The owner of the house is a friend of ours who lives out of the country. We are for the most part caring for his house for him with a verbal agreement. Part of the agreement is that we can have housemates. The house has always been a housemate situation.
We are a family of 4 taking up 2 rooms in a 5-bedroom. The 3 upstairs bedrooms are occupied by housemates. All three housemates have signed a Memorandum of Understanding stating they live month-to-month. Each room pays a different amount of a share of the rent due to size(including utl. etc.)
We gave one housemate 30 days notice after he called a house meeting and stated that he was going to move-out as soon as possible because he hates living with children and feels he is not getting his money's worth. This was after an e-mail from him asking us to reduce his share of the rent because he felt he was not getting full use of the house.
We replied he can use the house as much as the rest of us do as it is a shared house. The other two housemates expressed that they do not feel the same way at the meeting.
He called the meeting on August, 30th. We waited to give him notice until he paid rent. The latest you can pay rent is the 5th. On the 5th we sent him an e-mail stating we were sorry it hasn't worked out and he has 30 days notice to vacate and also rent is now late. He acknowledged the 30 day notice but did not mention rent in a nasty reply.
On September 11th he had still not paid rent. We asked him in person about rent and he asked why we 30 day noticed him. We tried to explain that at the meeting he called, he told us and the other housemates he hated living here and was going to leave. But, due to anger management issues he walked away from the conversation.
On that day (Sept. 11)we gave him written 3-day pay or quit notice. He received the notice in a designated mail slot witnessed by an other housemate and myself. Took it to his room and returned no more than a minute later and threw the notice on the dining room table.
From what I know his 3 days begin the 12th and ends the 14th. I pray that he pays his share because we can't afford to cover him. But, if he doesn't what can we do to either secure payment or get him out?
We are a family of 4 taking up 2 rooms in a 5-bedroom. The 3 upstairs bedrooms are occupied by housemates. All three housemates have signed a Memorandum of Understanding stating they live month-to-month. Each room pays a different amount of a share of the rent due to size(including utl. etc.)
We gave one housemate 30 days notice after he called a house meeting and stated that he was going to move-out as soon as possible because he hates living with children and feels he is not getting his money's worth. This was after an e-mail from him asking us to reduce his share of the rent because he felt he was not getting full use of the house.
We replied he can use the house as much as the rest of us do as it is a shared house. The other two housemates expressed that they do not feel the same way at the meeting.
He called the meeting on August, 30th. We waited to give him notice until he paid rent. The latest you can pay rent is the 5th. On the 5th we sent him an e-mail stating we were sorry it hasn't worked out and he has 30 days notice to vacate and also rent is now late. He acknowledged the 30 day notice but did not mention rent in a nasty reply.
On September 11th he had still not paid rent. We asked him in person about rent and he asked why we 30 day noticed him. We tried to explain that at the meeting he called, he told us and the other housemates he hated living here and was going to leave. But, due to anger management issues he walked away from the conversation.
On that day (Sept. 11)we gave him written 3-day pay or quit notice. He received the notice in a designated mail slot witnessed by an other housemate and myself. Took it to his room and returned no more than a minute later and threw the notice on the dining room table.
From what I know his 3 days begin the 12th and ends the 14th. I pray that he pays his share because we can't afford to cover him. But, if he doesn't what can we do to either secure payment or get him out?