Can l be arrested for this

stevenhp1987

Stella66 wrote: »

Thanks all for you advice. He has not turned up yet or made any contact despite the fact that l have sent messages on his facebook, email and mobile. Anyway l have now sold all the items in the flat, changed the locks and given them back to my cousin.
I l said earlier rent was not the only money he owed to me, he borrowed money around £1,700. The service charge for the flat, not rent is £300 in arrears and there is an outstanding water bill of 350. So that is £2350. After Ebaying and Gumtreeing l got £750, that means he still owes me £1,650. He owns a car but l dont know where he left it. In the evnt that he turns up, l will grab the car keys and keep the car until he pays. The rent, l suppose l have to let it go because it will raise tenancy issues.

You sold his stuff?! You could have waited until his notice period expired, moved out and "disposed" it for him...

But you would be foolish to keep the car until he pays. It's outright theft whereby there is non-denyable proof that the car is his, while he could deny owing you money, and without a contract it would be hard for you to prove otherwise. In this case, you would go under for theft (and rightly so!).

s_b

asbokid wrote: »

I wouldn't trust the CAB to tell me the proper time.

me neither

popadom

alfiesmum wrote: »

Gracecourt, an unwritten tenancy agreement (verbal), is every bit as strong as a written one. He HAS paid rent at some point, therefore a tenancy does exist. This is a landlords agent entering a property, and taking the property of the tenant. Simple. On the other thread of the same subject, the OP says she's already done it mnow anyway, so any opinions we have are matterless.

. I was always told "a verbal contract isnt worth the paper its written on". Surely it would be hard to prove a verbal contract? Im not disagreeing with you at all , but i wonder how you could prove it.:(

clemmatis

Stella66 wrote: »

The rent, l suppose l have to let it go because it will raise tenancy issues.

"Tenancy issues"? and how does your cousin feel about the rent being "let go"?

I told my cousin that he will be living there until he completes his degree. He was ok for him to stay without paying, but l thought that is rather unfair, he will have to pay a little amount and the bills offcourse. He did pay for two months

Dave101t

so he is your ex partner, but living in a house you are responsible for, you also have a child together, and are essentially living together in this house, before he runs off.
sounds like a jeremy kyle episode to me! what happens next?

Yorkie1

Dave101t wrote: »

so he is your ex partner, but living in a house you are responsible for, you also have a child together, and are essentially living together in this house, before he runs off.
sounds like a jeremy kyle episode to me! what happens next?

Didn't you read the title of the thread?

She gets arrested