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I moved into a friend's apartment on Nov 5, agreeing to pay him half of the rent and utilities. ?I paid all of this on the day asked for Nov. and Dec. ?He decided he didn't want me in the apartment any more for personal reasons of having an argument that involved only yelling about noise. ?He told me he would be taking my rent but I was not allowed there. ?My stuff would be accessible, but I wasn't allowed on the premises for long term or he would have mamagent evict me because I'm not on his lease. ?I'm currently on business travel and not able to move out until 15 days from now. ?He told me he would prorate my rent to the day I leave, but I can't stay there. ?Did he change the nature of our oral agreement by saying I couldn't stay there only store my stuff? ?Does he have any legal grounds here? ?Thanks!
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In the absence of a lease with the landlord, you are a licensee or at best a tenant at sufferance. Because your oral agreement did not have a "duration" term, it is presumably terminable at will by either party. It doesn't sound fair or appropriate that you should be required to pay rent for a time period when you are being denied occupancy by your "friend," and I doubt that a court would enforce that requirement. In any event, you need to find someplace else to live.
Answered on Dec 04th, 2012 at 12:26 PM