Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms - Landlord Forum thread 220004

Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms by ERIC on March 23, 2011 @18:52

You violated their rights by removing locks and doors. If you do not want them living there, terminate the lease. You can lock out the basement, but who cares as long as there is no extra occupants there.

It's not your job to keep people from sleeping in the basement. If someone dies, it's not your fault.

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Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms by Anonymous on March 23, 2011 @19:13	[ Reply ]

If the town code says no bdrms in basement and the bedrooms were not there when I rented it to them I still violated there rights? I was going to removethe "bedrooms" I think I will lock up the basement

Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms by ERIC on March 23, 2011 @19:22	[ Reply ]

I would doubt the Town code says no bedrooms in the basement. A bedroom needs a closet, outlets and an egress window. But if they turned a basement into a bedroom, even the town would not issue a citation. You cannot 'sell' a basement bedroom, but you can sleep in one.

Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms by Jezz (NY) on March 23, 2011 @19:30	[ Reply ]

The town rental code does say no living space in the basement.The town would issue violations for the "bedrooms" I was hoping for some help not an argument.

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Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms by Jake on March 23, 2011 @19:43	[ Reply ]

The origin of this problem begins with you. You did not address the use of the basement in the lease. The issue of the basement is something to be addressed on the way in. Not in the middle.

Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms by JB (PA) on March 23, 2011 @20:37	[ Reply ]

I just had this happen to me. When the fire department came to do their annual rental license renewal inspection they failed my property because she had the kids sleeping in a walk-in closet and her bed was on the 3rd floor unfinished unheated attic. They were told to correct it and I had to pay $100 for a reinspection later that month. It also failed for "trash & debris" which was the tenants personal property all over the back yard.

Re: Tenant keeps using basement as bedrms by ERIC on March 24, 2011 @08:25	[ Reply ]

You have subpar tenants. How many bedrooms does it legally have? How many did they set it up as? You probably have too many people for the living space.