bit of a long story, sorry;
when first married dh and i lived in a static caravan on land owned by my DH while his mum lived in the big farmhouse. so i got pregnant and MIL (very kindly) gave us the house and bought herself a smaller house.
so our static caravan was empty, and our friend was looking for somewhere to live and we agreed he could rent our caravan £50 weekly all inc. as all the water and electric ect. run from the main house.the hot water and heating run from gas bottles which he was to supply himself. he paid us cash weekly and all was well for the first 18 months or so. but he started to then pay us monthly, and then every other month and it has got to the point now where he last paid us anything in november 09' and he is so far behind on the rent he now owes us over £1000!.
in addition he has decided that the gas was working out too expensive so just bought electric heaters which he leaves on 24/7 thus sending our electricity bill soaring.
him and his girlfriend are close friends of ours so it is really awkward. we would not rent it to anyone else due to the position of the caravan on our land so its not like we can get a new tenant.
i want to think he is genuinely forgetting and not realising how much he owes - despite me making comments on the odd occation but now i think he is taking the piss.
it is a very informal and freindly arrangement but as we still have to pay electric and water for him i think we really should be getting some rent.
WWYD?. thanks for reading.x