Miranova23
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I, signed along with my partner, rent an apartment in a large complex. We always need a roommate to help pay the bills. We also have a cat that might as well be our first born child.
And as of right now, there is no lock on my bedroom door. (I am now looking into changing that.)
We let this guy move in towards the end of April. He paid up front for the rest of April, and most of what was due for May.
Rent is late as of May 6th. I borrowed money from my parents to cover it all in time, for until he got me the rest of what he owed. But all day May 6th, he twisted his stories and numbers around. He didn't have it. I could have maybe waited til his payday-- normally.
See, only when the money issue came up, did my partner inform me that over the weekend while I was out, this roommate:
1. got blitz drunk
2. tore down a curtain & one of the hooks from the ceiling that was holding it
3. punched, kicked, and jumped on the mattress (we own all the furniture & leave the room furnished as most roommates are very short term interims)
4. threw a shoe at, which hit, our cat
5. verbally threatened to kill my partner
6. verbally threatened to kill our cat
My partner did not feel he was a truly a threat to himself, and did not want to lose his own temper or have me get upset for whatever he would have done, so he just calmed the roommate down. He was going to let it "slide," until I informed him that he didn't have the rest of the rent.
With our experiences combined now, neither of us felt safe leaving him alone with our cat, or even myself for that matter.
We threw him out that night. He civilly collected his things. Lots of arguing and yelling, but no contact. When I brought up about him threatening to kill my partner, and threatening to kill our cat, he merely scoffed at me. He actually called the police himself, but then finally gave us the keys & left before they got there.
We filed a report with the police since they were there anyway & needed to fill something out. I gave them his full name and birth date, as far as it's listed on facebook.
He still insists that he had a tenant's right to keep the full set of keys to get back into the apartment, until we paid him this $280 he says we owe him for May's rent since he did not stay.
He's been texting me about getting this money and is threatening to take us to small claims court.
I know that he of course had no right to keep access to my apartment since he had threatened to kill us, and I did indeed fear for our safety.
Should I go back over the money figurings-- I mean, if I kick someone out for threatening to kill me, could I possibly owe them any rent back? Plus he was just a roommate. Not my tenant, not even a sublet.
Also, should I get a restraining order? Does that cost me anything? What info do I need about him?
Thanks so much in advance!
I, signed along with my partner, rent an apartment in a large complex. We always need a roommate to help pay the bills. We also have a cat that might as well be our first born child.
And as of right now, there is no lock on my bedroom door. (I am now looking into changing that.)
We let this guy move in towards the end of April. He paid up front for the rest of April, and most of what was due for May.
Rent is late as of May 6th. I borrowed money from my parents to cover it all in time, for until he got me the rest of what he owed. But all day May 6th, he twisted his stories and numbers around. He didn't have it. I could have maybe waited til his payday-- normally.
See, only when the money issue came up, did my partner inform me that over the weekend while I was out, this roommate:
1. got blitz drunk
2. tore down a curtain & one of the hooks from the ceiling that was holding it
3. punched, kicked, and jumped on the mattress (we own all the furniture & leave the room furnished as most roommates are very short term interims)
4. threw a shoe at, which hit, our cat
5. verbally threatened to kill my partner
6. verbally threatened to kill our cat
My partner did not feel he was a truly a threat to himself, and did not want to lose his own temper or have me get upset for whatever he would have done, so he just calmed the roommate down. He was going to let it "slide," until I informed him that he didn't have the rest of the rent.
With our experiences combined now, neither of us felt safe leaving him alone with our cat, or even myself for that matter.
We threw him out that night. He civilly collected his things. Lots of arguing and yelling, but no contact. When I brought up about him threatening to kill my partner, and threatening to kill our cat, he merely scoffed at me. He actually called the police himself, but then finally gave us the keys & left before they got there.
We filed a report with the police since they were there anyway & needed to fill something out. I gave them his full name and birth date, as far as it's listed on facebook.
He still insists that he had a tenant's right to keep the full set of keys to get back into the apartment, until we paid him this $280 he says we owe him for May's rent since he did not stay.
He's been texting me about getting this money and is threatening to take us to small claims court.
I know that he of course had no right to keep access to my apartment since he had threatened to kill us, and I did indeed fear for our safety.
Should I go back over the money figurings-- I mean, if I kick someone out for threatening to kill me, could I possibly owe them any rent back? Plus he was just a roommate. Not my tenant, not even a sublet.
Also, should I get a restraining order? Does that cost me anything? What info do I need about him?
Thanks so much in advance!