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[-] ulkesh@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That sounds so familiar except this was a 64 year old woman and her 16 year old adopted daughter. The mother stayed in the room we provided, with a king sized bed, an Amazon echo, a Roku flat panel 55” TV and only left to eat ramen (that was her “cereal”), poop, and take her daughter wherever she needed to go.

People are selfish assholes. Period. And I will never again waste my money or time or stress or effort or anything on anyone that I don’t know extremely well.

I’m sorry you are also going through this. If you notified by official letter to get out of your house by a specific date, according to your laws, (and have him sign it), then you are within your rights (at least in the US in every state), typically, to have the county sheriff remove them.

My state requires 60 days notice, so on July 1, we gave these freeloaders official notice to vacate by 5pm on Aug 30. They finally left yesterday. They didn’t clean anything. They didn’t even sit down and show any appreciation. And they have the gall to ask for a things they left behind after rushing to pack and leave yesterday.

I basically told the mom to go fuck herself in many words. They wasted $5000 of our money over this time, and even their religion they hold so dear didn’t force them to be good people and do the right things.

(Shouting this to everyone who would listen…) NEVER take anyone in. Unless it’s family you trust or a really, really good friend that you’ve known for a long time.

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

We're not in the US and, where we live, to file for eviction we must take this to court for a judge to validate the reason for eviction. Typical eviction times range between 3-9 months. We're going to try being such terrible flatmates that he decides to leave. No more free food or access to our toiletries. We'll be blasting our music all day. I'm growing several konjac plants which produce flowers that smell like rotting meat.

If this doesn't work, then we'll take the legal route.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

if you start now, it will be over quick. best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and all that. start the paperwork, move forward.

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That's a really good point and I can't disagree. Worst case, our annoyance tactics fail and we have the court proceedings already in motion. You're totally right.

[-] ulkesh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Ouch, I’m sorry it’s that difficult. Yet another reason to never take in anyone, if living in a country that has such laws that make it that difficult to remove freeloaders and squatters.

I don’t want to be that kind of a-hole. I had the best of intentions at the start of this. But there comes a moment when after being screwed so much, it’s time to put an end to it.

Good luck to you!!

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks! It's annoying now but we'll laugh about it someday. I'm glad your squatters are gone, it gives me hope.

[-] ulkesh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I’ll toast a drink to us both!

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Could also try bribing them. My brother owned a condo for a bit, until he got frustrated with bad tenants. When he needed one to leave, he found bribing them the best answer, even with very little tenant protection where he lives. If you start eviction proceedings, now you have a pissed off tenant in your property who can do any amount of damage that will be expensive to repair. Instead, he’d say “I’ll give you $200 to be out next weekend” and it worked pretty well while being cheaper than legal proceedings

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's also a great idea. We could offer him the likely cost of legal proceedings. Ugh. Never again.

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