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Posted by MikeW on December 26, 2000 at 16:58:12:

In Reply to: Tenant From Hell ---> PLEASE ADVISE posted by Denis G on December 26, 2000 at 16:01:50:

This should be a pretty straightforward non-payment action. Real bread and butter stuff for any landlord attorney. The $5-10K in rent a month that your losing because she isn't paying will finance quite a bit of litigation.

Also, here's a quick way of dealing with her subtenants. Change the lock on the building door. Get a Medeco or Multilock cylinder that can't have a key cut for it without an identity card. You'll have to give her a copy, but only ONE copy. She won't be able to make more for her tenants.

: My family are the owners of a 5 story building in lower manhattan. The groud floor is rented out commercially, and the 4 floors above are all lofts (125' x 35'). A looong time ago, about 20 yrs now, maybe longer, a tenant moved in ( I believe she was/is an artist). She paid some rent for a while, then stopped completely. She started out renting two lofts, and completely stopped paying rent on both. A few years later, she divided up the lofts and subletted the area to other artists/tenants (and began collecting rent without paying us a dime). We have tried to remove her many times, but lawyers have told us that the time and effort required is not worth the reward. To me, this is crazy. A woman who claims to be an artist (Doesnt live in NYC for more than 3 months a yr, lives in Virginia for the other 9 mths) is living in our building rent free, and still collects rent from half a dozen of her own tenants. What can we do about this situation? Surely, there has to be a law that can have her removed. I was told that if the space was to be used for the owners of the building (ie: commerically for the owners of the building's use), she can be removed. Can anyone help me in this situation?
: Thanks,
: Denis G.

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• Re: Get a better lawyer TenantNet 12/26/00 (3)
  • Yes, but... MikeW 12/27/00 (2)
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      • Just to make clear... MikeW 12/27/00 (0)

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: This should be a pretty straightforward non-payment action.  Real bread and butter stuff for any landlord attorney.  The $5-10K in rent a month that your losing because she isn't paying will finance quite a bit of litigation.

: Also, here's a quick way of dealing with her subtenants.  Change the lock on the building door.  Get a Medeco or Multilock cylinder that can't have a key cut for it without an identity card.  You'll have to give her a copy, but only ONE copy.  She won't be able to make more for her tenants.

: : My family are the owners of a 5 story building in lower manhattan.  The groud floor is rented out commercially, and the 4 floors above are all lofts (125' x 35').  A looong time ago, about 20 yrs now, maybe longer, a tenant moved in ( I believe she was/is an artist).  She paid some rent for a while, then stopped completely.  She started out renting two lofts, and completely stopped paying rent on both.  A few years later, she divided up the lofts and subletted the area to other artists/tenants (and began collecting rent without paying us a dime).  We have tried to remove her many times, but lawyers have told us that the time and effort required is not worth the reward.  To me, this is crazy.  A woman who claims to be an artist (Doesnt live in NYC for more than 3 months a yr, lives in Virginia for the other 9 mths) is living in our building rent free, and still collects rent from half a dozen of her own tenants.  What can we do about this situation?  Surely, there has to be a law that can have her removed.  I was told that if the space was to be used for the owners of the building (ie: commerically for the owners of the building's use), she can be removed.  Can anyone help me in this situation?
: : Thanks,
: : Denis G.


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