I hope they don't trash the place. I have learned not to mix business and friends or family!

 

I'm glad you have the legal help to do this correctly. I'm with Molly, hoping they don't trash it. My folks have rentals, and often, with an eviction, they find the home destroyed.

 

I am sorry this is happening to you and hope that they move on peacefully. Have you given them verbal notice yet?
I would try and keep it civil as much as possible, when there is anger and hatred, is when places get trashed. As they are low income they may have a hard time finding other accommodation .

 

I think I would say that we decided we are going to remodel our home and would like to start ASAP "but we will give you one month to find a new place" and make sure you have a move out date. And then, if she hasn't moved out (and her friend), I would start going in to start the "remodel" job. Of course, I'm not sure if this is legal. Anyway, good luck! And sorry you have to go through this!

 

Please exercise all precautions for this situation. I really don't like the potential for violence I'm feeling from your description.

 

I think I would say that we decided we are going to remodel our home and would like to start ASAP "but we will give you one month to find a new place" and make sure you have a move out date. And then, if she hasn't moved out (and her friend), I would start going in to start the "remodel" job. Of course, I'm not sure if this is legal. Anyway, good luck! And sorry you have to go through this!

And triplein' the rent !!

 

Good Luck! Hope it works out well for you and the pot and incense smell from the new roommate goes away.

Have they painted the walls black yet?

 

Before you follow through with eviction proceedings, try the story about remodeling and asking them to move. I have had judges evict tenants before they leave the courtroom and the apt still got trashed.....be careful. Do you live right there and can you supervise their move out?

No good deed goes unpunished.....sad that you were helping her out and she did this. Is your son still friends with her?

 

if you are on a month to month basis you can give her a months notice you will not be renting any further and that will terminate the lease. do it in writing and by cert. mail. if they do not move then you would start eviction process. but you are usually required to give a months notice for month to month unless in your lease it states otherwise. very few states require less.

 

Do you have a written Lease agreement? In my Agreement I have a section that States Only the ones that I have written their names on the lease are allowed to live in my rental. I tell my renters that if they want to allow someone else to live with them I would have to agree and we would have to do a new lease agreement with this persons name and Adjust the Rent. If they do something against the lease I give them a non-compliance paper which gives them a few days to get things back in order. If they do not then I give them a eviction notice. I also tell them if I start a eviction, they will have to move because there will be nothing they can do or say that will change my mind.
Also any type notice will have to be mailed or hand delivered to the person/s name that is on the lease---not taped to a door etc.

I would have a meeting with The Lady ONLY and tell her you are not going to allow anyone to move in with her at the price she is paying for rent. Ask her what the plans are? If she says she wants him to live with her then tell her He must come in and get all his Info and Check him out and If he checks out Ok that her next months rent will be $XXX (Alot higher than the normal). She might just move to another place and save you the trouble. Good Luck!

Alo do Not Down her Boyfriend in any way or you might end up in Court!

 

I haven't given verbal notice yet. If they were to quietly trash the place, I would find out. I only have to give 24 hours notice before entering he apartment.

It was added onto this house as a second story. I hear every time they come home. I hear them walking around. If I were to hear crashing and trashing, I'd call the police.

I need to go through the apartment to get into my own attic. I'll find an excuse to go into the attic every few days until they leave.

 

Is there any way you can arrange to be home for the entire 30 day length of your eviction notice so you can better keep an eye on things? And to give them 24-hour inspection notices daily - so in essence you'd be in their apartment every day?

 

One of the things I need to discuss with PrePaid Legal is whether I should give her a longer notice or the faster non compliance one. In California you don't need to give any reason for an eviction. If they have been there for more than a year, you must give 60 days notice. If less than a year, you can give 30 days notice.

However there is another option. I could give a three day notice to quit, and that is if there are ongoing problems, illegal activity, or, a example given on the California courts website, they move in other tenants without permission. I don't think she could move in three days, unless she rented a u-haul. Her parents live in Palm Springs. So she does have a place go.

I wonder how her parents will react if she tries to take him home with her to their house? Perhaps they will tell her the things that I would love to have said, but won't?

 

I'd do the 3-day notice, and make sure you're there to monitor those 3 days. She broke your lease by moving another tenant in, so she can deal with the consequences :shrug:

 

Bluemoonluck, I am here most of the time. On weekends I will be going to the ranch, and my son will be here. He is the one that was her friend and first suggested we rent the apartment to her. He is a Marine now. Over the weekend he saw the guy let himself in to the apartment. He could hear the tenant welcome him. So he suspected she had moved the guy in. And it was my son who suggested we evict the tenant, his friend. Before that, I was just looking at options to get rid of the guy.

I fell over the weekend. I hurt my arm. Yesterday I saw the ortho doc and got a diagnosis that it is broken. So I'll be a homebody for the most part. When the apartment was built, the only way up there was through our family room. Later, a door to the outside was added. I keep the door to the stairs from my family room locked with a deadbolt. Not a great deal of privacy, but it is what it is.

 

One of the things I need to discuss with PrePaid Legal is whether I should give her a longer notice or the faster non compliance one. In California you don't need to give any reason for an eviction. If they have been there for more than a year, you must give 60 days notice. If less than a year, you can give 30 days notice.

However there is another option. I could give a three day notice to quit, and that is if there are ongoing problems, illegal activity, or, a example given on the California courts website, they move in other tenants without permission. I don't think she could move in three days, unless she rented a u-haul. Her parents live in Palm Springs. So she does have a place go.

I wonder how her parents will react if she tries to take him home with her to their house? Perhaps they will tell her the things that I would love to have said, but won't?

..................Since he isn't a legal rentor , he is TRespassing ! So , call sheriff and see , IF , you can file charges against him , regardless of your eviction processing of his girlfriend . You owe him no legal process and procedure at all !
................... If you can file on him for trespassing , then give him an Ultimatium to leave and never return . INdirectly , this is eviction of girlfriend as well but you'll soon see If........Love conquers all ! , fordy:bowtie:

 

Fordy he is not trespassing if he's there with the consent of the tenant. The tentant has the right to quiet enjoyment, owever she does not have the right to move him in. If the cops show up all she has to say is that he's visiting.

Common Tator I'm sorry to hear about your arm. Hope it's not broken to bad and you have a quick recovery. I'd give her the 3 day notice, or you can even give her a 10 day notice if you choose, or a 30 day. But do something soon because you don't want it to appear that you accepted his presence by saying nothing. That's passive acceptance and I've seen judges use it. I managed property in So. Cal for 15 years, so if you need any help just let me know.

 

I won't be calling the cops unless I suspect they are damaging the place or engaging in other illegal activity. Jan is right. All the tenant needs to do is say he is her guest.

 

We are going thru something similar...our renter moved him in...he just got out of prison..and they are both going out the door this week....she lies and lies to us, behind on rent....you can evict......

 

I"m so sorry you broke your arm!

 

I won't be calling the cops unless I suspect they are damaging the place or engaging in other illegal activity. Jan is right. All the tenant needs to do is say he is her guest.

I have seen leases that state that a guest may only stay for a certain number of days.

Just food for thought on your next tenant.

 

I talked to the lawyer from PPL. He said the three day notice would be extremely aggressive, and I would most likely need to go to court to get them out. He recommended the 60 day notice. He said she needs to pay rent he whole time, and most likely would move, but even if she didn't, it would be easier to get an eviction order from a court.

 

I would be tripling the rent starting the first of the month...in fact, I would be tripling it to what the current market allows.

Do NOT delay on the eviction process. Just get it going, and don't stop.

 

FWIW, with your next tenant, start charging by the week. The eviction process is much shorter in our state on week to week.

This allows the tenant to manage their income a little better, and will improve your cash flow tremendously.

 

Clovis, I need to comply with the law. I can only increase the rent by 10 percent at a time, with 30 days notice.