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Your safety is in question if you rent out a room to a 19 year old. Do you need the money that badly? I would have never let this guy rent a room in the first place.
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/are you kidding?. Of course, you have the right to toss him. Unless, you complicated matters by giving him a lease. Keep a careful record of every infraction or argument you have with him. Try not to elevate discussions with him into arguments. But keep that record, Write in a journal immediately after each event until you get rid of him. It's your house. Not his.
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Renting a room to anyone, is very risky business. this i would never do. Did you check this persons background before the rental or was the money overpowering? If he has signed a lease with you, then an attorney will be in order. Exactly how long has this person rented the room? has he received mail at your address? in other words, has he rented the room long enough, to establish a residency? If so, you may have to seek a Write of Eviction. Seeking an attorney is your best bet.
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In quebec you wouldn't! If you rent a room to someone, they have the right to keep anyone or anything in that room and you would have no say as to what they use the room for, unless it is disturbing (noisy, smelly, etc) or unless it has caused you trouble (stolen stuff etc) outside their room... They PAY for it after all! So it is your house, but it is THEIR room. But it is just one guy, one night, one sleepover... I personally don't see the drama anyways. If SOMETHING happened that was bad, ok, you can react and even overreact. But when one extra person was there for ...12hrs... without even waking you up...? I don't see the point. ...but americans always had a different way with people ;) hehe
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You gave up many of your rights when you created a leasehold estate with a 19 year old. You can put in your lease that he is not permitted to have guests, but if you didn't do this, then he has the right to have guests over. If someone is staying over every night, then he is breaching the rental agreement. But an occasional overnight guest is certainly permissible. If you don't have a written lease you can evict the tenant by giving 30 or 60 days written notice (depending on the state and how long he has lived there). Also, it is not clear from your post whether or not the renter is gay or if he just had a friend crash with him, but in some states it is illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation. So if you do evict him, be sure you do it for a legal reason.
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John gave you the best info that I can see. If you have a SIGNED rental agreement (you both signed it) and if the agreement says something to support YOUR view, that he shouldn't have invited the sleep over without "permission" then you have that right. However, most Rental Agreements also cover GIVING NOTICE. If he has been receiving his mail there, then your home is his legal residence and you are (most likely) required to provide him with a REASONABLE NOTICE...and you would also need to provide him with access to retrieve his personal property from the home...you can't just change the locks... Your best bet (especially if you didn't bother to provide yourself with a WRITTEN AGREEMENT signed by the both of you) is to try and locate a LANDLORD/TENANT Hotline for YOUR AREA...and pose your question to THEM. They are usually free and are very up on the specific laws for the state/town that is being called about. These laws CAN and often do vary from state to state.
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