[bonitagirlx]

This problem went from very small ( my roommates begging me to let a girl i really hate to stay at our place ), to really big ( the girl is overstaying her welcome ). Right now this girl that is friends with my 2 roommates has been staying at my house for about a week because she had no place to stay. She was screwed over by her past roommates so she had to look for somewhere to crash...

I gave her a week to look for a place to stay, and Sunday will be the last day. She guaranteed she found places already to me on the internet.

She has continuously been postponing everything and my roommates keep encouraging her to stay, and when i confronted one of them, they explained that the finding of an apartment process was very frustrating, stressful, and impossible and they have not found anything as of yet.

The girl promised me she would be out of the house by Sunday, but she has not given me a clue about where she will go, or where she will stay which makes me believe she will definetly still be at the house.

Now i dont know what to do. My parents have suggested suing my two roommates and getting compensation for the loss of damages and loss of mind.

I called my landlord about this, but he is virtually powerless.

So, do you believe that the law suit is completely necessary or is this all a really something that shouldn't be dealt with like that?

I feel like I as an individual dont have much power to kick this girl out... So. i dont know... please help me..

[krit]

it really depends on the relationship with your two roommates....

it sounds like they want that girl to stay and you to move out. I suggest you find another apartment. It'll save you a lot of mental hassle, and enable you to move onwards. There's nothing more important than making sure you have good grades, and the peace of mind to achieve them.

(plus, next time it could be a boyfriend that won't leave.... you don't *know who they could bring)

[lemming]

K say "yo if shes not out, then im out. the party girl can pay my share of the rent if she can lmao. or you guys can pay for her since you love her so much. peace."

EASY

[alley]

^agree w/ both

suieing them will take some time.. u're in school, there are enuff stressful things going on and then u gotta spend another time w. the lawsuit....

it's best for u to find another place for urself and maybe not even pay the upcoming rent or something
if they're screwing u over becuz of some girl [that they know u dont even like] , that js shows what kind of ''friends//roomates'' they are

[Kang1004]

I think the suing idea is really bad!

but the one saying it's either her or me is really good, it's your place after all! If your friends are person worth living with they will understand in what situation they've put you in! well hopefully...

[watcher]

if ur gonna sue, you might as well leave. find ur own place. talk to the landlord.

[bonitagirlx]

well see the only reason i need to sue or at least get some money back is because i have already pre-paid a couple things, such as 3 months of rent during the summer (since thats when my contract started) as well as the security deposit...

if id known this would happen i would never have paid for any of that.

they SAID she is leaving by sunday, but i really dont know... im extremely stressed out right now and i am trying not to think about it, but this situation is just TOOO complicated...

they keep freaking lying to me...GOD

[Melitus]

That is why I don't live with people my age, they are not respectful of others. I'm currently living with a 50+ year old, and she has been a mother to me. Sueing takes time and money, did you not sign a leasing agreement? In most leasing agreement, it involve no overnight guest without the lessor permission. If you have this contract, you just need to bring it to the lawyer and you can termininate their contract since they are breaching the contract.

Learn from your mistake, do not dorm with students your age and not more then 1. It seem as if they are ganging up on you and you're just being pressured.

[daisy]

Legally, the landlord should have the power to kick her out since she is not part of the contract. Honestly, I hate moving around, and if I were you, I'd just suck it up and keep living there. It's only been freaking week for goodness sake, and finding housing so late is difficult. Give her some extra time.

[GO!zilla]

lol if you leave, she'll just move in haha.

i dont get it though... is she bothering u?

[kuku]

If the majority wants to stay, then you are the minority.

In my case, I would move out myself. Chances are, she's not paying the bills to sleep over and maybe not even paying for the groceries. That's annoying as heck, as I got a roommate who hasn't paid in two weeks for the food we bought.

[sephoradotcom]

DONT move out, if you move out and you're on the contract then the landloard can sue you for breech of contract. You need to call the police and kick her out if she's not out by sunday cause legally she has no right to stay there. ARe al your roomates name on the lease or is it just yours? Sueing is not a good idea, it's not going to get anywhere and waste lots of money. I can help you, just pm me.

[lolitagirl]

Are you the one that is directly renting from the landlord? Shouldn't you have power to kick them out, since it's "your" place?
And it really doesn't make sense that the landlord doesn't have power to kick her out.

If worse comes to worse, I would kick out the other 2 roommates along with their friend by waiting until all three of them have left and changing the locks. Then again, I'm cold hearted.

Best of luck to you.

[yalingster]

I don't think you should sue, only because it is quite pricey. Maybe you should talk over with it in a consultation with a lawyer? Those are only $50, more or less. (: Unless of course you know someone. Is the lease under your name or yours and both your roommates?

[chocolateturtle]

Oh man, I feel you...there's this girl that hasn't paid for herself living in the living room yet she's leeching off others and even USING other's money, it's BS. What I advised you to do is try to to move out. Sadly, I can't move out because it's too hard to find a replacement for myself and school is about to start next week. If you can, just move out...I wouldve done that for myself in a heartbeat but it's complicated as you said with the money that's already put into the house/apartment.

OR another solution is just kick her out, move her stuff out of the house. If your room mates doesn't respect you about how you you feel uncomfortable with the girl, then just ignore them. You have every right as a tenant to take such action because she's not paying to stay and isn't even on the legal contract.

[Aerolite]

Personally I say move out. That way she won't have an excuse of finding a place and she can finally pay rent while they go through the trouble of finding someone to replace you (if she doesn't decide to stay there).

A friend of mine had a similar problem...They had a roomate who was from out of state and attended a different school, and somehow her brother showed up and started staying there...Eventually bringing one of his friends. Their roomate didn't have the heart to ask her brother to pay for rent but it was really unfair because utilities were split up amongst the 4 who originally live there (i.e. they were paying more because of the brother and his friend). I really don't see how people have no shame or consideration...actually the balls to do things like that (those who allow it and those who mooch), it's really sad.

And if you do move out, you can even call the girl out and say that it is possible to find a place quickly (because you'd move out faster than her)...Don't know if that's immature, but hey.

[koneee]

How the hell is your landlord powerless?? It's HIS property and he can decide to kick her off if he wants to.
I think you should make her sign a contract that if she doesn't find a place by the end of the week, HELL HOW ABOUT THE NEXT DAY! You have the right to kick her out.

Doesn't she feel effin embarrassed that you don't want her to MOOCH off of you?!?! Doesn't she understand that you don't want her there?? I would start throwing her stuff out of the apartment lol.

I wouldn't suggest moving out because it's such a pain in the butt to move your stuff, and it's unnecessary because the only person who's causing problems is her. KICK HER OUT!

[killjadeskye]

threaten your housemates, make them choose who's gonna stay. You or that girl. Since you're the one that pay the rent while the girl's staying for free, they'll choose you. But then again, she could afford the rent. So if you get out of the house, you're the one at loss.

I say just kick her out.

[PHE0NIXtears]

Make her pay you...haha. And if she doesnt agree, scatter all of her stuff across the lawn and change the locks :]

Anyways, you shoudl tell your roomates that either she leaves by Sunday or all three of them leave.
Im very stubborn and particular about whats mine, so if i was in your situation and i already paid for the apartment, HELL NO im not gonna move out just cause some dumb girl got kicked out of her first apartment. Theres gotta be something seriously wrong with this girl if this is gonna be the second time shes being kicked out -.-

But really, replacing roomates is a lot easier than getting a whole new apartment AND new roomates.
But yeahhh, keep us updated, im actually really interested in what would happen to this girl.

[hinsaru]

There are many ways to solve one problem!

In every university and college there is a Student Services center. They are the one to talk to if you have any problems involving personal issues or housing issues. Since these people are grown adults, they've already been through situations like this and they probably can help you out with the best solution. It could be ranging from moving out for yourself or contacting the police who can escort the stranger out of your house.

Honestly thought if you think about moving out yourself, it's too much money and the hassle. First you will need to find another roommate again that might screw you over. Second, finding another place to live is very frustrating as you listed above. Third, you are running away from your problem that might come back again later. And if you are under a lease for how-many-months your security deposit is gone!

Finally you can be real evil and blackmail her.