Tenant Causing Mold and Liens from City on my property.

[Jay P.]

Hi All, 

I have been an accidental landlord for about a year. I ended up moving to another state and couldn't sell in time. The house is location in Oak Brook, IL.

In the end I went ahead and leased out the property.

Anyhow, it has already been a year and there is 1 year left.

The tenant has caused many issues such as:

1. many mold issues by not properly utilizing an taking care of an indoor pool room. (I have spend a lot of money over the last month or so fixing on remediation of the mold)
2. there is a bylaw of the area is not to have trailers parked on any property and he has repeatedly brought his trailer and been fined several times (7 times)

None of the fines have been paid and he has skipped 2 court dates and seems to have plenty of excuses.

3. He cannot afford the water bill due to excess water usage and is barely able to cover the payment plan he has setup with the city.

If he does not pay the fines for the trailer - this will cause a lien on my property.

If this happens can I get this guy evicted?

How difficult would this be?

He is not following the swimming pool guide lines that were set out in the lease agreement (or there would be no constant mold issues.)

Any advise would be greatly appreciated on what can be done in this situation. I am unsure how hard it could be the evict someone who is cause liens on the property due to city laws being violated.

Thank you

[Ralph R.]

Mark Winkle No No No. All leases are not MTM in every state. If 2 party's sign a lease (contract). The terms of that lease stand. They are not MTM. Most leases state upon reaching the term of the lease they become MTM. I dunno where you got that but your effectively saying a signature on a lease is invalid. Wrong. I bet your local McDonald's isn't running on a MTM lease. Most Post offices are the same way. They use very long leases. RR.