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Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media
Recently, a story about eviction went viral on the AITA community after a worried parent shared an incident they had with their tenants. It turns out that the family bought their second home when their son was born, which was 22 years ago. The parents planned to gift this flat to their child when he grew up so he could move into his own home.
“When we bought it we listed it for rent, and a lovely couple started renting. They went on to have 6 children,” the author wrote. But as time went by, the tenants were happy to stay where they were and this is how twenty-two years have passed by.
The time has come for the author’s son to receive his promised flat, but their tenants were far from impressed with moving out. Read on below to see how the story ended and share your thoughts in the comments!
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Recently, a home owner asked if it was wrong to evict a family of six who were their tenants for 22 years
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The author shared more key details about the whole situation
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While people expressed their thoughts, the author responded to some of the questions in the comments
More people joined to comment on this incident
What do you think ?
N Miller 3 years ago
BP missed the: "FINAL UPDATE- Update: I’ve had a few comments and messages asking for an update, so here it is. It’s pretty anticlimactic. Some on here suggested a cash for keys idea. We did talk to a lawyer, and everything with that was above board. So we talked to our tenants. We offered them cash, to leave, and without any damage. There would be no cash if any damage other than wear and tear (and we were in the home in April) was present. They agreed. We negotiated with them, came up with a sum that worked for both parties, and a date. They will be Out November 30th. They will use the cash to add to their current savings for a down payment. But a contract between them and us has been signed."
ZebraFromTheMoon 3 years ago
How does this work? I dont understand, why the owner had to pay to get them out? Is this something common to do?
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AspieGirl88 3 years ago
The family renting were told from the beginning that the owners would be giving the property to their son; & since they OWN the place, they DO have a legal right to send any current tenants packing, regardless of how immoral it may seem from other peoples POV. Honestly, most landlords wouldn’t be so nice about it, from what I’ve seen. More often than not, tenants would be lucky to get 14 days to find a new place & get all possessions moved out before that deadline, or some may not even get a warning at all (where the landlord just shows up, giving them 24 hours to take as much as they can & then GTFO). This family had YEARS to prepare themselves to move elsewhere, but instead decided to push their luck & try to take advantage of this landlords kindness, even going on to have 6 children. Now that they can’t find a place big enough for them & their children, suddenly the landlords are the ones at fault (yet no one forced them to have unprotected $ëx)! Definitely NTA. 🤔🤷♀️
Tunk Moot Lopper Reebit 3 years ago
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S Mi 3 years ago
I appreciate that they gave the people a bit more time. Not by any means required, but shows true kindness. Moving after that long, especially when it's not your choice is hard. Giving them time, especially when the landlord did not immediately need the space is the world I'd like to live in, tbh.
Gabriel Sbárbaro 3 years ago
I agree that it was kind, but it was NOT necessary... the renting family knew since the beginning this day will come, they repeated the message in 2018 and OP do mentions the husband was in the home earlier and he mentioned again... so this two months notice doesn't come as a surprise by any means... they had a 20 years notice...
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Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
If you want a home that’s forever going to be a home even when your children have flown the nest then you have to buy. You have to own the property. If you rent then unless you have a VERY generous landlord / landlady who will sign a stupidly long lease then you are ALWAYS at risk of losing your home. They are within their rights to end the lease at any point so long as they follow the legal path. I rent a flat and whilst it’s ‘home’ to me and my daughter we both know it’s not forever. I get the freedom to move quickly if I wish and my landlord gets my money, win win.
Boris’ Mom 3 years ago (edited)
Dear owner, have you done the math? $800 a month x 10 years; x 12 mos/ yr. Over the last 10 years alone, you’ve given them $96,000 to do with as they please. That is without investing the money. I’m not even including the other 12 years of less than market rate rent they were paying. These people are spendthrifts, and have no clue how to manage money. Who paid the homeowners insurance on the house all this time? You did. Further, if all the maintenance that you have been doing on the house or HOA fees, how about calculating to figure out what that would cost them, in addition to the rent increases?
Load More Replies... Belle Miles 3 years ago
Renting means leaving. They are not meant to stay indefinitely, while some one else takes care of ALL the upkeep and repairs. Ridiculous.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Our landlord in San Diego informed us that he was selling (60 days notice at least. We're pretty sure he was going through a divorce) BUT he offered us $10,000 if we could be out in 30 days. We'd been talking about moving back to the PNW and that made it possible. Yeah, it was bittersweet because I loved our condo, but that gave us the opportunity to buy our own place in Springfield, OR. It's not as nice as our old one, but it's OURS.
Patricia Crawford-Falconer 3 years ago
As soon as the tenants started bad mouthing them on social media, it should have became a case of no more being generous. The owner should have taken it to a lawyer and had them legally evicted on grounds of defamatory remarks on social media and giving 60 days to leave.
manowce 3 years ago (edited)
how is 2 months not enough? I lived in one place for 12 years and moved within one week, while still working... I'm also surprised there's not some clause about it in the lease, how long they have to vacate the house.
Ladytron 3 years ago
Well, if you can do that that's great - I/my family would not be able to leave within a week. Also, it takes some time to find something else, especially if you haven't been in the market to look for something for that long. I find 4 months more on the reasonable side. And if they have kids in school it must be somewhere not too far away (or change schools obviously but that can take some time as well)
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Okiedokie 3 years ago
I feel sorry for the people renting and for the owners. You live somewhere two decades and that's home for you and your kids. At the same time, the parents warned them and seemed like they did and are doing everything in their power to make sure things are fair. I'd almost put this as a NAH [no assholes here]. Just a family reluctant to get rid of the place they called home for a long time, and some loving parents who promised their son a home but understand how hard it is to move out. Nobody wins or loses here. It's tough all around.
Kathryn Smith 3 years ago
I disagree; the tennants are absolutely assholes here. Nit because they're upset at having to move, but because they've been slandering the landlords for not wanting to renew the lease with TWENTY TWO YEARS of warning.
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StrangeOne 3 years ago
I don't know if eviction was the right way to go. If they were on a month to month lease, wouldn't forfeiting the next lease be enough? Evictions go on a tenants record, so it would be terribly harder to find another place to rent. I can see how that would anger the tenants. Perhaps in their own busy life they forgot? The landlord should've set it in the lease agreement, and renewals, that the accommodations would be temporary until a certain time. Every intention with the property should be recorded and by both parties, and a witness. The landlord may have been financially generous but I can read that they've forgotten these are just people. But I'm not defending the tenants too much. How they went about harassing and stalking the landlord and his family is disturbing. Sounds like a messy situation. The tenants do sound as though they were taking advantage of the landlord all along, the more I think about it.
ThatG 3 years ago
They said in Edit 2 that it wasn’t a legal eviction notice. So nothing will go on their record. But given that they turned to harassment they should maybe be given an official eviction order. But that’s just me.
Load More Replies... N Miller 3 years ago
BP missed the: "FINAL UPDATE- Update: I’ve had a few comments and messages asking for an update, so here it is. It’s pretty anticlimactic. Some on here suggested a cash for keys idea. We did talk to a lawyer, and everything with that was above board. So we talked to our tenants. We offered them cash, to leave, and without any damage. There would be no cash if any damage other than wear and tear (and we were in the home in April) was present. They agreed. We negotiated with them, came up with a sum that worked for both parties, and a date. They will be Out November 30th. They will use the cash to add to their current savings for a down payment. But a contract between them and us has been signed."
ZebraFromTheMoon 3 years ago
How does this work? I dont understand, why the owner had to pay to get them out? Is this something common to do?
Load More Replies... AspieGirl88 3 years ago
The family renting were told from the beginning that the owners would be giving the property to their son; & since they OWN the place, they DO have a legal right to send any current tenants packing, regardless of how immoral it may seem from other peoples POV. Honestly, most landlords wouldn’t be so nice about it, from what I’ve seen. More often than not, tenants would be lucky to get 14 days to find a new place & get all possessions moved out before that deadline, or some may not even get a warning at all (where the landlord just shows up, giving them 24 hours to take as much as they can & then GTFO). This family had YEARS to prepare themselves to move elsewhere, but instead decided to push their luck & try to take advantage of this landlords kindness, even going on to have 6 children. Now that they can’t find a place big enough for them & their children, suddenly the landlords are the ones at fault (yet no one forced them to have unprotected $ëx)! Definitely NTA. 🤔🤷♀️
Tunk Moot Lopper Reebit 3 years ago
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Load More Replies... S Mi 3 years ago
I appreciate that they gave the people a bit more time. Not by any means required, but shows true kindness. Moving after that long, especially when it's not your choice is hard. Giving them time, especially when the landlord did not immediately need the space is the world I'd like to live in, tbh.
Gabriel Sbárbaro 3 years ago
I agree that it was kind, but it was NOT necessary... the renting family knew since the beginning this day will come, they repeated the message in 2018 and OP do mentions the husband was in the home earlier and he mentioned again... so this two months notice doesn't come as a surprise by any means... they had a 20 years notice...
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
If you want a home that’s forever going to be a home even when your children have flown the nest then you have to buy. You have to own the property. If you rent then unless you have a VERY generous landlord / landlady who will sign a stupidly long lease then you are ALWAYS at risk of losing your home. They are within their rights to end the lease at any point so long as they follow the legal path. I rent a flat and whilst it’s ‘home’ to me and my daughter we both know it’s not forever. I get the freedom to move quickly if I wish and my landlord gets my money, win win.
Boris’ Mom 3 years ago (edited)
Dear owner, have you done the math? $800 a month x 10 years; x 12 mos/ yr. Over the last 10 years alone, you’ve given them $96,000 to do with as they please. That is without investing the money. I’m not even including the other 12 years of less than market rate rent they were paying. These people are spendthrifts, and have no clue how to manage money. Who paid the homeowners insurance on the house all this time? You did. Further, if all the maintenance that you have been doing on the house or HOA fees, how about calculating to figure out what that would cost them, in addition to the rent increases?
Load More Replies... Belle Miles 3 years ago
Renting means leaving. They are not meant to stay indefinitely, while some one else takes care of ALL the upkeep and repairs. Ridiculous.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Our landlord in San Diego informed us that he was selling (60 days notice at least. We're pretty sure he was going through a divorce) BUT he offered us $10,000 if we could be out in 30 days. We'd been talking about moving back to the PNW and that made it possible. Yeah, it was bittersweet because I loved our condo, but that gave us the opportunity to buy our own place in Springfield, OR. It's not as nice as our old one, but it's OURS.
Patricia Crawford-Falconer 3 years ago
As soon as the tenants started bad mouthing them on social media, it should have became a case of no more being generous. The owner should have taken it to a lawyer and had them legally evicted on grounds of defamatory remarks on social media and giving 60 days to leave.
manowce 3 years ago (edited)
how is 2 months not enough? I lived in one place for 12 years and moved within one week, while still working... I'm also surprised there's not some clause about it in the lease, how long they have to vacate the house.
Ladytron 3 years ago
Well, if you can do that that's great - I/my family would not be able to leave within a week. Also, it takes some time to find something else, especially if you haven't been in the market to look for something for that long. I find 4 months more on the reasonable side. And if they have kids in school it must be somewhere not too far away (or change schools obviously but that can take some time as well)
Load More Replies... Okiedokie 3 years ago
I feel sorry for the people renting and for the owners. You live somewhere two decades and that's home for you and your kids. At the same time, the parents warned them and seemed like they did and are doing everything in their power to make sure things are fair. I'd almost put this as a NAH [no assholes here]. Just a family reluctant to get rid of the place they called home for a long time, and some loving parents who promised their son a home but understand how hard it is to move out. Nobody wins or loses here. It's tough all around.
Kathryn Smith 3 years ago
I disagree; the tennants are absolutely assholes here. Nit because they're upset at having to move, but because they've been slandering the landlords for not wanting to renew the lease with TWENTY TWO YEARS of warning.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 3 years ago
I don't know if eviction was the right way to go. If they were on a month to month lease, wouldn't forfeiting the next lease be enough? Evictions go on a tenants record, so it would be terribly harder to find another place to rent. I can see how that would anger the tenants. Perhaps in their own busy life they forgot? The landlord should've set it in the lease agreement, and renewals, that the accommodations would be temporary until a certain time. Every intention with the property should be recorded and by both parties, and a witness. The landlord may have been financially generous but I can read that they've forgotten these are just people. But I'm not defending the tenants too much. How they went about harassing and stalking the landlord and his family is disturbing. Sounds like a messy situation. The tenants do sound as though they were taking advantage of the landlord all along, the more I think about it.
ThatG 3 years ago
They said in Edit 2 that it wasn’t a legal eviction notice. So nothing will go on their record. But given that they turned to harassment they should maybe be given an official eviction order. But that’s just me.
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