Tenant dispute

[dryan589]

My daughter is at college in Oswego, NY and was the first person to sign a lease on a house, she has 3 roomates all except one has signed the lease. This girls parents signed the lease even though their daughter is 20 yrs old. Now the mother of this girl is trying to intimidate my daughter to move out of her room because her daughter is upset with the room she has gotten. My daughter signed the lease first and also has all the utilities in her name. If she cannot resolve the issue with the daughter and the mother persists on harrassing my daughter does my daughter have the legal right to ask the girl to leave the hosue. Thank you

 

[Hot Topic]

It sounds like the girl isn't mature enough to be in college if her mother has to fight her battles for her.

What does the lease say if a tenant decides to move out? Could be that your daughter will have to cover the rent until another tenant can be located.

 

[BL]

First off the girls mother is not the landlord .

Does the mother come to the Apt. and harass your daughter , or is it by phone .

Either way , the mother can not dictate .

So , now there's friction already .

Look at the wording of the lease .

Your daughter needs to be assertive and state she will be staying in the room she is in .

Other choices are to file for harassment against the mother and a R/O( which will really heat up the friction ) , or if this continues speak with the LL about getting out of the lease .

Remember any alterations or amendments to the lease have to be agreed upon in writing by both the tenant and landlord , by law .

 

[FarmerJ]

Tell your daughter that unless she wants to trade rooms she should not have to. ( you didnt say how they managed to choose rooms ) BUT Feel free to tell your daughter to come to this site and join it and use its resouces. Your daughter is a adult now and part of her path of being her own woman is to tell the roomates mother to stop the nonsense and let her daughter fight her own battles. I can understand that you too came for assistance. Do offer to store a copy of the lease for your daughter in your bank box or your safe so that if anything happens to her copy another is in a safe place. BTW if roomates Mommie or any other roomate breaks the lease or moves early or there are other disputes if your daughter has her own member name she can come here for information on a number of related issues like if one roomate moves or if one of them causes excessive damage or violates part of the lease like brings in a pet with out LLs consent.

 

[Alaska landlord]

Tell your daughter that if she wants to make a little extra cash and doesn't mind moving to another room the mother can make a small contribution to her college education. Opportunities are everywhere if you look closely.