My Debt-Free Plan...HOOS and the Case of the Incredible Exploding Oven!! :-o

gettingbetter

hello

right a list of what has been ruined
in the freezer not just yours but the
other lodger and total prices and give
the bill. when you gonna give him
his marching orders (would love to be
fly on the wall)

kas xx

Head-Out-Of-Sand

He he - waaaay aheadaya!!! List has been written, asda.com consulted for prices and list left in kitchen. I will be asking him for reimbursement when I see him tomorrow.

Texted other housemate and he said he's not bothered about getting the money as he only had some peas and a two-year old bag of chips _pale_

I have to give him notice on or before the rent day, so that's 1st may and a month's notice. I could give it to him before but don't want to give him heads up and the chance to withhold his final month's rent.

Stoopid boy.

gettingbetter

hi

think i would be saying

AS YOUR SUCH A LIABILITY
YOU ARE HERE BY GIVEN NOTICE
YOU HAVE 12 HOURS TO VACATE
IF YOUR NOT GONE
BE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

give yourself 5 mins to
think up a few nasties
of what will happen if he doesnt get out

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

also make a list of all things he has done
ie door left open:eek:
freezer:eek:
banging doors :eek:
is it just me or does that sound evil

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

kas xx

Head-Out-Of-Sand

Ha ha, oooh that's so tempting!!

In my time as the ol' landlady I've learnt that it's best to do things to the letter, otherwise you give people ammunition against you to cause you more stress.

He's been stomping around this morning, I was a bit scared to come down tbh. I'm going to ask him for the £40 but I don't know how he's going to react, as he was storming around the house last night and sounded pretty angry. What right he thinks he's got to be angry after his carelessness has cost me £40 odd.

BF reckons he's trying to put me on the back foot so I don't ask him for the money. I hate confrontation but I'm not being intimidated into paying for it myself, I can't afford it.

essexgal

Head-Out-Of-Sand wrote: »

I have to give him notice on or before the rent day, so that's 1st may and a month's notice. I could give it to him before but don't want to give him heads up and the chance to withhold his final month's rent.

Have you got a written contract with him - might be worth looking at it because putting you and your home at risk (i.e. leaving back door unlocked) might be considered breach of contract from his side - and you might be able to get him out earlier.

Did you have anyone sign any guarantees/bonds on his behalf - might be worth trying to chase them for your losses if he doesn't pay. That should go down well with his mum and dad....:D

Might be worth starting another thread asking for advice - I know lodgers generally have fewer rights than tenants.....but having never rented I'm not exactly an expert on the subject...;)

Hope it gets sorted - not only for you but for the next poor mug - didn't you say he was a friend of your brother/sister......perhaps he could go and live with them for a bit....:rotfl:

essexgal

Head-Out-Of-Sand

I have a written agreement, he has breached it but it does say 1 month's notice from either side.

TBH even if I said he needs to get out, the guy has that much crap in the room it would take him a month to move out. When he moved in here, it took him 2 weeks after the planned date to move in cause he's so dozy and doesn't do anything in reasonable time.

I think if I try to kick him out immediately I'd only cause myself more stress as he wouldn't actually leave immediately and I don't want to go down the route of changing locks, putting his stuff into storage etc.

At least if I give him a month he's got time to get off his sorry !!! and find somewhere else. If he can't do it in that time then I'll have to remove him but I'd prefer it not to come to that really. I've been there before and it's horrible, and I've got enough stress going on with work to be worrying about him.

I have a deposit from him, so if he refuses to give me the money I'm going to put all the details in an email to him, confirming what he did and that I've asked him to reimburse me, if he refuses it's coming out of that.

jayss

Another who has stumbled in after reading badgers thread.
:eek: you've only just decided to boot him :eek:

I was a lodger and the LL moaned loads but i was bloomin perfect in comparison (actually I was perfect full stop, she was nuts).
Once he's gone you'll feel sooo much better, its amazing how much better you feel when the person causing you stress is no longer around.

Well done on all the exercise too! Most impressed.

tasha-debt

Hi HOOS,

I cant belive after all the chances you have given him he is still being an idiot............. I would have dumped all the have frozen food in his room and attached a bill for it.

You are so doing the right thing giving him his notice, if your a bit worried about his reaction ask your BF to come over and stay upstairs just in case.

Im sure now you are an expirenced land lord you will be able to find a nice lodger (maybe ask your BF to move in........)?

Whats happend with your job, do you have a return to work date as yet?

Good luck.
xxx

Head-Out-Of-Sand

Hi Jayss - yep you're right, I should have booted him out a few months ago, I think if he wasn't my bro's mate his !!! would have hit the pavement a lot quicker! But enough is enough now. Hopefully I'll get someone nice and sane and normal to replace him!!!

Tasha - I was tempted, trust me, it was heartbreaking throwing all that wasted food away! I am giving him the bill though.

Will just advertise for someone else, may take a month or so but it'll help massively with the stress, so it's well worth it. BF has his own place and we're happy with the way things are at the moment, so will be looking for another lodger.

Should be back in work in the next few weeks, can't get hold of anyone at the moment though which is a pain as I need to get it all sorted out. Must be easter holidays!!!

Head-Out-Of-Sand

Hmm slight issue with asking for the money - he's been hiding in his room since Tuesday. Sh*tbag!!

Plus, he's left all his food that's defrosted on the kitchen worktop, but I'm scared to throw it out in case he accuses me of throwing stuff away he wanted. (He's since put ice cream that's been defrosted for a week back in the freezer. Good luck with the dysentary, dumba$$)

I don't know whether, if he avoids me before going to work today whether I should just send him a text asking him for the money, I'm determined not to let him get away with it, which is what he's trying to do.

What do you guys think? Bearing in mind I'm going to have to live with him until the end of May?