I am not a confrontational person, I avoid it at all costs. But even I have limits. Its been a rough day, we just got in around midnight, after going to what will be our new house several times and after talking to the police several times. What it comes down to is the people my inlaws were renting to rented the downstairs of the house to a family ( a very non stable, very dysfunctional family). The people living upstairs who were the ones renting the house have moved out and are planning on coming to clean up the rest of the upstairs tomorrow. The other family is another story. I had had quite enough today, especially after seeing how bad the upstairs looked, I can only imagine the basement is worse. All I am saying is we found a half full ( i am being optomistic) jar of mayonaise sitting in the hallway upstairs. Looked like it had been sitting there a while. It is no wonder the house is roach infested, its like they were leaving the bugs bait purposefully. A freshly banged whole is now present on the living room wall, mind you it was not there yesterday. And no its not an oops we moved the entertainment center and it banged the wall, its more like someone took out their frustration on the wall. The carpet looks as if it was chewed through, either by one of the several dogs or cats that also occupy the hosue along with at LEAST 4 adults and at least 6 children. The ironic part is of the whole upstairs, the kitchen and dining room looked untouched. The floor is well kept as are the cabinets and counters. Makes you wonder, I guess they didnt cook much. Point is, about being confrontational. The first time we went over tonight the gal (putting it nicely) who lives downstairs all but blamed the upstairs tenant for attempted theft of the stove and fridge and didnt want to put any ownership on anyone they know putting the whole in the wall, but even through this she was nice and reasonable to talk to.
In an attempt to keep the fridge from being stolen which was sitting out front, waiting to be picked up by the upstair tenants, even though its not theirs, we went out to figure out what to do. we called the police who said to call when we got back to the house and they would meet us there. So as we drove up we began to call but realized the upstair tenant was their so we thought we’d try to talk it out. Things were fine with him, but the gal from downstairs became quite defensive and said my lawyer said I should stay and sue you. So I wasnt thrilled. After all how can someone who doesnt pay rent have the right to sue for anything! She said we need an eviction notice, aparently our 30 day notice isnt reasonable time to give to her and her poor family to leave especially due to the fact her children have health problems , not like we asked or as if that should really matter. And that she would stay until then and even until we went to court, since she would sue us. At this I was furious, I usually dont judge people but this was one cover that wasnt hard to read. She was going to milk it out as long as she can. She will stay wherever she can for rent free as long as possible. Seems like she’s done it before, as she said, she’d been through it before and knows how it works. So we’re not the only ones she’s given a hard time, if only that were cause enough for the cops to kick her and her mooching family out. I feel sorry for the kids. A little bit ago I told Dean she should qualify for govt aid and that I am sure they’d find her emergency housing if needed, but he said that would mean they would probably realize she is an unfit mother and take the kids away, and I am all for kids staying with their parents, but as I’ve said before, not everyone is meant to be a mom(or dad for that matter – I know that from my own experience) So my original point is I told her I will happily go do what needs done on Monday to get her her eviction notice and then she said we’d need one for everyone because apparently some guy named Squirrel gets his mail sent there so she wants an eviction notice for him to, and my question should have been who the hell has a name like that and who the hell cares since no one said he could live there in the first place. So we had a few words, in an attempt to be the good person I am, and to keep myself for putting her in her place, I returned to the car and fed the baby. And called my father in law to see what we should do, funny thing how I can turn to him but not my own parents. Even stranger is I knew he would keep me calm if I called him. Seems there wasnt much we can do though about the people who wont move out – at least not at 11:30 at night on a Friday.
unfortunately the law is, once someone occupies a place for 30 days they are resident and have the right to 30 days and an eviction if necessary. Darn squatters have rights too? Doesnt seem right to me, but I guess they have laws to protect someone, but right now they are not on my side. So we gave them 30 days, and being the good tenants (even though they really arent legal tenants) they are, they want the right to their add’l 30 days for the eviction notice. And she wants up to 90 days , or until it goes to court and she thinks it will take that long.
So we had plans to do work this weekend and move stuff in, but not now. Not after seeing the damage already done. So in the morning we are going to get a cop come assess damage and write it up so that if any further damage gets done then they can be charged. (we already discussed this with the police, in one of our many calls for help and advice) We dont think it would be smart to clean it up, put in the carpet we were going to and paint until they are out since we are afraid of what they will do to it. I am writing this all out for you, # 1 because I need to vent #2 because if people watch springer, than of course they’ll enjoy this good tale. Tune in for another episode tomorrow, same time same place……(hopefully not same time, I should be in bed)
