Roommate not on lease, not moving out, but pays some rent (late) unofficially.
Hi. I am on the lease with my friend (A). We each have separate rooms. Then I decided to find a roommate (B) to live with me.
She has now been living in my room with me for what will be six months at the end of this month. We have no contract or lease agreement. She just lives here, and gives me a check for less than what is actually half of the rent, which is written to me.
Living with her has been intolerable for the past four months. She never sleeps at normal hours. She video chats 24/7, even as she sleeps. She blasts music at 3-5 am. She stomps around, bangs pots and pans in the kitchen, and doesn't clean up her dog's waste for 24 hours. Our neighbors have complained about her being loud all throughout the night. She is supposed to split my half of the rent, but insists that we had agreed on something less. She slams doors, yells all the time, and doesn't respond to texts, calls, emails, etc.
As a result, I have not slept a decent night's sleep for the past four months. I've dealt with neighbors' complaints. And I have her 7 days notice, which I could give her thirteen days instead, since that would be through the end of the month.
Do I have to give her 30 days? Isn't there anything else? Since she is not on any legal documentation. We never set a term/lease agreement. Or anything for that matter. She threatened to make my life hard. And my friends won't let me go home, in fear that she will hurt me.
She refuses to leave until MY lease is up, which is in two months.
What can I do? I don't have the money for an attorney or any legal aid. But should she take me to court, what are my options?
Honestly, I just want her to move out as soon as possible, as smoothly as possibly.
