Re: Next door tenants damaged my property - Landlord Forum thread 248638

Re: Next door tenants damaged my property by MrDan (Georgia) on February 19, 2012 @10:39

In your way of thinking, your neighbor could invite some kids over to the neighbors property and they throw rocks at your house and damage it. Under your thinking, you would not have any recourse against the neighbor, but only against the kids and the kids parents. What if the neighbor had twenty kids at a party each weekend that proceeded to throw rocks at your house and damage it. Would you be able to locate the kids parents to seek damages? What if the neighbor had a different group of twenty kids over each weekend? At what point would the neighbor be responsible for the conduct of the kids? Are, as you imply in your statement, the building owner has no duty to protect his neighbor from the building owner's tenants damaging the neighbors siding. Common law would imply that the either the neighbor or in the case, building owner would be held responsible for the actions of those in their control. The neighbor could stop having kids over to throw rocks and the building owner could evict the tenants to prevent damaging the neighbors siding.

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Re: Next door tenants damaged my property by Bryan (Ia) on February 20, 2012 @02:29	[ Reply ]

I have never made any such claim. I have only asked to be able to be allowed to review the sources that others have used in forming their opinions. I have asked the same from you occasionally and you provided the source without hesitation. I simply want to be able to read the original source to verify it's relevance and the accuracy of the information relayed. Not to much to ask, is it?

Re: Next door tenants damaged my property by xxx on February 20, 2012 @13:07	[ Reply ]

i think your example is different, in that the "neighbor" has control over and use of the property, with the ability to invite guests over, and to get them to leave if they are causing problems thus the neighbor is the one with control of the use of the property, and so it is the neighbor who is causing the problems the owner (i'm assuming the neighbor is a tenant, and someone else is the owner) if he has leased the property to the tenant does not have the right to use the premises during the term of the lease the owner cannot have parties there, invite guests over, tell guests to leave, etc.: all he can do is visit for maintenance, to show to new potential tenants, etc.; so under lease law, the owner does not use and control the premises for his own purposes there is the principle of anyone can sue anyone for anything, and in the interests of not having fights with other residents in the area an owner has an interest in trying to evict problem tenants, but in your example a third party would have a right of action against the "neighbor", the kids, and their parents