My roommate moved out and now expects to hold on to his things until he finds a plavce of his own. What can I?
He was a boyfriend but left and today I got a change of address. No notice, nothing.
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charge him rent or put in storage and charge him for it...
Tell him he has 5 days to get his stuff out or you are selling it on ebay and then do just that.
I'm sorry, r u saying he wants "you" to hold his things until he finds a place to Live"... If so, I'd say no cuz now u need the space for ur new roommate... right!?
Hmmm, no written instructions on what to do with the stuff? No contract? Seems to me like you're the proud new owner of a bunch of crap.
Send him something in writing, just to be on the safe side, telling him what you're going to do (keep it/ sell it) if he doesn't come and claim it by a specific date (name a date). If he doesn't, then he's lost his rights to it, and you can do what you want with it.
Or, if you have the space, maybe charge him for storage and then sell it.
It's pretty traditional to throw his crap out on the street. If you want to be polite, you might call him afterward, just to let him know it's there, before the homeless pick through Everything.
I say, do everything in your power to locate him. Even if you have to talk to his family, get them involved. Say to him or his family.he has a week to move EVERYTHING out. If EVERYTHING isn't out in a week, you will begin charging him and/or his family $80 a month to hold onto his stuff. If after two months you haven't received a payment, have a nice little yard sale for yourself and make some money.
do you have a contract with him.
No written contract, then not much legally you can do except put his junk on the rubbish heap.
Technically you have to give him 30 days (in writing, and make a copy of that for yourself) to remove his belongings, if he fails to do that then you have the right to dispose of them as you see fit! You also have the right to charge him reasonable storage fees!
If the two of you rent and he is a co-signer on the lease, he is entitled to leave the possessions without concern that you will dump or sell them, but that also means he is financially responsible for his share of the rent for the remainder of the lease. Reasonably, you can ask him for the full amount he would owe, holding his possessions as collateral unless and until he pays. If you do not rent, and you own the residence, and if he did not specifically request and you did not specifically agree to care for his possessions when he left them, they are abandoned property with which you can do as you see fit.
Of course, karma is a b____h and you should probably just put the crap in boxes and leave it until he comes to get it.
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