State Specific Question About: CONNECTICUT (CT)

I never let a tenant back into the house after they

move for fear of the damage they may purposely do. Especially after they returned the key. Don't beg him

to come back to clean, just have it done and charge him for

gjct,

Only one person will make you rich - YOU!

These guys don't give a hoot. I'm surprised they did as much as they did.

Take a photo of the text on your phone screen or print it out to have as evidence if challenged. Phones got lost, break, stolen, or dropped in Lake Erie while riding with Vee setting a new cross lake speed record!

Get him to send you a text saying he and all roommates return possession to you. Or send him a text stating that asking him to reply CONFIRMED.

Get in there and take care of your investment - carefully.

Me? I post an ABANDONED PROPERTY NOTICE on the door printed on hot pink paper, bag up the spoilables, and pile the rest in the center of the room or the garage.

OR...

better yet, DELIVER IT ALL to his new address or his Momma's house - she was listed as his Emergency Contact right?

I am not advocating anything illegal, but somebody has to step up and get this thing re-rented.

Good question. How long before you consider it abandoned? If you don't see the keys left for you on the counter-- not until it's returned to you by the court. You do have a right to protect the property by securing it. Start the paperwork right now-- don't wait. In the mean time copy the my stuffs trash email or text but get a key. Your son should help you with this friend of his to get them.

Scolding someone to Clean up and return in condition it was given to you is wasting your time. There filthy and have no intention of cleaning. the more they can drag it out the less guilty they feel. It's now the LL's problem.

"Tenant moved out first weekend of Sept after a 2 week notice...he told me what remains is garbage "

Boom. You had notice, tenant was out, anything left behind is now junk and abandoned. Haul it off, change locks, you are done. If you need help, post an ad on Craigslist, "Free junk, doors open at 8 am, you haul off." Have a helper there by 7 am to keep an eye out so someone doesn't steal the vanity or water heater. I'm not kidding, those CL scavengers will TRY to take anything not nailed down, and some bring hammers and crow bars to "un-nail" stuff.

"I quickly replied back that he was responsible to remove it all"

I would not have sent that 2nd response text. Once he said, "it's garbage" you had his written permission to remove it all. I would've printed that text and hired my trash-out crew. Unfortunately, by responding to him that he's responsible for moving it, now there's written proof that you do NOT consider the property abandoned because you still consider him responsible for HIS property--abandoned property has no owner. Responsibility implies ownership. I think you just converted your house into a free storage unit until your state's abandoned property timeline expires. Talk to your attorney and find out what he recommends.

if you get this text:

another text and he told me what remains is garbage

Your quick reply should be:

k

one letter will save your a lot of stress.

SID once she said you are responsible to remove it all she gave the tenant the property back. She has not accepted the property. Yes big mistake.

LL's want people to clean up so they don't have to and keep putting their foot in their mouths by doing so. They ain't cleanin up. The second the key is left and or they say their done inside- bam it's yours. Accept it. It being the property.

This is intended as a helpful suggestion for future reference!

"I sent another text and he told me what remains is garbage and I quickly replied back that he was responsible to remove it all, NOT ME as well as clean the apt back to the condition he rented it in AND return my key"

Big mistake. If the T's response saying "it is all garbage" was in written form (and to me, that includes a text message), I would not have said "no." I would have sent in a trash-out crew to remove the junk and clean the place and do whatever rehab was needed.

If it was not in written form, my immediate goal would have been to get it in writing somehow, so I could get rolling on the project.

Instead, by demanding that the T remove the junk, you have wasted what -- two weeks or so? And the place is still not clean.

My goal is NOT to force the T to clean the place. My goal is to get the place re-rented as quickly as possible, to get the rental cash-flow operating again. And generally that means my getting possession as soon as possible so that I can get the property ready to show!

ok I get it. I made a mistake...but I thought since he had not returned the key AND had told me he would be back the following weekend that he still legally had possession and I would have to legally notify him somehow (Cert. letter, court notice?) that I was taking possession of the apt back and cleaning it out. That was my original question. You've all helped quite a bit. Thanks! =)