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Best way to ask my lodger to move out

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  • nkkingston
    nkkingston Posts: 488 Forumite
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    It does sound like he's got a drinking problem if he's drinking in secret and hiding the fact, so any replacement booze he bought you probably wouldn't make it into your possession. Write it off as a loss, maybe give him information about a local AA group, and change the locks on the day you've stated he needs to be out by. You've been a fair and reasonable landlord, but you're not his carer.
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  • HiToAll
    HiToAll Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    next time he is out, get all of his stuff and put it on the front step.
    when he returns shout abuse at him from the window and he will get the message.
  • DRP
    DRP Posts: 4,287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    thesaint wrote: »
    I laughed at the thought of the Police cautioning a lodger for drinking their landlords Brandy. :beer:

    It's probably an idle threat, but the idea is to get this guy to take responsibility.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    HiToAll wrote: »
    next time he is out, get all of his stuff and put it on the front step.
    when he returns shout abuse at him from the window and he will get the message.

    And the OP will get court papers...
  • HiToAll
    HiToAll Posts: 1,297 Forumite
    Guest101 wrote: »
    And the OP will get court papers...

    the drunk will have forgotten where he lives in 5 minutes
  • DoctorDooLittle
    DoctorDooLittle Posts: 26 Forumite
    Guest101 wrote: »
    And the OP will get court papers...

    On what charge?
    I thought lodgers were exempt from the illegal eviction legislation.
  • kiddy_guy
    kiddy_guy Posts: 987 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Who on earth is your friend who dropped you with this idiot? I'd be binning this friend too.
  • DoctorDooLittle
    DoctorDooLittle Posts: 26 Forumite
    kiddy_guy wrote: »
    Who on earth is your friend who dropped you with this idiot? I'd be binning this friend too.

    The friend obviously didn't find him too much of an idiot to go out with, at least for a period of time.

    Perhaps he only started drinking and getting depressed, after the friend dumped him?
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