Tell me I don't have valid reasons to do this now.
By kris182_2000
@kris182_2000 (5454)
Canada
May 2, 2011 8:17am CST
The other day, I wrote pages of things down, documentation if you will, about our roommate. You can't tell me that I don't have valid reasons to evict him right now.
- Failure to pay rent.
- Continual failure to smoke outside despite numerous request and no smoking signs posted.
- Failure to contribute to utilities as they're not included in rent.
- Failure to maintain sanitary conditions, both bodily and property wise.
- Poisoning household pets with smoke.
- Abusing electronics by continually leaving them on, falling asleep with them on.
- Fire hazard. Potential for grease fires, failing to clean up after stove use. Risk of falling asleep while smoking.
- Stealing/taking things without asking.
- Making household members ill as a result of unsanitary conditions.
- Disturbing household members with slamming of doors at all hours of the day and night.
- Failing to clean up after pets, forcing non-responsible household members to clean up.
- Constantly leaving lights on, doors unlocked and rugs askew. Wasting electricity, outside danger and tripping hazards.
Those are the eviction grounds, never mind the fact that his being so unsanitary has now made my husband and I both sick. My husband has a stomach of steel pretty much, but he couldn't sleep yesterday morning, he was constantly in the bathroom, and then I got it yesterday afternoon.
In the last week, we've gone through almost a whole can of disinfectant spray, having to spray the hall because the smoke smell comes out to the living room, having to spray everything he touches now that we're both sick.
I know he gave it to us, as he was sick the other day, running back and forth to the bathroom.
Some of you are saying that I can't throw him out legally, but with the reasons listed above, I have more than enough valid grounds to do so, and I will be doing this on Wednesday.
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13 responses
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
14 Aug 11
Personally this is Grouse, and quite unsanitary, and cannot believe you would even have ever allowed it to get this bad. Hopefully you have evicted this person months ago and moved on. To think there are people like this that do not ever care about personal hygiene and such is beyond me. All these things are reasons to evict and then some. Hope from here you've had better experiences.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
3 May 11
Wow!! Anyone who says you cannot do this, has never been in your shoes. Personally since he has not paid his share of the rent, that is reason enough, and if it was agreed upon with the Utilities that it was not included, he should know that is bad too. As for the smell and disrespect, that is a Big one just like the tenant we evicted a little over 2 weeks ago. Personally like us I think you would be doing yourself a favor when they are gone.
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@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
3 May 11
Sounds more trouble than good to me, so yes you have every reason to evict him. He may has problems in his life and no one wants to hear him and believe him. If you have the patient you can try to do some psychological approach on him, but if you are not then just evict him and be done with it.
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@tammy27 (1241)
• Philippines
2 May 11
woah! this is so below the belt... that renter should be sued for what he has done. i totally understand this for we also have a for rent house and this Korean family that rented for about 3 years trashed the house! they refuse to pay for the major fixing that should be done so my mom was forced to deal with them on the court. i was shocked cause i thought it was not that big deal to go to the court, but later on i realized that they do have to pay. and in the end they did. hahaha
@kris182_2000 (5454)
• Canada
2 May 11
Glad they did pay.
But he would not, that's for sure. He'd rather make excuses than do anything right.
@chocokreme (319)
• Philippines
3 May 11
Yes, you could evict him. He's not worth it to stay. Health is at risk plus he's doing nothing to contribute to the household. He's so insensitive according to your story. Its really annoying to have a companion like him.
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@ladygator (3465)
• United States
2 May 11
Its your house right? What were the terms ? I guess he might have a way to stay there as its pretty personal. I would say a pretty concrete way to go about it would be to type up all this and require that he sign it. Give him a time period to get all this together and cooperate with your requests and after a time period if he does not comply then I would say you have valid documentation to evict him.
@kris182_2000 (5454)
• Canada
2 May 11
Last month, we gave him 60 days notice to move. He was fine with that. It's only in the last couple of weeks that he's been more defiant towards us.
He knows he's in trouble. He hasn't found a place to live, he hasn't been looking either. Instead he sits around all day doing nothing but waste hydro and make us pay for it.
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
2 May 11
I do not know the laws where you live, but chances are good he does not either. I feel that morally you have every reason to insist he move out. It is good that you have a plan. When I was a landlord I was told that i did not have the right to move a family out, and my brother was visiting, and told them off, and then I just quit fixing things like the heat and they left. It is more difficult with him being in your house. I know your landlord does not have any input about him being a renter, because he is not on the lease, but does he have rules about how long you can have "guests". Since he is not paying rent, he is a "guest" and many places limit how long they can stay.
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
21 Aug 11
Just a few things on that list would be enough to kick his azz to the curb. You definitely have valid reasons to evict him.
@SpikeTheLobster (6403)
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2 May 11
Since you have no rent agreement, you can pretty much do whatever you want (within reason). Of course, he might cause a fuss about it, which will cause even more trouble, but I doubt he has much legal recourse.
Some of those "reasons" aren't really reasons in legal terms - smoking, leaving an appliance switched on, leaving rugs askew, for example. They're personal grievances. Your main legal reason is very simple: failure to pay rent and contribute to utilities. That alone is enough in most cases. (Here in the UK, for example, falling 2 months behind on rent is grounds for eviction.)
Years ago, I chucked a guy out of my apartment on Christmas Eve - I'd warned him he had to be gone by Christmas but he was too lazy to bother trying to find a new place. He was gobsmacked when I didn't back down and let him stay. What an idiot... I don't understand some people.
@kris182_2000 (5454)
• Canada
2 May 11
When there is a clause in our own lease that no smoking is allowed in the house, then we are obligated to enforce that. I smoke outside no matter what the weather is like, so he should too.
Some people are stupid, I agree, and lazy. He's costing us money that we don't have and he doesn't care.
@tiffnkeat (1673)
• Singapore
2 May 11
It is interesting you made such a long list when any one of those items is enough for you to carry out your action. It's you house, isn't it?
If you really want to do it legally, safer to consult a lawyer.
@EricaBurns (117)
• United States
2 May 11
As long as you have gave him proper notice by all means do so because you dont want to end up in court. I hope everything works out, but you definately need peace in your home.
@lsdshrooms (214)
• United States
3 May 11
Those reasons sounds exactly like my sister who I wish would move out as soon as possible. The things you listed are more than enough reasons to evict him, you should kick him out as soon you can. Give him one last warning and if he doesn't shape up, give him the boot.
