the tenants say they need two more weeks for their new house to be ready even though their time is up at my property. My new tenants need to move in immediately but can’t because they haven’t moved out yet
what do you do when your tenant wants to stay longer than agreed and new tenants are waiting to move in?
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– March 17, 2010
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They should understand that there was a prior agreement set for the length of their lease. Suggest that some hotel/motels have affordable weekly rates and that you are sorry they were not prepared.
your gonna have to charge them xtra for holding up the new tenants. because when they move out, you cant just move other ppl in. you have to take the time to paint and clean up. i think you could take them to court for that because they gave you a date when they would be out. Now you have new ppl moving in, its not your problem that their place isnt ready yet….you cant have your new tenants waiting because they will go else where. and you will end up losing in the end. if i were you i would talk to them, and if that doesnt work then go to court because as a landlord, this is your business and you are entitled to loss rent due to them not moving out!!!!
Unfortunately, there are no good ways out. Certainly you’d get a court order to evict the old tenants but it will take longer than 2 weeks for sure.
So, you have to read the lease carefully. Perhaps you can show them that you can charge them extra for the holdover period and that it will cost them a lot, even more than staying at a hotel or other accomodation. For example, your lease may state that the tenant would have to pay attorney’s fees if they are taken to court and lose. Good luck.
if they signed a lease with a lease end date you as a landlord has the right to kick them out. if you want to make money off of it, you can charge them a month to moth fee for staying longer than they agreed to stay. but it has to be all in writing and signed by both parties.
Legally your present tenants should move out now, but realistically you would have a very hard time getting them to move right away because you legally can’t literally throw them out. If you tried anything like that the law would be on their side. All you can really do is contact a lawyer. I was going to say that all you can really do is take them to court but if you did you would need a lawyer and a lawyer might be able to help you settle it outside of court. I realize that that wouldn’t get them out now but that’s just how it is, the laws are really bias toward the tenants.
I really how for your sake that this matter gets settled peacefully (and with minimal headaches!)