help please regarding an informal contract with a live in tenant

Willsnarf1983

I'm fed up with one of my tenants who lives with me, he has been living here for 7 months and is meant to be paying me weekly...within this seven month period he has not owed me any money for one week out of the 30 odd!

He continuously lies to me about when i'll get the money and its stressing me out chasing him and as i said i'm completly fed up.

The last straw was that we decided about 5 months ago we decided to get kittens (3 for three people) and it was his idea but since then i have to chase him for the money for injections and continuously chase him for cat food and litter etc but just over 3 weeks ago i told him the cats were getting chipped and snipped and i needed the money before them and obviously i was told yeah yeah no problem.

Throughout this 3 weeks i reminded him constantly and come tuesday he told me that bailiffs have taken £110 out of his account whereas i heard from his work mates that he actually had blown £110 in a fruit machine on the monday. Then thursday night i asked him again where the money was and was rebuffed and promised that friday morn before the cats went to the vets he would have it...long story short he went to work early and didn;t come back with money!

i couldn't let one cat not be done whilst the others were being done which meant costing me £65.

I let him rent the room, there was a verbal contract, he did pay a deposit of £X (over several months i hasten to add!) and we agreed verbally a X week notice.

He owes me £172 at the moment with another £60 being added on on monday and i can't see when i'm going to get it so can i ask him to leave as he's behind with payment without notice coz thats going to be 4 weeks of no money ontop!

I'm not sure what to do but no sarky answers please

I cannot stress enough that its not really the money but the fact he lies constantly and i have to chase every week for the money and that he always owes me money and i've had enough basically

thanks

Will

Incisor

Willsnarf1983 wrote: »

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I'm not sure what to do but no sarky answers please

I cannot stress enough that its not really the money but the fact he lies constantly and i have to chase every week for the money and that he always owes me money and i've had enough basically

Presumably you have come here for ideas because you have dismissed the thought of throwing him out.

Willsnarf1983

no i want to throw him out but with all this s21 and deposits protection i see on this board i want to make sure i do it correctly without cocking up, if i don't have to give notice or an s21 or anything like that then good

so can i chuck him out without notice?

Will

Incisor

Willsnarf1983 wrote: »

no i want to throw him out but with all this s21 and deposits protection i see on this board i want to make sure i do it correctly without cocking up, if i don't have to give notice or an s21 or anything like that then good

so can i chuck him out without notice?

Will

Your house which you own? What is the contract he has which lets him live there?

Cannon_Fodder

How much deposit did you get?

Is it enough to pay for changing the locks?

Willsnarf1983

yes, it is

Will

Willsnarf1983

Incisor wrote: »

Your house which you own? What is the contract he has which lets him live there?

verbal with myself but nothing on paper

Incisor

Willsnarf1983 wrote: »

verbal with myself but nothing on paper

Tell him to go. You will probably end up responsible for the cat.

Willsnarf1983

yeah thats fine, no problem with looking after the cat.

thanks everyone

Will

PasturesNew

He is living with you in your house. In your main home, with you. He is a lodger.

AST and Deposit Schemes are nothing to do with your situation.

You should just give him notice to leave, as he is a lodger there is no set time periods for this, so just give him as much notice as you feel you can/want to.

charlie2517

Hi there,

A link below to help with more detail.

Personally I draw up a contract with my lodgers (am a lawyer but even for those who are not there are lots of free sites with templates you can use in future - if you want the links or templates let me know will happily send, although at the mo the priority is getting shot of this guy). S21 etc does not apply.

You have to give them reasonable notice (standard is 28 days) if he asks why you can explain the rent situation if you like but you dont have to give any reasons for wanting him out. He has no security of tenure. If he refuses to go then you need to go to a court and get an eviction but that's a rare situation. Sounds to me like this guy is taking you for a ride. GIVE HIM NOTICE AND GET HIM OUT!! Best of luck

http://lodgers.com/evicting-a-lodger.html