Am I legally bound to pay rent and utility bills with no signed lease/contract?
This past May my friend had asked me to live with him in his apartment for the summer and I agreed, as he and I both knew I was trying to move out of my house for the summer before I went back to school in the fall. Rent and utilities were discussed briefly, and since his parents pay both on his behalf, I had assumed whatever rent and utilities I pay would be forwarded to them or paid to them directly. After I moved down there and settled in, he became fixated on me not letting his parents know I was down there, not to pay them and to pay him instead, etc, etc. So basically he wanted me down there to pay rent to HIM so he could make a quick buck while I was down there. Since he does not pay rent himself (his parents do) , and I have no signed lease or contract with him personally, and since he misled me as to who was going to be receiving rent/utilities, is there anything that could legally bind me into paying rent and utilities to him? His parents had no knowledge i was down there.
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skruu him
My first thought is be the better person and do what's right! If it's a friend you shouldn't want to give them the shaft. Are you just being cheap? Do you value the friendship? If you were there for a month, you should give them something for rent and utilities. But I am like you; if he got in my craw for being dishonest to his parents, I wouldn't want to reward him either. If he is really not a friend, the hell with him for being a user like that.
If you signed no contract, and no utilities, leases or anything else is in your name, you are off the hook. He can threaten or try to intimidate you, but you hit it right on the head. He was using you (or trying to) for a free ride. Good thing you saw the light before it was too late!
Worst thing possible is he could try to take you to court, but the costs would be higher than what he thinks you "owe" him and it would not be worth the trouble.
Maybe an anonymous letter to his parents will let them know that Junior is a scammer and not the delight they think he is. Since they pull the purse strings, they may cut him off.
i would say yes but not to him. send his parents the money and tell them what is going on LOL then fiend a new friend.
If I were you, I would choose my friends more carefully.
NOPE
You a mexican? Appears so--they all want something for nothing.
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