I leased my 5 bedroom home to a young (to me) couple who have two early teen kids. The house is 5br/3bath/media room/ large eat in kitchen/pool w/spa.
I was in the area and told them i was cominh by. The house is trashed. Boxes of garbage, nothing has been cleaned. Literally, nothing has been vacuumed, mopped, dusted or cleaned in 1.5 years. The bathrooms are disgusting. It’s a cesspool. I had originally told them was renewing with them for another year.
However,when I saw the state of things I decided not to do so. I’m not obligated to give them notice until September. I’m giving the notice June 1. That way they’ll have time to find a place before school starts.
I know they’ve had a hard year…a few deaths in the family, etc.
AITA for not renewing when I said I would?
Edit: I have had a ton of discussions with them. Texted them expectations. They “cleaned” the livingroom. (Due to some flooding they caused by not dripping pipes) I’m expecting service people to come do estimates for repairs. They cleaned.. move boxes of trash and things to their bedroom and the garage…didn’t get the trash out of it. Just straight moved it trash and all. There is trash and recycle service every week.
I moved furniture in the living room to be able to paint. There was cat vomit and dirt and hair balls all over the floor and the area rug. I swept, mopped what I could to do the wall repair and repaint. Told them to clean the rest of the room and move the furniture back. They moved the furniture back…no cleaning.
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I leased my 5 bedroom home to a young (to me) couple who have two early teen kids. The house is 5br/3bath/media room/ large eat in kitchen/pool w/spa.
I was in the area and told them i was cominh by. The house is trashed. Boxes of garbage, nothing has been cleaned. Literally, nothing has been vacuumed, mopped, dusted or cleaned in 1.5 years. The bathrooms are disgusting. It’s a cesspool. I had originally told them was renewing with them for another year.
However,when I saw the state of things I decided not to do so. I’m not obligated to give them notice until September. I’m giving the notice June 1. That way they’ll have time to find a place before school starts.
I know they’ve had a hard year…a few deaths in the family, etc.
AITA for not renewing when I said I would?
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> I told them I would renew their leade for another year.
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Have you thought of maybe giving them a written warning first? Give them a chance to clean things up before just evicting them?
NTA. You have information now that you did not have when you agreed to extend their lease. Since they are not keeping the property in good order, makes total sense to me to not want to continue as is.
Hell NTA
Not even gonna give them a chance to turn it around? Maybe the threat of eviction is what they need to get their shit together and clean it up.
I do find it weird that you’re willing to kick them out because the house is gross, but your level of detail into how gross it is suggests negligence and you haven’t considered calling cps?
If you’re not even gonna give them the ultimatum then you’re without a doubt the AH.
You are running a business, not a charity service, so do what it best for your bottom line (i.e., getting rid of a tenant that is destroying your house).
NTA.
If they are destroying your property, you need to be an AH right now.
You gave them the legal amount of notice of your “cominh by”, right?
NTA, you have every right to protect your investment from abusive tenants.
YTA, they need a house and you have one.
INFO
Why wouldn’t you give them even more notice, if your mind is already made up?
It feels like it would make their move dramatically easier and cost you nothing.
Nta. It’s your house, they’re trashing it.
Even if they weren’t, you’re in your rights to lease it to whoever you want as long as you abide the contract.
YTA:
Most areas require 24 hours’ notice for a landlord to stop by. Did you offer them that?
Even if it’s not required for the area, it’s worth you stopping and thinking about why the areas that DO require it do so.
NTA
NTA with your edits and comments. It’s clear you’ve been setting expectations and giving them plenty of chances – probably more than others would have. It’s time for them to move on.
I mean, you could always just give them the house and apologize for causing them all this trouble by expecting a minimum basic level of care and respect. Or fuck’em for destroying your house. I’d work towards eviction based on the condition of the place. The more notice you give them, the more time for them to inflict damage, but this time on purpose instead of just neglect.
Of course, I’m assuming you’ve handled your end of the landlord/tenant relationship correctly.
NTA. It’s your place, as long as you are following rules of notice in your state.
NTA.
TBH, hard year or not, it doesn’t sound like you owe them anything at this point. They are pretty lucky you are giving them so much extra time. I’d be concerned that the extra time gives them extra opportunity to trash the house and the pool. Especially with teenagers.
NTA
Are they actually damaging the property though, or is this just a values thing? If you have a bond and the clean up won’t go beyond that, it seems like a values thing. Being messy shouldn’t just be a privilege to house owners. People struggle with depression and need support, not further stress.
NTA. You are 100% within your rights to not renew there lease for any reason, but especially with the fact that they are causing damage to your house. Plus you are giving them more time than you need to in order to find somewhere to go. I worked in leasing for 5 years and saw what conditions people will live in and the damage it causes.
Don’t give them any more notice than you have to. They will really the place after you tell them.