All Forum Posts by: Katon Pang

Does anyone have a document or notice that they have used before about reminding the tenant the end of the lease and stating that landlord/homeowner does not wish to continue or extend with a new lease?

Thanks 

I was trying to do this peacefully. I had a meeting with the trouble tenant with a facilitator going through parking limitation and he said he was ok with it. But appearntly not. He kept parked there on Sat Sun and holiday. As I leave early in the morning to go to work, he didn’t park there weeknights. I gave him plenty of chances. 

The situation escalated when he parked on the driveway Wednesday night. I got home from work early as usual, then I left home to do my business and arrived home around 9pm. His car parked on driveway but he was not at home. I had enough. I proceeded to give him a notice on Thursday saying this is a warning and is the only and final notice, stating that he didn’t have permission from homeowner to park on the driveway and if it happens again, the vehicle would be towed in vehicle owner’s expenses. I also said in the notice that from the first house visit he was told that he only had street parking and told where he could park. 

He got back home last night telling me he had done some research that I couldn’t add things to the lease during the lease term. I told him the notice isn’t adding to the lease and it isn’t changing the lease. He said that the lease didn’t say he can’t parking there. And he said that I couldn’t tow his car and he would have his lawyer come to discuss this with me last night. 

Well, I was checking with the impound company Thursday and yesterday that has an account with my HOA, and they were checking with HOA before they were sure they can tow unauthorized vehicle on my driveway. So that's why I haven't had his car towed yet. Just heard back from the towing company this morning that they found the agreement between HOA and them that homeowner can call in to tow unauthorized vehicle parked on homeowner's driveway.

Now I gave him the notice and know the towing company can tow his car. I still wonder do I have the landlord right to do so. In what capacity the served notice be enforceable? How I know I didn’t volate tenant right? 

Should I have his car towed if he refused to move today? 

I just had a difficult tenant move in recently and haven't been able to deal with his rebellious attitude and get him to listen what I asked. I have a 5 bedroom house and I live in one of them. I have 2 car garage and I park on one side and the other side I rented out to one of the tenants who has lived here for a while. I was clear to him that during the tour of the room and house that the parking is street parking, no parking on drive way (as it'll block cars parked in garage), and informing him that which streets he could park. Now he just parks there on driveway behind my car (my car is in garage), without asking or telling me, and refused to not parking there. He would move when I asked but that means every time I leave and back to my house. No where in the lease says garage or parking on driveway is provided or allowed. Even on my "room to rent" advertisement post said it's street parking. He even dared to ask me where in the lease says he can't park on the driveway! (Well, the lease didn't contain parking period. But I didn't have problem until now.) 

He is 19 yrs old (I'll never rent out to teenager again), said the garage and driveway is part of the house, and his lease is for the house and it is shared, while I told him that his lease is only for his bedroom not everything on the premise. 

Without bringing up the lease again and aggravate him even more as he wanted to talk to his attorney (according to what he said/presented he is a kid with rich parents with attorney), what some other ways to minimize the situation (ensuring no random security issue / damages on house and car), get my garage and driveway back, and get him to leave peacefully as soon as possible? Any suggestions on dealing with difficult tenants?    

This is 3 months lease ending end of Oct. And I leave my house 3am in the morning for work.