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Adult step children problems

JoRuby · 2014-08-08 09:01:52

Hi I met my hubby 7 years ago and we've been married for 5 years. I have one daughter who is now 16. Hubby has son age 24 and son age almost 22. Problems with both of them! . Eldest son - lost his job in December and hubby took him on in his business at a detriment to us. It's a fledgling business though doing well. We're…

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RAS Posts: 36,042 Forumite

5 September 2014 at 2:22PM

19lottie82 wrote: »

If you guarantee a lease, you will be stuck paying the rent for the extent of it, then he will end up back in your house. I can almost guarantee it.

Actually it is much worse than that.

The Op and OH would be liable for the whole of the rent for however long it took the LL to throw them out; could be years. And with a proper guarantor in place, the LL has no incentive to throw them out.

If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing

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