How to evict an overstaying guest from my apartment?

By Tenant

I’ve always thought that you’ll only get punished for doing something good when it’s a movie. But when I got stuck in a situation, I’d say good deeds also get punished in the real world.

I used to have a friend who got into some financial distress. She lost her job and ultimately got evicted from her apartment. So she needed a place to stay while she looks for another job. Since I live in an apartment that has two rooms, I offered to let her stay for a couple of weeks. My lease does not allow a sublease so she stayed as a tenant authorized by the landlord. She could need stay beyond a month.

Guess what, she’s been in my apartment for 2months. She has not found a job so she was not helping me with the bills. At first, I didn’t think the landlord was aware she has been there for two months because he hadn’t come knocking on my door. I used to dread that day.

I knew I could get evicted for breaking the lease agreement because of her and she seemed to be aware of this fact. I’ve been trying to evict her from my apartment but she just wouldn’t budge. I’ve served her with a 30-day notice on her first month and that didn’t work. So the only option left was really to tell my landlord about the situation that I was in.

When I told my landlord, he was very disappointed. He said that I could change the locks. I basically needed to do something to kick her out within three days; otherwise, he’ll serve me eviction papers for violating the lease agreement. Needless to say, I was in a predicament.

Long story short, I got her out and I’m still living in my apartment. The landlord tried to evict me even if I got her out on the 2^nd day of the agreed three days but that’s in the past now. The RPA Mediation Services took care of that.

What did I do?

• I called the police. She was living in my apartment for free. She slept on one bedroom but she was living out of a suitcase.
• When she was out, I changed my locks. It was the landlord who suggested that I do this so I did.

Yes, the friendship is gone by now but I wouldn’t want to ruin my credit score and regret it for years. At least now, I still have a place to stay, my credit score is still in good standing and the landlord is friendly to me again. In the future, I’ll make sure to choose my friends well.

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