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Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by greggng: 2:36am On Oct 04, 2016 |
Please move this to the front page. 5years ago I rented my bran new house to a tenant who has been staying there till date. 7days ago I contacted him to remind him that his rent will be due by December and that I will appreciate his prompt renewal so that I can add money to rent another accommodation. My rent has expired this august and I have duly informed my land lady to give me till December to park out. She has been a pain on my neck. My tenant responded by telling me that the borehole has been pumping out sand and he suspects it has failed.According to him, he invited two borehole technician who told him it has failed and there is the need to dig another. He told me they charged him 230k. Right now am confused cos his annual rent is 300k and that can only help me get a one room apartment in the area I currently live. I am now in a big mess cos if he had to deduct 230k from 300k, then I wont be able to rent a place..My intention is to ask him to pay me my rent and at the same time foot the borehole bill, but I will make necessary deductions in his next rent. My worry is that he has been complaining lately of being broke.What do I do if he refuses to accept my suggestion? Should I send him a notice to quit? I cannot afford to be homeless cos i want to make my tenant comfortable. Please advice me before I make a mistake.May I remind us that I am the only landlord that still charges 300k for my 3bedroom apartment within that locality. Must of them charge 500-600k.[/color][color=#000099] |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by WowSweetGuy(m): 2:46am On Oct 04, 2016 |
Tough decisio... but b4 december u can negotiate with him, to leave the borehole drilling for now and use other means he has been using,Then collect ur full rent to rent ur own place. You can plan earlier after that either to tell him to vacate very early b4 near time or by then u r ok on your own to live out and still be getting ur rent. |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by amunkita(m): 2:47am On Oct 04, 2016 |
So, if ur tenant does not pay you, you can't pay ur own rent What of a situation he falls sick nd uses the rent for medicals, u won't pay ur landlord's rent.. If he is complaining of being broke while his rent expires in december nd u re planning on quitting him, then ur landlord needs to bundle you to dungeon locks the door nd throws the key into river Jordan since ur own rent expired in August.. What is really wrong with men this days, thinking sheepishly... Oga sort ur rent, if u ve to borrow, get it done or possibly move back to ur home nd occupy it... |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by amunkita(m): 3:14am On Oct 04, 2016 |
WowSweetGuy: What a selfish nd bias thought u have.. If u re the tenant would you pay a rent where u ve no source of water ![]() How would u feel carrying buckets into another man's house for months just to get water ![]() The man you re advising, would he live in a house without water ![]() |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by greggng: 3:21am On Oct 04, 2016 |
amunkita: honestly it has been tough getting a job for a long time now. I built that house so that i dont ve to be facing landlord palava. But robbers chased me out of there. I didnot regret moving out cos i suffered a great deal cos on two occasions they had to hit me with their gun on my head. To answer ur question that house has been my saving grace. In as much as i have something that can pay for my rent at the end of the year, it makes me feel less stress. You are not in my shoes. 1 Like |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by WowSweetGuy(m): 3:21am On Oct 04, 2016 |
So he should collect the lil change left after d drilling and sleep outside or send the tenant packing ![]() amunkita: |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by amunkita(m): 3:38am On Oct 04, 2016 |
greggng: Now I understand ur plight better. Now ask ur neighbor if he has been attacked by robbers since he moved in, if not what were u doing that keeps attracting them, that is by the way.. U re only left with this option, negotiation. Before negotiation, get some borehole professionals nd go down with them to check the root cause. You must show concern to the plight of the tenant if u expect him to consider you. If it's bad beyond repairs, plead with him to consider ur plight which am sure 90% of tenant would turn down cous nobody is born to suffer nd not when u re paying... Next option, instead of moving out from ur current place, stay put since u ve some fund nd with the balance u pick from ur own tenant, pay ur landlord nd endure pending things change.. Lastly, it's not every tenant u threaten with quit notice especially if he has fund cous my type will want to go to court nd will do everything to frustrate you. |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by greggng: 3:43am On Oct 04, 2016 |
WowSweetGuy: inasmuch as i dont want him to live without water, i will not want to be homeless too. .What i handed to him was a new building with bran new borehole. That the borehole failed is unfortunate. I thank you all for contributing .I think i ve options. one to ask him to fix the borehole and also pay me my rent. However i will issue him a receipt for the repair with an agreement to deducting it from when next he is gonna pay me. Another option is for him to live without water after all were i am now i do buy fetch water from next nebor. If disagrees with all this, then he wants me to be homeless. I will quit him and find a place to stay with a friend pending when he lives my house. Finally , when a new person comes in and pay fresh payment , I CAN then rent a place and also fix the borehole. Mind you 3bedroom in that area goes for 500-600k now. with agreement etc I will be getting 800k. Remove 230k from it , the balance will be more than enough for my accommodation. |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by amunkita(m): 3:44am On Oct 04, 2016 |
WowSweetGuy: That u enjoy living a slum does not confer that happiness to another man.. I came back home last saturday nd discovered the pumping machine was bad, saturday night, sunday night, it was not funny knocking on gates inorder to fetch water. An area where people pay 500 - 600k for 3 bed, is no place for a married man carrying bucket all ova the street/close looking for water.. Did u say the tenant gets a tank nd buy water from time to time ![]() Pls who bears that extra bill ![]() Oga before we judge issues, put urself in the other man's shoe. If the landlord shows concern to his tenant plight, then he can negotiate something that will favour him else, giving the man quit notice will get to next year June.. |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by greggng: 3:58am On Oct 04, 2016 |
amunkita: May i remind you that l lived in that same locality for almost 5years before I had the opportunity to buy the land close to were i lived. In fact i was not the only one they robbed in that area.it was so bad that we have to send a petition to the police. Even the opc in charge of the area are being attacked by the robbers then. I had to run for my life. Immediately i rented it out, same robbers visited my tenant and robbed him. Ever since then i was told that some of them were caught and killed so the place is calm now. I will negotiate with him assuming am not looking for a new accommodation, i would have asked him to use the rent and dig another borehole. In the past he installed security wire on the fence and when his payment was due , i refunded him what he spent. |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by Nobody: 4:05am On Oct 04, 2016 |
greggng:First of all. He's a mischievous tenant. What kind of a borehole, which was not even permitted by the landlord, costs that much? Why did he not deepen the existing one, or inform you? Give a notice informing him that the new rent (600k) will take effect after his leased time is over in December. He will have to renew his lease on the new terms if he decided to RENEW. He'll leave the house for you. ![]() |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by greggng: 4:10am On Oct 04, 2016 |
Muafrika2: I will contact an expert . Must people i spoke with says it cannot be deepened. Another one has to be done. it surprises me how a bran new borehole has to fail within 5years. |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by amunkita(m): 4:10am On Oct 04, 2016 |
greggng: There is something u re failing to understand, do u know within the laws u can't quit that guy till March next year, that is if after reading this u immediately call ur lawyer to issue him quit notice else nah till June next year.. So what will be ur plight with ur current landlord who would ve to stomach ur story till next year. With all honesty, answer this; How would u feel if ur landlord disconnects ur water being that ur rent expired in August ![]() |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by greggng: 4:19am On Oct 04, 2016 |
amunkita: please understand that i dont live there with him. I handed him a bran new house and borehole 5 years ago. The failure could have emanated from his negligence and lack of proper maintenance of the borehole. That not withstanding, I wont be happy to be homeless while he fixes borehole with my rent. The best i can accept is for him to fix it while i issue him receipt with and agreement to make necessary refund in his next payment after this one. |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by amunkita(m): 4:37am On Oct 04, 2016 |
greggng: OMG!!! Meaning the tenant would also renovate ur house nd the cracks on the wall is due to his negligence ![]() Oga ur issue still boils down to negotiation.. The embolden, u still see urself as his king who dishes out laws.. This ur tenant, is he a money lender to ve got excess or u re his account officer ![]() Dude, this my last response to you but before I go let me tell u something, I also ve a property too but right now I squat with someone just to get out of this phase I find myself... |
Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by WowSweetGuy(m): 11:44am On Oct 04, 2016 |
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Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by WowSweetGuy(m): 11:51am On Oct 04, 2016 |
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Re: Please Advice Should I Quit My Tenant? by millhouse: 2:17pm On Jan 12, 2017 |
You sure say your tenant no dey here dey read all this so? |
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