Welp, it happened...

Kapwned started a blog post Welp, it happened...
August 4, 2015, 11:22 PM
Welp, it happened...

So some of you might recall how I made a post months back expressing concern about our living situation. Initially I was afraid of moving in with his friends in case they didn't like me or didn't like that I wasn't pulling an even weight. Well, that fell through and it turned into my boyfriend and I needing to find a place for just the two of us. He had previously told his landlord that he may be moving out because I was moving up here and we needed a place for the two of us. After it fell through he asked if I could move in here. Apparently (or supposedly) the landlord said it was okay. I asked my boyfriend multiple times if he as okay with it and was he aware I was staying. He said yes.

Well, tonight the landlord told my boyfriend that I have until September to move out because of local zoning laws prohibiting more than 3 people in this house (which I think is BS - it's not an apartment, it's a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house- what if a married couple and their 2 kids moved in here? That's 4 people!). I think he's just trying to use that as legal backing since his other defense was that he was under the impression that I was only going to be staying here for a little bit. My boyfriend told him I have no where to go, I know no one here other than him, so anywhere I go he has to go. And so, the guy just served him an eviction notice. We have until September to find somewhere to stay.

I think he has the right to kick me out but considering the fact that my boyfriend just renewed his lease, I don't think he has the right to evict my boyfriend. Either way I don't want him to tempt the guy. Legally he doesn't have to give me a month, but he is. He could kick me out at any time. But my boyfriend, I'm not even sure if his eviction is legal. Unless my presence is a violation of his lease and thus serves enough reason to evict him. It's all sorts of messed up and I was so worried about this! I asked him over and over if the guy was okay with it and he said yes. Granted, I'm not saying I don't believe my boyfriend when he says that he told the guy. He's kind of old... mid 60s. Wouldn't be surprised if there was some miscommunication or the guy misunderstood (or even forgot). Any time my gut feeling starts to set in where I feel this need to nag people to be thorough I should just do it... it never fails. When I worry the most, someone ends up getting something wrong and messing up. Often I end up pissing someone off over it, but in the end my gut feelings were right. It's better to be anally thorough then to have a relaxed attitude about it and assume everything will be fine.

This might explain why every frickin time he sees me he asks when my classes start. And before people suggest dorms... I can't do dorms. It is just out of my full financial aid reach. If I accept every single loan offered to me by my school and the government I will still need to cover $3,000.
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  Kapwned commented
  
  August 5, 2015, 06:31 AM
  
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  That's what we're going to try to do. We're going to start looking today (we have to find something regardless). If worse comes to worse I'm sure one of his parents will let us stay with them until we find something, but that wouldn't be permanent. Our main issue is that rent is so high here. Most people rent out rooms in houses. It's really hard to find apartments, so we will probably end up renting out another room. The problem with that is that a lot of people here try to charge per person which we cannot afford. A lot of places will charge $400+ per person, even if they share a room. So we'd be paying $800+ for a bedroom which in any city in this country is a lot. So we need to find a place that is willing to just charge us for the room and maybe raise rent a little to accommodate the usage of utilities which was what my boyfriend was initially expecting to do with this place.
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  whatruckus commented
  
  August 5, 2015, 08:16 AM
  
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  This is why your boyfriend should've gotten everything he and the landlord discussed in writing...with both of their signatures.
  
  What exactly happened with his friends? They backed out...or? It just seems like really bad planning. Before even having you move up to this area, he should've already been moved in with his friends, in case something like this were to happen. So that both of you wouldn't be stranded without a place to live.
  
  Also, the landlord pretty much has all the control in this situation. Because, from the way that it sounds, it seems like your boyfriend violated the lease by having you stay. If you're not legally on the lease, you can not stay there for longer than either a week, or 2 weeks. But, your boyfriend can petition, and legally...both he and the landlord have to go to court. In order for the landlord to successfully evict him, the landlord needs to prove that he did violate his lease.
  
  Bunch of links that could maybe help:
  
  http://www.lawny.org/index.php/housi...on-information
  http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/h...eviction.shtml
  http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/h...eviction.shtml
  http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/h...eviction.shtml
  http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/h...cations2.shtml
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  Kapwned commented
  
  August 5, 2015, 09:56 AM
  
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  He looked over his lease. It says nothing about people staying and he doesn't see what he's done to violate his lease but it does say that the landlord reserves the right to terminate it at his discretion. My boyfriend isn't concerned to the point he'd take the landlord to court and I don't think even the landlord is taking it that seriously. He just sat my boyfriend aside and told him that I can't stay because it's a violation of zoning laws and that I have until September to get out. Then my boyfriend told him right there that if I had to leave then he was going to leave as well because our intentions from the very beginning were to live together. He said the guy acted surprised when he said that. It's like the man hasn't listened to anything that's been discussed or told to him from the very beginning. He only has two tenants and they live with him. It's not that hard to remember.
  
  This time around, since I am here, I am going to ride his ass about this stuff. Make sure my name is on the lease as well and make sure the people we rent from are 100% okay with the two of us living there. We'd get our own apartment but it is a college town in NY - it's expensive as hell.
  
  And the friends just weren't being very pro-active at getting things done with the attempts to get an apartment. Only my boyfriend and I were actively looking. And when we found a place, the other two procrastinated on getting their paperwork done and they rented it out to someone else. Now one of them is moving out of state and the other is a case of "that would be cool". She's never lived on her own and wants to move out of her parents home. I'm not keen on people who move out simply because it'd be a neat experience. Those types always cave first and move back home.
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