Noise, Litter And Joints At The Quadplex
My new tenant at the quadplex tells me that the downstairs tenants spend all night every night handing out on their porch yelling and slamming doors. I just bought the quadplex and the tenants downstairs are nasty. My new tenant also says that they litter (which I have seen) the common area and that they were rolling joints. The lease I inherited is pretty thin. Are there some commonly accepted times which you must be quiet and not congregate outside? I want to tell the downstairs tenants that after say 9:00pm they are not to congregate outside. I know all this nonsense will stop if they can not hangout on the front porch.
Well I wouldn't count on that but . . .
Most leases contain a provision that the tenant will not interfere with the quiet use and enjoyment of the other units in the building. Your local municipality may have an ordinance which limits noise, but usually not until 10:00.
When is the downstairs tenants lease up?
Downstairs lease is not up until April. I will not renew. But I do not want to lose my good tenant. Plus I have another vacancy and want to fill that with a good tenant.
Just sent an email to my attorney as to what are my options. I would love to evict her, but need to have good documented reason.
Brenda
if you live near the property making your presence upon ocasion just to quote " check on the property" may help. be open and honest, illegal activities will not be tolerated.
if they are defacing the out side what are they doing in side to your unit? it may be time for the anual inspection. This could lead to a basis for there moving on.
Just a thought
I like the idea of giving the tenants notice and going through the unit. Hopefully you can find cause sufficient enough that you can use your lease to kick them out.
GOOD LUCK
Hey,
The best answer is to have one tenant call the cops. The problem gets solved.
I try to keep my tenants out of legitimate problems with other tenants. I have asked my good tenants to call me at any time to report activities of bad tenants. Then I will call the police myself and ask them to meet me at the property or go there without me.
I would write to the bad tenants and tell them that your plans for that property have changed and offer them some amount of money to move early.
If you don't want to do that, then look for a way to evict them. It shouldn't be too hard to find a reason, like previously suggested.
Let your good tenant know that the problem will be temporary so they will hang in there until you can get them out.
Hey Bellybean,
I hear what you are saying, but this makes you a babysitter for your tenants and that is not a job I desire.
The cops get paid to correct "noise problems" and they have the power to make a tenant's life very hard.
Also, do you really want to get calls at 0130 in the morning because there is a loud party????
Could you offer to let the bad tenant out of his lease? If he will move, you'll pay him X amount? Maybe a few hundred dollars-
Our system is to get the troublemaker out as quickly as possible with as little fanfare are possible. If you have to do a deal- I think it's money well spent. If you don't get him out, you could be in for a very long winter.
Cordially,
Alice