Cutting off internet

[Demon S Rogers]

Any advice on the matter is great.

Is it permissable to pause internet service to one tenant of 3 who live on a property due to late rent ?

The other two will still have full access but giving that the internet is a service and not a utility and isn't a necessity for the dwelling to be habitable due to rent being late can I pause it until rent is paid. I pay internet every month. Each tenant has a separate lease and in the lease it states

"UTILITIES and SERVICES : Landlord will directly pay for all utilities, services and charges provided to the property including any and all deposits required. "

Do to the lack of specificity of which services and the service still being paid in the state of North Carolina I believe I am well within my rights to pause service because it's not a utility.

That's fact based answer but I also wanting to know is this bad practice or a fair practice in others eyes and what you might do in a situation to nudge a tenant to pay rent any day after it was due on the 1st per the lease.

[Colleen F.]

@Demon S Rogers  I would hazard that legally you would be on shaky ground. It is a diminishment of services.  Renting something with an included service and not its not.  Now if it was a privilege like you have access to a pool you could revoke for misbehavior. I can't think of an internet misbehavior that you could easily revoke for. 

 I  suggest you just start the process of evicting them when they stop paying.  Give a pay or quit notice as soon as legally possible and impose late fees  in your lease.