peterschwarz
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
My mother owns a detached carport and garage on her property. Recently, she made a verbal agreement with the son-in-law of the neighbor across the street: for $50 a month he could rent the carport to store his construction tools and debris. She gave him the first month free because he closed the carport with doors and other materials left over from his jobs. But he is already two weeks late in paying for this month, and he has become strangely unresponsive and unfriendly even though he continues to access his stored materials as if he had paid the rent. I emailed him concerning the matter, stipulating that he needs to pay asap, but he hasn't and he hasn't responded to my email. In addition, he decided to dump bricks on the side of the garage and to leave a pick up truck's rear cab propped against the side of the garage, without our permission. Weeks ago I told him that he had to move the bricks and the cab, which he said he would do, but he hasn't. As far as my mother and I are concerned he has reneged on his verbal promises and my mother wants him out. What can I legally do? Can I inform him that since he hasn't paid and hasn't acted in good faith, then he will be evicted? Can I give him a deadline by which to pay this month's rent, while giving him two weeks to move out his stuff, and if he fails to do so then can I confiscate his things until he pays? If he fails to respond to any correspondence, can his materials be considered "abandoned"?
Peter
My mother owns a detached carport and garage on her property. Recently, she made a verbal agreement with the son-in-law of the neighbor across the street: for $50 a month he could rent the carport to store his construction tools and debris. She gave him the first month free because he closed the carport with doors and other materials left over from his jobs. But he is already two weeks late in paying for this month, and he has become strangely unresponsive and unfriendly even though he continues to access his stored materials as if he had paid the rent. I emailed him concerning the matter, stipulating that he needs to pay asap, but he hasn't and he hasn't responded to my email. In addition, he decided to dump bricks on the side of the garage and to leave a pick up truck's rear cab propped against the side of the garage, without our permission. Weeks ago I told him that he had to move the bricks and the cab, which he said he would do, but he hasn't. As far as my mother and I are concerned he has reneged on his verbal promises and my mother wants him out. What can I legally do? Can I inform him that since he hasn't paid and hasn't acted in good faith, then he will be evicted? Can I give him a deadline by which to pay this month's rent, while giving him two weeks to move out his stuff, and if he fails to do so then can I confiscate his things until he pays? If he fails to respond to any correspondence, can his materials be considered "abandoned"?
Peter