Son will not leave or pay rent

[PaddywackHolland]

My son is 26 and has been living with me for 6 months. He is furloughed and paid in full. His father lives about 6 miles away.
He has not paid any rent at all.
I have just asked him a simple question about when he is going back to work and he has sworn at me for "going on" about it. I am getting thoroughly fed up with him taking advantage and being unhelpful and now disrespectful. I told him he should move to his father's house immediately, but obviously that doesn't suit him as he says it's "a building site". He has said some hurtful things very much like his father used to, complaining that I don't keep the house tidy and doing bugger all himself. I work full time. How do I get him to go to his father's? I don't have any contact with my ex btw.

Change the locks and leave his stuff on the doorstep??

At 26 he doesn't need to go to his father's, surely he needs to get his own place, or a room in a shared house!

Agree change the locks and leave his stuff on the doorstep. He clearly doesn’t respect you and it will only get worse if you don’t stand up to him

Why did he move in with you and why do you let him get away with talking to you so disrespectfully? Was that ok when he was a child too? He doesn’t get to criticise the way you run your house, especially as doesn’t even financially contribute. Cut off the WiFi, don’t cook for him, don’t buy food for him, make it as uncomfortable as possible for him. Learn to be assertive. Better late than never.

He has not paid any rent at all.

Have you told him you expect him to pay? Of course he should offer, but if he hasn't lived with you since he was a minor, he may just not be thinking of it? Tell him he needs to start paying a specific amount that's more than he'd pay if he got a room somewhere. At his age (and since he's being paid), I think it's fine to give him a deadline to leave if that's what you think is best; he can contact his father if he thinks that's his best option. It's not doing him any favours to let him be dependent.

Give him a date to move out by, and enforce it when the date comes.