What is the name of your state? Texas
Last year, I allowed a friend to move a fifth wheel trailer onto my property. The occupants were to be her and her child. She asked if a friend could move in to help with child care. Shortly after that, she and her child moved out, leaving the friend. Originally she was to stay there until the beginning of summer. I was not going to charge rent, just the difference in utilities.
Once she moved out, the friend was the only occupant. She had no job at the time. She asked for a lease so I found a generic lease for a month to month and printed it out. I gave her a copy of the lease but she never returned it. So I considered it month to month. She agreed, verbally, in lieu of rent to help out around the farm. I gave her a short list of things to do, none of which she did.
The friend was there for six months when I began to notice certain behaviors. There was trash strewn all around the outside of the trailer. I did not realize she was a hoarder and once she filled the trailer, she started stacking stuff outside. She also purchased a short shipping container and had it delivered near the trailer, without permission. I live in a rural area, so there is no HOA and the house or trailer cannot be seen from the road. The trash outside considered to pile up. There was now a trail of plastic bins, plastic bags full of stuff, and other items generally piled up between the trailer and the container. She still had no job by the spring of 2021. Yes, unemployment was an issue during the pandemic but she works in a field that is in high demand. On May 1st, I gave her notice to vacate within 30 days.
Memorial day weekend she shows up with a small u-haul and loads up a lot of her stuff. She does no cleaning and there is still trash strewn about. This is now causing issues because some of it is attracting bugs and other animals. She says she is having issues making arrangements for moving the container and asks for more time. I give her two more weeks.
Now she wants two months to move the container. I and friends have spent our free time during the past two weeks cleaning up the trash. She has not helped at all. She has had six weeks to move her personal property. Am I legally required to let her back on my property? At what point is the container considered abandoned property?
Last year, I allowed a friend to move a fifth wheel trailer onto my property. The occupants were to be her and her child. She asked if a friend could move in to help with child care. Shortly after that, she and her child moved out, leaving the friend. Originally she was to stay there until the beginning of summer. I was not going to charge rent, just the difference in utilities.
Once she moved out, the friend was the only occupant. She had no job at the time. She asked for a lease so I found a generic lease for a month to month and printed it out. I gave her a copy of the lease but she never returned it. So I considered it month to month. She agreed, verbally, in lieu of rent to help out around the farm. I gave her a short list of things to do, none of which she did.
The friend was there for six months when I began to notice certain behaviors. There was trash strewn all around the outside of the trailer. I did not realize she was a hoarder and once she filled the trailer, she started stacking stuff outside. She also purchased a short shipping container and had it delivered near the trailer, without permission. I live in a rural area, so there is no HOA and the house or trailer cannot be seen from the road. The trash outside considered to pile up. There was now a trail of plastic bins, plastic bags full of stuff, and other items generally piled up between the trailer and the container. She still had no job by the spring of 2021. Yes, unemployment was an issue during the pandemic but she works in a field that is in high demand. On May 1st, I gave her notice to vacate within 30 days.
Memorial day weekend she shows up with a small u-haul and loads up a lot of her stuff. She does no cleaning and there is still trash strewn about. This is now causing issues because some of it is attracting bugs and other animals. She says she is having issues making arrangements for moving the container and asks for more time. I give her two more weeks.
Now she wants two months to move the container. I and friends have spent our free time during the past two weeks cleaning up the trash. She has not helped at all. She has had six weeks to move her personal property. Am I legally required to let her back on my property? At what point is the container considered abandoned property?
