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should i kick them out, or let them stay? and how much should i charge them?
me and my husband rented a big 3 bedroom 2 bath house. we are renting one of the rooms to his friend and another to his friend's dad. i think I'm giving them a good deal, the dad even has most of the garage and pays the same. no extra charge. he even uses the house phone as a business phone, which he never as if it was ok to do. they always want the a/c on. I've found out that they wait when I'm not home to have it on all the time. my electric bill is really high. i asked them to help over two months ago, and i haven't had a response, and they still turn the a/c on. his friend still owes money for rent from february and march, he said that he was going to pay us when he got his checks, and he got the first ones like 3 months ago, instead of paying us, he went to Disneyland, and bought him-self some clothes and shoes. i want them out, but i need the money. i don't know what to do. what kind of rules to put, since they don't like the ones i put. from the beginning i told them to clean after themselves and to help out clean the kitchen and bathroom. they have probably have done that once since they moved in, and that wasn't the deal...what should i do?my husband's friend and my husband signed the original contract with our landlord, and because of that my husband's friend thinks he can do whatever he wants. we paid for everything when we moved in, the deposit for the house, and all the deposits from the bills, he didn't help with anything for the first two months, until we let his dad move in and his dad pays for both of their rent. our rent is $1400, our house deposit was another $1400, and our average for bills are around $540. thats for electricity ($250), water ($120), gas ($10), cable/internet/house phone ($160). i think I'm giving them a good deal, but how much do u think i should charge each of them? one is home all day pretty much, playing video games and the other one has most of the garage and uses my house phone line as a business phone line...me and my husband aren't home most of the day, because we work. so they use most of everything.
5 months ago - 5 answers
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$500 each without the cleaning $600 each if they do not help clean the main areas in the house including lawn work and dishes. Truly they are never going to clean and I would rather have my house and privacy than two ungrateful tenants. They haven't been paying anything, what makes you think they will really start, get the freeloaders out. Save yourself a lot of future headaches.
by Georganna V
5 months ago
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Why do you want strangers living in your house? Kick them out!
by bearr41- 5 months ago
If you decide to let them stay, and I would probably kick your husband's friend out, put EVERYTHING in a contract. This business with the ac, cleaning, etc... needs to be put in writing. Don't rely on them to take the initiative and be considerate of you and your home, and if they insist on running up your ultility bills, their rent should reflect that. I would charge them $500 each. That's fair, and that's business. Don't worry about giving them a "good deal," especially when you and your husband sound like you've had your kindness taken advantage of. I hope everything works out.
by Anne Igma- 5 months ago
That's tough....especially since you two are not the only ones who signed the lease. The best I could offer is set up a meeting, where all four of you have the time. Pile your bills up, and discuss, using the numbers as proof that the bills are high and that, since they also signed the lease, they should be responsible for half of everything. If they start to argue, remind them that you two are not usually home due to the fact that unlike the home business guy, you two have to commute to work, and therefore are not home for half the day. His son spends a lot of time with the tv running up the electricity bill..that you cannot simply afford all of this. If you could have, then you would be doing the same, but quite the contrary, you are attempting as much as possible to conserve. I think having the meeting and showing the papers of the numbers for every utility should corner them in a way when they will have to answer to you suggestions, and offer some sort of compromise. I live in a townhouse with my fiance and another guy. That is what we do. We assign chores on a board in the kitchen every week so everyone know that they have to accomplish that week. And when bills come, we all look at it to make sure we are not deceiving one another and split it. I hope this helped.
by lxlnightmistress- 5 months ago
Simple in my opinion. If you like being used, then let them stay and continue to use you. If this was a true friend, he wouldn't owe you back rent. He and his father have a real good thing going here, you don't. I would kick them out.
by Sheri A- 5 months ago