the half-month of lost rent. It's your own fault.

Edited, Oct 28th 2007 12:42pm by Barkingturtle