Right to Quiet Enjoyment

[G.A. Bell]

Jurisdiction

Georgia

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[ElleMD]

You know your options. You can not sue because your roommate is a poor choice. I suggest contacting the utility company yourself to determine when bills are due and get the balances owed. After 2 months you now know the approximate due dates and amounts, so plan for it.

 

[G.A. Bell]

You know your options. You can not sue because your roommate is a poor choice. I suggest contacting the utility company yourself to determine when bills are due and get the balances owed. After 2 months you now know the approximate due dates and amounts, so plan for it.

 

[adjusterjack]

Is your lease with the roommate or with the owner, or is the owner the roommate?

And what state are you in?

Knowing that might help in suggesting options.

 

[G.A. Bell]

Is your lease with the roommate or with the owner, or is the owner the roommate?

And what state are you in?

Knowing that might help in suggesting options.

Entered GEORGIA at the time of starting the thread. Not sure where its published.

 

[G.A. Bell]

Is your lease with the roommate or with the owner, or is the owner the roommate?

The lease is with an owner/management company. Both roommates are on the lease.

 

[army judge]

The lease is with an owner/management company. Both roommates are on the lease.

This why I advise any and all who will listen (which is a rare bird, indeed) to never get involved with roommates.

Roommates fail 50% of the time when its called a marriage, and fails 95% of the time when its a group of adults trying to share expenses.

People ONLY screw you, running roughshod over your life when you allow them into your life.

Just say NO THANKS to all roommate deals!!!!

 

[ElleMD]

When you move in with a stranger, you take your chances. What is intolerable to one is not to another. You agreed to fulfill the obligations of the lease. It is not the landlord's fault you dislike the person you chose to enter that agreement with.

 

[G.A. Bell]

Thanks for the replies, yet for those that feel my post needs to be your soapbox versus just helping with a simple legal answer, please redirect your eyes and comments elsewhere. The post was made in sincerity and was posted with the intent to find legal answers and/or direction for a problem that is seriously affecting someone's life. You see...your personal rants or personal pet peeves mean nothing and I'd venture to guess that most who read your words feel the same way!

 

[adjusterjack]

The lease is with an owner/management company. Both roommates are on the lease.

In other words, your contractual obligations are to the owner/management company and not to the roommate.

That means that the owner/management company is not responsible for your difficulties with the other tenant.

That being said, if you want to play dirty pool, you have the option to just pack up and move out, knowing that you are likely to lose any security deposit that you might have paid and may be subject to a lawsuit by the roommate when the roommate is forced to pay all the rent until he finds another roommate.

Choosing that option could also result in you getting put on one of those defaulting tenant databases or getting your credit rating trashed.

On the other hand, you could get lucky and nothing bad will happen.

Your choice.

If you choose not to move out, you are stuck with the situation for the duration of the lease.

There isn't really any "legal" solution available to you unless your roommate gets violent with you. Unfortunately, GA has no statutory provision allowing a victim of domestic violence to break a lease but if that kind of thing happens you call the police and get the roommate arrested and you may be able to keep him out of the apartment with a restraining order.

 

[G.A. Bell]

In other words, your contractual obligations are to the owner/management company and not to the roommate.

That means that the owner/management company is not responsible for your difficulties with the other tenant.

That being said, if you want to play dirty pool, you have the option to just pack up and move out, knowing that you are likely to lose any security deposit that you might have paid and may be subject to a lawsuit by the roommate when the roommate is forced to pay all the rent until he finds another roommate.

Choosing that option could also result in you getting put on one of those defaulting tenant databases or getting your credit rating trashed.

On the other hand, you could get lucky and nothing bad will happen.

Your choice.

If you choose not to move out, you are stuck with the situation for the duration of the lease.

Now that's an answer

In other words, your contractual obligations are to the owner/management company and not to the roommate.

That means that the owner/management company is not responsible for your difficulties with the other tenant.

That being said, if you want to play dirty pool, you have the option to just pack up and move out, knowing that you are likely to lose any security deposit that you might have paid and may be subject to a lawsuit by the roommate when the roommate is forced to pay all the rent until he finds another roommate.

Choosing that option could also result in you getting put on one of those defaulting tenant databases or getting your credit rating trashed.

On the other hand, you could get lucky and nothing bad will happen.

Your choice.

If you choose not to move out, you are stuck with the situation for the duration of the lease.

There isn't really any "legal" solution available to you unless your roommate gets violent with you. Unfortunately, GA has no statutory provision allowing a victim of domestic violence to break a lease but if that kind of thing happens you call the police and get the roommate arrested and you may be able to keep him out of the apartment with a restraining order.

Now that's a response with substance and meaning. Many thanks!