Tenant Elimination…Done (finally!)
So, yesterday I received the Writ of Possession from the court….finally! It came in roughly 20 days from the date I filed the eviction papers. In the mean time, the tenants, having found out that I filed eviction, vandalized the house.
They broke all the external doors and kicked a hole in a very strong plaster wall in one of the bedrooms. And, of course, left the place a TOTAL mess. They even left a locked vehicle in the garage registered to someone else in another town. The police ran the tag and it did not come back stolen thankfully. They advised me that it was on private property and I could have it removed at will. So I waited for the Writ of Possession to come and I had it towed. I think it was registered to the grandmother of one of the tenants. Whatever…
So, I had the doors repaired/replaced and there is a cleaning crew in there today working on it. I think that there is only one working light bulb in the whole house because they were too lazy to change the ones that burned out.
On a positive note, I got to really sit down and talk with the neighbors to find out exactly what was going on at the house when these dirtbags lived there.
It turns out that someone was selling drugs out of the house. The neighbors reported that there was a huge amount of vehicular traffic in and out of the house from about 5pm to 4am every day of the week. Nice huh? And not to mention that one of the tenants had recently been granted custody of her two VERY young kids (which I knew before they moved in.) The interesting thing is that this kind of activity is very foreign to this neighborhood. I advised all the neighbors I spoke with that in the future, if there is any activity that even looks suspect, call the police. And if they even so much as leave their garbage cans out for 24 hours after garbage pickup, call Code Enforcement.
Judging from all the kids toys left behind at the house, my guess is that the kids were taken back from her. Quite sad. In fact, this situation is further proof that you should have to get a license before you bear children.
Anyway, enough pulpit pounding, the house will be back to normal soon, the tenant deposit I retained will be about half way depleted, the trash will be gone and the White Trash is finally gone. Good riddance!
