Hello ,
A friend owes me money ($750) for rent owed because she needed a place to stay because hers flooded and landlord wouldn’t fix it and so I let her stay at my place until she found a new place (4 months ago). I went to stay with my gf to let the friend be comfortable , but agreed that they pay full rent but are free to bring in her items (she said that some of the items are too big to fit through the apartment door and she didn’t need some others and so she rented a storage place by her full will), have keys to the place , the parking spot, and not pay for TV,internet, and TV. I have witness , written agreement , receipts of rent paid, summary of total amounts, and written correspondents from me to her with signature of witness. She has not been paying the rent owed , but pays partial at times after trying to get hold of them many times. I have spoke to her in person , phone , text , email , facebook (have record and witnesses of everything). I made sure the friend received all the records needed and have acknowledgment from her about it.
I am renting the place and I spoke to the landlord before that and he was ok with it as long as he still receives the rent on time , in which I made sure of that on my end and have a record of that as well. According to section 5 of Tenant Law of Ontario the sublet is responsible as well as the tenant for obligations of rental contract and any contract between tenant and sublet. The friend only gives me partials at random times in which I record. She has not been actively looking for a place to stay since it’s been 4 months. She works as a supervisor at a call centre and makes decent money and does not have much to pay for (from my knowledge of her , known her for 4 years now) and beside I wasn’t given any reasons of why the rent is not being paid. All I hear is personal drama , how sick she is, family activities, and so on. Every time I try to settle things oh someone died , niece is sick , I am sick , and so on. She enjoys a full social life however hanging out with friends at the bar , going to different functions, and so on. Nothing indicating that she’s sick or that there is a financial problem going on.
Since middle of May, she only managed to get $100 few days back morning but didn’t say when I’ll get the rest. She told me to go to the place in the next afternoon and the money will be there in an envelope (have this in a text). When I asked her about the rest , she had no answer. I went to my place to get that money and the envelope had calculations written in it as if the person was thinking of how much I should get. There was a paper next to it neatly folded that DOES attract attention to it. I opened the paper and it was the last rent summary I gave her with calculations of what I should get and written in it “according to tenant law , not responsible for storage fees (of her items) and said -$400 (pays $100/month for it). I wrote to her in a text that I received her message loud and clear and that she’ll have some reading materials to look at. This was 29th of May.
I printed for her the entire Residential Tenancies Act of 2006 and highlighted the important parts about subletting including sections that said she’s responsible for full rent and their own outside expenses as well like storage. I gave her an ultimatum of 3 weeks (May 29 - June 19) to get rest of money or to leave (written and signed by witness). I am so fed up with not being communicated with so I know what’s going on , and feel that I am getting hustled by her so that she enjoys a free place in which I can’t afford to do that. She asked me to meet her at my place and I brought my gf with me. The friend said she’ll get the rest because she doesn’t need the “stress” and will pawn some items. The 3 weeks are ending today and she messaged me just few hours back saying she has $100 and begs me to stay until end of month ; I asked her only if she tells me when I’ll get the rest and she didn’t say anything.
At this point I am extremely disappointed in them because I Feel that I am getting played and disrespected by someone who’s supposed to be a “friend”. I don’t know what to do at this point or how I should proceed. I didn’t think this is what I’ll get for helping a friend out who was in need. Sorry it’s long and I’ll explain anything that needs to be explained and don’t mind the advise as long as it’s not negative criticism without a solution. If a person can disrespect me like this , they can’t really be a friend (even though I kept referring to her as friend while writing). I ended up going to the hospital because of extreme stress that I was vomiting non stop with blood to the point I fainted. This is too much.
Thanks for letting me vent and hope I didn’t bore all of you with this.
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