Landlord's furniture in garage

[natulyok]

What is the name of your state? NJ

How can I get my landlord to move his furniture from the garage I am renting together with the house?.. He says it's too expensive to have it in a storage facility and that he's trying to sell the stuff BUT the bottom line is that a 2-car garage can only fit 1 car because of this. What should I do?

Thank you in advance.

 

[xylene]

What is the name of your state? NJ

How can I get my landlord to move his furniture from the garage I am renting together with the house?.. He says it's too expensive to have it in a storage facility and that he's trying to sell the stuff BUT the bottom line is that a 2-car garage can only fit 1 car because of this. What should I do?

Thank you in advance.

Inform the landlord IN WRITING, sent by CRR mail that he needs to remove his property from your rented garage.

His expense is not your concern.

 

[natulyok]

Thanks, xylene - and if it does not work, what's next for me?

 

[FarmerJ]

Ask him for a rent reduction, in writting ? the worst he can do is say NO, and be forced to deal with it anyway.

 

[fourcsan]

i had the same problem, took my landlord 5 months to move his 2 dressers and bookcase out. one car garage, couldnt open doors all the way... do what the people above me said or it will take your landlord FOREVER! or not at all to move it.

 

[devlin]

We had the same problem with a shed....

We asked the LL to put in the lease specifically that the shed was for tennant use......then when we go to move in he has a bunch of stuff in it....mostly junk, kids toys, four lawn mowers, an old chair. Well, we really needed the space for our things, so we put all of his stuff outside in the yard and put our stuff safely in the shed, locked up. He came and got his stuff shortly after that. We didn't get huffy with him or anything, I think he is a very nice guy, we just told him our hands were tied, we have expensive things that needed locked up and we needed the space, the space we are paying for. His stuff was mostly decaying old kids toys and old lawn equipment no one had used in months.

Put his stuff outside in a safe spot, let him know, he'll come and get it. However, be careful, I pissed of a LL a short while ago because she refused to take care of her property and shortly afterwards we got the boot because our lease had ended. I would say try and be amicable, however, I just don't get LL's who want to rent properties and store their stuff there. I mean, these people are not giving you a free place to live, you are paying for it. My old LL had an old, nonworking dryer in her basement, an old, nonworking floor freezer and tons of other junk she refused to move. However, we could move it for her if we wanted it out.

I have to say, get it in writing before signing the lease. Most LLs words mean nothing, if it's not in writing, it didn't happen.