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    Default Removing an Abusive Roommate Who is on the Lease

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: FLORIDA

    My grandson moved in with a female roommate in Apr. They are roommates only--she has a boyfriend.My grandson, this woman and myself ARE ALL ON THE LEASE. I co-signed the lease as a guaranteer of credit, not as a tenant. I told him then I was not really sure about this woman but they assured me it would be great. It has slowly snowballed into a nightmare. She moved in her boyfriend(HE IS NOT on the lease) got a second dog( both with horrible fleas and not pre-approved on the lease) and then her youngest daughter came to stay for the summer and never went home and is now living there also. ALSO NOT ON THE LEASE. She has become abusive in her words and has stuck him as well--he to his credit did not return the slaps. She has taken to drinking quite a bit then trying to hang out with my son and the neighbors across the street but they have told her they no longer want her there as she has told lies and tries to make trouble between people when she has been there. So now she comes out and has screaming fits at them and tries to lock my son out of his own house. Her boyfriend does an ostrich act and ignores everything. And we have now been apprised by the neighbor she has been seen removing things that belong to my daughter(she has some things stored in my son's half of the garage) and has also helped herself to using my daughter's things without permission. My daughter plans to go there tomorrow to do a physical inventory of her things with pictures and video and to speak to this woman when she gets home about her behavior and that it will not be tolerated.
    There is no record of her or her bf paying any bills--all the utilities are in my daughter's name and all of their portions of them and the rent has been paid to my son in cash since he was the only one with a bank account(although they just got one).
    My grandson wants them gone but she will not leave and has threatened to turn him out or get him arrested by claiming violence on his part. I want this woman and her ilk out of that house but legally so she cannot do anything about it. Where do we start and can we have her revoked as there are 2 of us on the lease against her?
    Thank you for your help and guidance in advance!

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    Default Re: Removing an Abusive Roommate Who is on the Lease

    A poor choice of roommate is something you generally have to live with through the expiration of your lease term.

    He can speak with the landlord about whether the landlord might consider a buyout of the remainder of the lease, but the unwanted roommate would need to agree to any modification of the lease.

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    Default Re: Removing an Abusive Roommate Who is on the Lease

    The boyfriend physically assaulted my grandson last night and was arrested. She somehow got ahold of my grandson's housekey--he says she took it from his room--and locked him out last night and the police were unable to get her to open the door so he managed finally, with the help of a neighbor, to break in and then found not only had she locked him out but barricaded the hell out of the front door. I spoke with the property management office and they are reviewing things and are supposed to get back to me later today.

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    Default Re: Removing an Abusive Roommate Who is on the Lease

    Your grandson should speak with the police or victim's rights officer at the prosecutor's office about whether he might be able to get some form of protective order as part of the boyfriend's pretrial release.

    The landlord may now have grounds to evict based upon the roommate's bad conduct -- if the landlord is leaning in that direction your grandson would want to work with the landlord so as to avoid being named in any eviction lawsuit as, even if he's a friendly party, being a defendant in an eviction can have profound impact on your credit and future ability to rent.

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    Default Re: Removing an Abusive Roommate Who is on the Lease

    The boyfriend is no longer allowed anywhere near my son so he cannot come to or in the house. The roommate has bailed for the weekend after my daughter went up there on Fri and took video and photo documentation of all the damage she and her boyfriend and dogs have done to the house and told her that she(my daughter) will be there everyday all day to watch the house while my son is at work so she can't try to steal anymore things that were stored in the garage or do any vindictive damage to my son's possessions or his dogs. The roommate has tried to get other people to stay there(her ex-sister-in-law and her bf) but they left fri eve after she did although for some reason the bf came back on Sat and my grandson stupidly let him in but told him he had to leave when he was going to the store and as he had a neighbor there with him I think he was intimidated enough to go with no argument. The ex-sister-in-law let it slip that she has tried this type of crap before and actually squatted at her father-in laws house until they had to give up and leave the premises for 30days so she could then be evicted. That won't work here so she is trying to get other people in to squat for her.
    We figure that if the rental office agrees this month's rent will be in default(only long enough to get eviction papers served and her out) and since technically it is as of Monday and we don't know if they paid anything towards it-as she had said they would haha--then pay it after the fact. They may also be seeking legal action on her for destruction of property as they ruined and can no longer use a brand new bathroom, removed and is nowhere to be found a crisper drawer from a brand new refrigerator and have ruined two doors and door frames. I shutter to think of the conditions of the wood floor in the bedroom w/ her 2 chihuahuas using it as a toilet.
    Is it legal to shut off the power to her room?--her name is NOT on the utilities and she's not about to pay for service I don't know if we can padlock the breaker box or not but I hope there is a way to do it

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