Eviction – What You Need to Know

During eviction there is some times forcible removal of a tenant by its landlord.  You could be one of those tenants who didn’t pay on time, or didn’t even pay the last five months rental, the one who brings bad company around the neighborhood or the one who disturbs neighbors during their sleep.  Whatever the reasons are the fact that you have nowhere else to go makes you do the desperate and the last means to do.

What to do during eviction?

If your landlord already sent you a written notice about your upcoming eviction and you already have 7 days on your eviction, the first thing you can think of is the place you can temporarily transfer for the mean time until you can find another place to stay.  But the thing is you have to decide if you want to stay still within the property of your former landlord or you want to permanently get out from his property’s premises.

If you decide to stay, you can call your landlord and his attorney and negotiate if you can still settle with him your situation.  If the main problem of your eviction is your late payments and even no payments at all for the past months, start to negotiate properly, make no excuses and offer to sign a waiver stating that you will pay on time by the next rental payment and or catch up with your missed payments. 

But if you no longer wish to stay yet still need more time to look for another place to transfer, still call your landlord and his attorney and settle the situation for the most time they can allow you for an extension.  There may be times that the landlord might not want to consider your negotiation though you can always seek help with legal assistance. 

Also bear in mind that forcible eviction by your landlord even after the deadline of your written notice is still illegal.  Generally, landlords do have to follow certain eviction processes before they can forcibly evict tenants from their properties. 

If you have not been a bad tenant, you paid your rentals, kept the house as it is, and you have your right to remain in the house and continue your stay and pay your rentals.  Because of this, some landlords might harass you in some forms like stopping the services at your house; cutting your electricity and water supply.  If you didn’t confront your landlord with the situation and you called for repair, he will once again forbid for maintenance to repair your house services.  Or worse, the landlord might send you threats and even physical violence.   If ever you do not feel safe anymore with your landlord harassing you most of the times while you are still in his property’s premises, seek for legal assistance once again. 

Property Eviction might be one serious situation between a landlord and a tenant and should be aided with legal advice and assistance for settlement.  As a tenant you have to make sure that before moving in an apartment you can meet the conditions and rules of the landlord or else face a dilemma.