NJ Landlord 123
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- New Jersey
I have 2 tenants living in one apartment of my two family house, they are consistently violating parts of the lease and I would like to send them notification. I am familiar with the notice to quit however I am not sure that this will be the form I use since I am not actually looking to evict the tenants. I just want to send the message that I am aware that they are violating sections of the lease and I would like it to stop before I need to take further action.
The issues that I would like to address are consistently late rent.
The lease states
"rent is payable in advance on the first day of each calendar month and is delinquent on the next day."
I have not received rent on the first day since they moved in, often it is given to me on the 4th or 5th and I am told by the tenant that they have until the 5th to pay the rent, I can only assume that this is because if it is paid after that they will incur the late fee.
The second issue is that they are using both parking spots in the driveway, and the lease clearly states that they are only entitled to one spot. The tenant from the second floor has the right to the other spot if he chooses to use it.
The third issue I am having is related to overnight guests.
The lease states "tenants may have guests on the premises for not over 3 consecutive days or 10 days in a calendar year and no more than 2 guests per bedroom at any one time. Persons staying more than 3 consecutive days or 10 days in a calendar year shall not be considered original tenants of the premises. Tenants must obtain prior written approval of landlord if an invitee of tenant will be present at the premise for more than 3 consecutive days or 10 days in a calendar year.
There is basically an extra person living in the apartment, it is a significant other or something along those lines that stays over frequently and the 10 days was exhausted before the month of January was over.
There are also other minor issues that need to be addressed such as snow removal, they are required to remove snow and did not do so the couple of times it snowed but this leads me to believe that they will also not cut the grass as required in their lease as well we just have not yet reached the time of year where the grass needs to be cut but it soon will be needed.
Thank you in advance for any helpful advice.
The issues that I would like to address are consistently late rent.
The lease states
"rent is payable in advance on the first day of each calendar month and is delinquent on the next day."
I have not received rent on the first day since they moved in, often it is given to me on the 4th or 5th and I am told by the tenant that they have until the 5th to pay the rent, I can only assume that this is because if it is paid after that they will incur the late fee.
The second issue is that they are using both parking spots in the driveway, and the lease clearly states that they are only entitled to one spot. The tenant from the second floor has the right to the other spot if he chooses to use it.
The third issue I am having is related to overnight guests.
The lease states "tenants may have guests on the premises for not over 3 consecutive days or 10 days in a calendar year and no more than 2 guests per bedroom at any one time. Persons staying more than 3 consecutive days or 10 days in a calendar year shall not be considered original tenants of the premises. Tenants must obtain prior written approval of landlord if an invitee of tenant will be present at the premise for more than 3 consecutive days or 10 days in a calendar year.
There is basically an extra person living in the apartment, it is a significant other or something along those lines that stays over frequently and the 10 days was exhausted before the month of January was over.
There are also other minor issues that need to be addressed such as snow removal, they are required to remove snow and did not do so the couple of times it snowed but this leads me to believe that they will also not cut the grass as required in their lease as well we just have not yet reached the time of year where the grass needs to be cut but it soon will be needed.
Thank you in advance for any helpful advice.