Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

Recently, a story about eviction went viral on the AITA community after a worried parent shared an incident they had with their tenants. It turns out that the family bought their second home when their son was born, which was 22 years ago. The parents planned to gift this flat to their child when he grew up so he could move into his own home.

“When we bought it we listed it for rent, and a lovely couple started renting. They went on to have 6 children,” the author wrote. But as time went by, the tenants were happy to stay where they were and this is how twenty-two years have passed by.

The time has come for the author’s son to receive his promised flat, but their tenants were far from impressed with moving out. Read on below to see how the story ended and share your thoughts in the comments!

Recently, a home owner asked if it was wrong to evict a family of six who were their tenants for 22 years

Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

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Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

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Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

The author shared more key details about the whole situation

Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

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While people expressed their thoughts, the author responded to some of the questions in the comments

Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

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Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

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N Miller 2 years ago

BP missed the: "FINAL UPDATE- Update: I’ve had a few comments and messages asking for an update, so here it is. It’s pretty anticlimactic. Some on here suggested a cash for keys idea. We did talk to a lawyer, and everything with that was above board. So we talked to our tenants. We offered them cash, to leave, and without any damage. There would be no cash if any damage other than wear and tear (and we were in the home in April) was present. They agreed. We negotiated with them, came up with a sum that worked for both parties, and a date. They will be Out November 30th. They will use the cash to add to their current savings for a down payment. But a contract between them and us has been signed."

52points

ZebraFromTheMoon 2 years ago

How does this work? I dont understand, why the owner had to pay to get them out? Is this something common to do?

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Jus 2 years ago

This is sad and annoying. You have a property you paid for and someone feels so entitled to it they smear your name. To pay them? Awful.

15points

Jcusack 2 years ago

Wish I had read this earlier. My family had almost the same thing happen. My great-grandfather had a small home (2 bed 1 bath 900sf) that was passed to my grandmother. Our family lived in it until I was about 6 and the 5 of us left. A single man moved in and lived in that home until my brother graduated college. He was understandably upset when he was asked to move out 17 years later. We did not bribe him to leave though, but definitely thought he would mess up the place. Ended up perfectly fine and I actually started my family there and once I moved out my sister and her kids are now in it.

3points

Karin Morris 1 year ago

I'd never pay someone to not behave badly For gods sake that's exactly why people are so entitled now. If they wreck your place. Prosecute them!!

-1point

AspieGirl88 2 years ago

The family renting were told from the beginning that the owners would be giving the property to their son; & since they OWN the place, they DO have a legal right to send any current tenants packing, regardless of how immoral it may seem from other peoples POV. Honestly, most landlords wouldn’t be so nice about it, from what I’ve seen. More often than not, tenants would be lucky to get 14 days to find a new place & get all possessions moved out before that deadline, or some may not even get a warning at all (where the landlord just shows up, giving them 24 hours to take as much as they can & then GTFO). This family had YEARS to prepare themselves to move elsewhere, but instead decided to push their luck & try to take advantage of this landlords kindness, even going on to have 6 children. Now that they can’t find a place big enough for them & their children, suddenly the landlords are the ones at fault (yet no one forced them to have unprotected $ëx)! Definitely NTA. 🤔🤷‍♀️

15points

Tunk Moot Lopper Reebit 2 years ago

Lucky hey? And enough. People can choose to have a family without having it degraded to unprotected sex by some random person. It is not a comparative study. Agree or not after living somewhere for 22 years anything less than 6 months notice is not nice.

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S Mi 2 years ago

I appreciate that they gave the people a bit more time. Not by any means required, but shows true kindness. Moving after that long, especially when it's not your choice is hard. Giving them time, especially when the landlord did not immediately need the space is the world I'd like to live in, tbh.

7points

Gabriel Sbárbaro 1 year ago

I agree that it was kind, but it was NOT necessary... the renting family knew since the beginning this day will come, they repeated the message in 2018 and OP do mentions the husband was in the home earlier and he mentioned again... so this two months notice doesn't come as a surprise by any means... they had a 20 years notice...

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N Miller 2 years ago

52points

ZebraFromTheMoon 2 years ago

How does this work? I dont understand, why the owner had to pay to get them out? Is this something common to do?

21points

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Jus 2 years ago

This is sad and annoying. You have a property you paid for and someone feels so entitled to it they smear your name. To pay them? Awful.

15points

Jcusack 2 years ago

3points

Karin Morris 1 year ago

I'd never pay someone to not behave badly For gods sake that's exactly why people are so entitled now. If they wreck your place. Prosecute them!!

-1point

AspieGirl88 2 years ago

15points

Tunk Moot Lopper Reebit 2 years ago

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S Mi 2 years ago

7points

Landlord Wonders If They Were Wrong To Evict Family Of 8 After 22 Years After They Get Blasted All Over Social Media

Recently, a home owner asked if it was wrong to evict a family of six who were their tenants for 22 years

The author shared more key details about the whole situation

While people expressed their thoughts, the author responded to some of the questions in the comments

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