Kicking out roomate

United States
January 30, 2009 9:04pm CST
So here is the situation. My husband worked with a guy who needed a place to stay, and we needed some extra money, so we told him he could stay in a bedroom in our basement that has it's own bathroom and door for $200 a month. He told us it was only for a couple of months. It's now been probably 5 months or so since he moved in. Since he's been here... he has shown very little respect for us. He constantly leaves lights on and expects us to drive him all over town. Besides all this, he has been trying to break up my husband and I and frabricating stories about my husband having an affair. Now we are trying to get him to move out. Any suggestions?
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• United States
31 Jan 09
I would simply give him a WRITTEN 30-day moving notice. (Don't forget to keep a copy for yourself) You don't have to give a specific reason why. But if he asks you, then just tell him what you told us. Or you can tell him that it was only supposed to be a short-term thing, and you and your husband really need a little privacy. It doesn't sound like he's a very good friend, so I wouldn't be worried about making him angry. Just give him the notice. If he's still in your house on day 31 or 32, simply have him removed.
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• United States
31 Jan 09
We are trying to find a preferrably quicker way to get him out. We have kids and considering everything are a little concerned about the wellbeing of our kids. He keeps telling us he is leaving... but never seems to go. I agree, he's definantly not a good friend to my husband or I. My husband and him and nearly gotten in fist fights over all that has gone on... and it's all a mess.
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• Canada
31 Jan 09
I would just be brutally honest, actually. Tell him "This arrangement is not working out for us any longer so you have until (give him a day of the week or whenever the time is up that he has already paid for) to move out." Bottom line, he's living in your house and I assume you have no formal agreement in writing or anything like that? You just offered because he was someone your husband worked with? He has no actual claim to being there except for whatever time he has paid for and you've accepted the cash. In the meantime, do not drive him anywhere. You don't want to make it any easier for him to want to stay. His $200 a month doesn't include a chauffeur and remind him that, while he is living in your house, he is expected to pull his weight like anyone else. I wish you luck because he sounds like a real problem and, until you quite literally evict him, I don't think he'll go of his own free will.
• United States
31 Jan 09
Thank you. Yes we have no formal agreement or anything. My husband doesn't seem to think he will willingly leave either. I told my husband to tell him he needs to find a new place to live... but my husband wants to wait for the rest of the money he owes us for this month. It's just horrible. He lies quite often and has a very creepy side to him. Well, we don't know if he's really lying or if he really believes what he says... but either way... it's not the truth... and him telling the world my husband is having an affair that he's not... was truely the very last straw. We just want him out... ASAP!