Friend refusing to leave

[4seasons]

My daughter allowed a friend to stay in her rented flat until the friend found herself alternative accomodation. She had been evicted due to non payment of her rent. The friend has a good job with a good salary . She has been there 6 weeks now and shows no willingness to move out and has made no effort to find elsewhere to live. She does not contribute to rent or bills. She is driving my daughter mad with her behaviour and has been told to leave at the end of the month. My daughter has been very ill and needs to rest but this worry is not helping. Are there any legal rights this friend has re staying in my daughters flat ?

Scrap the date. Tell her she has to find somewhere else to stay immediately. She can check into a cheap hotel / hostel or sofa surf with another mug friend until she sorts out a permanent solution.

@AllEars112232 - because OP's kid has enough on her plate and the LL is not a priority. You also don't want to alert the LL to the drama occurring in his or her property that might jeopardise the tenancy going forward.

I rent out a property and my tenant contacted me to ask/tell me they're changing the locks, I asked why, and then got this dramatic saga, I would be pissed off

Definitely this. Get her out before then.

If I was local, I'd go tell.her to sling her hook for you with pleasure!

I'm menopausal and taking no prisoners!

You go tell her to go. Your daughter is ill. She needs to leave immediately. I would also consider changing the locks in case as she knows when your daughter is going to be away.

It's foolish to allow her to stay until the end of the month. She has no right to be there. I'd go there at the weekend and tell her to get out immediately.

The longer she is there the greater will be her feeling that she has a right to be there!

What a CF! If my kid behaved like this I’d be so embarrassed! OP I’d be very firmly helping her move out as soon as work is over on Friday night!

Get her out before DD goes into hospital else she'll come out to find "friend" has changed the locks on her! This person has deliberately taken advantage of someone who is both kind and vulnerable through illness. No friend at all, just a user sponging off LL and pals alike.

Go round tomorrow, change the locks and put all her stuff in black bin bags to be collected on a text. Wot a user. She is no friend and should be ashamed of herself. If she complains threaten to tell her work. They should shut her up!
Love and care to your lovely daughter aw get well soon xxx

If we lived locally I would most certainly have gone round to the flat before now and given her a piece of my mind. Unfortunately we live a good 3 hours away . She has apparently told my daughter she will try to stay out to give my daughter “ space “ ! She then arrives back at the flat , has a long hot shower and uses the washing machine for about 3/4 items of gym wear !! Goodness knows what the electricity bills will be .If my daughter was in good health I’m sure she would deal with this firmly but she’s tired and weak after being in hospital and likely to have to go in again. I have spoken to her on the phone and her father and I will be travelling down as soon as possible.

Lucy the leech does sound very parasitical!
I hope she goes quietly.

Has she slung her hook yet @4seasons ? And hope your DD is recovering well.

Hope she’s gone. If not, you need to turn up tomorrow for packing help. Perhaps tell the landlord that your dd has lost her spare Set of keys and you are happy to cover the cost of changing the locks. Make sure a copy goes to the landlord/letting agency.

A happy update .. friend obviously found someone else to leech off and moved out a few days ago !! Much relief all around. On the other hand our daughters health has taken a turn for the worst and we are travelling to see her today . Fully expecting her to be hospitalised again. Fingers crossed that she can get treatment that helps.
Thank you all so much for your support over the “ friend “ issue . It’s been very appreciated.

Glad to hear the flatmate has gone, sorry to hear about your daughter! wishing you all the very best of luck and strength xx

Sorry to hear about your daughter's health. Glad to hear the freeloader has gone, but I have to say I would still ensure the locks are changed. Often all you need to do is swap out the barrel - quick and easy, and quite cheap.

Better do that for peace of mind than have your daughter come out of hospital and find that whoever the woman is leeching off at the moment has also got sick of her and turfed her out, and she's back!

You cannot change locks! The LL has a key. What about them? I might speak to the LL and say you believe a key might have been stolen. Saying the freeloader was there is not a great idea and might invalidate the contract. Have a look at it. Changing the lock might too! Be careful about what you do. Plus ensure DD doesn’t do this again. Evicted for non payment of rent is a no no.

You absolutely can change the locks @TizerorFizz !

If an agreement says not to, it’s a bad idea. I can see in principle it makes sense but a LL has a right to enter with notice. How do they do this? There’s some difficulty around changing locks which should be considered.

That’s great news.
Now just concentrate on your daughter getting better. Hugs.

These are the reasons why the tenant should not do this without consulting the LL. It’s far better to say key is lost.

Aw, glad about the friend but sorry your daughter is having a hard time. Wishing her a speedy recovery.

My sibling recently died and was living in my parent's old home. When my parent died my other sibling and I agreed that they could continue to live there (we 3 inherited the house). I do not live nearby.

About a year ago, it was mentioned that there were 2 "friends" also now living there. Not paying rent or contributing to bills. My sibling was vulnerable and it looks like potentially a cuckooing situation. This only became apparent in the last few days.

Any advice about how much notice to give or the procedure that we should follow to get them to leave.

@vjg13 - can I suggest you start a new thread about this, I’m not sure legally what would be the best to do, and you’ll get better answers if you start from scratch.