My Landlord Forced Entry Into My Home This Morning  

Thanks for the response....I do have every intention of moving...I need a few weeks though....I have a house that I own out-right - no mortgage or anything...I've just gotta finish the wiring and the plumbing real fast and then I can move in...I'm thankful to have somewhere to go...but I still want to press some sort of charges so he thinks twice about doing what he did when he gets new tenants in.

Thanks! Luckily, I do have another place to go so I don't wanna fight to stay - I just wanna fight to make sure he doesn't do this to someone else...I don't like my personal rights and privacy being invaded as if he's God or something.

Oh I'm going to get him for everything I can...I will move though because this is just crazy....The kicker is, I don't have a lease. When I moved in - he told me he'd have it in a week for me...then he kept pushing it off...and pushing it off...and now, 4 months later - I have nothing in writing....the man didn't even document how much I'm supposed to pay, etc...

I talked to the previous tenant who said she had the same problem...luckily for me, he has to follow PA laws on eviction - regardless of a lack of lease...the man is just completely crazy...

OH - and he was dressed in his Sunday best - on his way to church - when he decided to bust in on me half naked and threaten me....what a jerk

Thanks! That's a good idea about the picture taking...I probably wouldn't have thought about that with everything that is going on

Oh I wouldn't stay for long if I was paid to...I just need about a month and I will be able to move. I can't wait to stop being a tenant. My house is almost done being remodeled and I know consider it my "safe zone"....lol

That's what I'm hearing...anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months...depending on how things go and what the judge feels like. I hope to be out sooner than the max time they give me though - just so I can be done with all of this mess.

I bet you are looking forward to moving into your safe haven. It will be good for you and your kids to have those roots put down strong.

Just because you put something in the lease and the person signs the agreement does not make it legal. I have personally had many things in a lease that were not enforceable and I lost when taken to court because state laws supersede your agreement.

If state laws state that a landlord cannot enter a property without written 24 hour notice, then it does not matter what you put in the lease. The tenant will win if it goes to court. Honestly there is no reason why a landlord would want to have access at any time nor would it be advisable to enter a property without the tenant being there because you can be accused of theft. I have seen this before as well.

The landlord refused a contract. It's a verbal contract. I was desperate to get out of where I was so I wasn't thinking straight. Looking back, I should have never agreed to take this place...that was my mistake.

I can't imagine why anyone - with how things are now in this world would want to barge in on someone. Imagine being a male landlord - busting into a female's apartment with her in the shower and she screams r@pe - even if it didn't happen. Any landlord should be smart enough to protect themselves. I would never enter a tenants property without notice and without someone there to witness that I didn't hurt anyone or anything. According to him, there is nothing legally stopping him from walking right in while I'm in the shower and coming on in the bathroom to snoop around...

So what's your plan Jenny?

Thanks! When all this first started happening with the neighbors - I let them verbally have it...now, I've calmed down and I am just laying low....I found out who the previous tenant here was and even found her number.

She never had him bust in but she couldn't get him to write a lease or contract, he always played the "raise the rent" game, he wouldn't fix anything and the neighbors didn't like her either - they also called the humaine society on her. I wonder how many tenants will come and go with my neighbor calling the humaine society on all of them before they realize that she is just using them as a pawn in a game

Luckily, I already have another house lined up for me. I own it outright but I have to finish certain repairs before I am able to move in. I will only have one set of neighbors there and they are as nice as can be!! I am really excited to have them as my neighbors....it will be such a nice change of pace.

Good for you then, I think getting those nasty neighbors would not be healthy and safe for you to stay in that area. Good luck on your transfer and I hope that you get justice from that rather abusive landlord in you have.

I think that they answered lame because they simply didn't want to come out. We lost out local cops a couple of years ago and now we have to count on State Police out of a town about 15 minutes away. Many people have complained that they simply won't even respond to the calls.

The neighbor has been mean since I moved in. I know she doesn't like children - she said so herself and I have an 8 and 6 yer old. Here's the problem though - she owns her house next door and they bought it 4 years ago. This house I'm in is a big house (3 times the size of theirs) and it is a three bedroom. Obviously, it is a house that would be most likely occupied by a family with kids...and every person on the street with kids she has harassed.

She drinks all day and that's about it. They don't work. They sell drugs. They don't go anywhere. They just sit on their porch and drink. I'm not judging - more power to them but they should really look at themselves in the mirror before they start judging others and starting trouble.