[quote=CA renter]
Crazy stuff, and one more reason for us not to build a granny flat in our backyard that we were thinking about. UCGal’s story regarding her tenant’s girlfriend/boyfriend was my other red flag.
BTW, UCGal, how did you end up handling that? Did you have them sign the new rules regarding how many nights a bf/gf can stay per week?[/quote]
We talked to her, and while they weren’t happy about it – his overnight stays dropped (and she was also gone most of those nights). From a legal point the talk did the trick. It did cause some family tension since she is/was family… but not much. (Actually, she was ok, it was another family member who thought we were being ridiculous). She chose not to renew the lease when it was lease renewal time and she and her boyfriend got a bigger place together….
So we’re now on the hunt for a good tenant again. We updated our lease document to include language that specifically addresses this – no overnight guests for more than 14 days continuously and no more than 14 days of overnight guests in a single month. We corrected a couple other deficiencies in our lease, also, that our lawyer pointed out.
