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latvian1032 · Nov 19, 2007, 10:15 PM

I am on a lease in CA with 2 other roommates and one of them often has a friend over that I do not want in our house any longer. Does my roommate have the right to have any visitors over that he/she wants? Can I have this person removed from our house if she comes by? She does not live here... she just visits our house often...

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tickle · Nov 20, 2007, 05:30 AM

If your roommate is paying rent then I don't think you can limit visitors.

Turtleonfire · Nov 20, 2007, 06:03 AM

I'm afraid that if this person's just a visitor to one of your rent paying room mates, then your room mate has a right to entertain their friends. I would think about why you don't want them to visit your roommate. Write down your reasons and think about them. Are your reasons fair? Has this person scared you or threatened you or been in your bedroom? Or do you just find this person annoying/have a clash of personalities? If it'sthe latter then it can be very annoying when people you don't like visit your home but when you're sharing with others this is what you have to put up with. I've been there! You just have to carry on as you would normally, as if they're not there. If they're the type that come in and take over, remember it's your house so if they make themselves at home on the couch and put the TV on, politely say, (smiling) "Sorry there's something I've been wanting to watch" and change the channel. Unfortunately you have to stay polite or you'll end up having no one in your house like you and that's a horrible atmosphere to live in.

JudyKayTee · Nov 20, 2007, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by latvian1032

I am on a lease in CA with 2 other roommates and one of them often has a friend over that I do not want in our house any longer. Does my roommate have the right to have any visitors over that he/she wants? Can I have this person removed from our house if she comes by? She does not live here....she just visits our house often...

Thanks

No, you cannot - as long as your roommate pays rent he/she can entertain visitors when, where, how he/she wishes.

Obviously if this is involves a serious situation you could get the person arrested or file for a restraining order but on the face it appears the visitor is annoying to you but not your roommate. If your roommate is in violation of a Lease (for example, you cannot have additional people staying overnight but this person does) you can move to evict your roommate.

froggy7 · Nov 20, 2007, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

Obviously if this is involves a serious situation you could get the person arrested or file for a restraining order but on the face it appears the visitor is annoying to you but not your roommate. If your roommate is in violation of a Lease (for example, you cannot have additional people staying overnight but this person does) you can move to evict your roommate.

While Judy is quite right that you can move to evict the roomie if they are violating the lease, be prepared before you do that. Look long and hard at your own behavior, because they may try and lodge a cross-complaint. (For example, you complain about them having overnight guests, and they counter with you having a pet in violation of the lease, and you both wind up getting kicked out.)

JudyKayTee · Nov 21, 2007, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by froggy7

While Judy is quite right that you can move to evict the roomie if they are violating the lease, be prepared before you do that. Look long and hard at your own behavior, because they may try and lodge a cross-complaint. (For example, you complain about them having overnight guests, and they counter with you having a pet in violation of the lease, and you both wind up getting kicked out.)

I thought you couldn't evict someone unless you are the landlord - that you can't evict a roommate. You can ask them to leave or you can leave for cause but I don't think a Court will accept a motion to evict. Just my own opinion -

tickle · Nov 21, 2007, 03:30 PM

JudyKayTee is a correct. No one can evict except the landlord, but I don't think the poster wants to go this far to get rid of the roomie because that means going to court which would cost more money then a leasee would be prepared to spend for such a minor nfraction of his/her privacy. I think this is just an issue of a fallingout situation. I could be wrong. I went through that too in college, it all worked out in the end because minor conflicts can always be resolved between mature people, right!