Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

I want to sell my house. Although, the tenant signed a notice to vacate the property, the tenant refuses to leave. The lease expired in March 2017 in anticipation of me selling the house. At a magistrate hearing yesterday, the judge granted a monetary judgement for past bills owed but would not grant me possession of my home because I had no proof of selling the house. The current tenant has gone beyond normal wear and tear of the property, so I need to get the tenant out so i can clean and make necessary repairs before putting the home on the market for viewing of perspective buyers. How do I reconcile this dilemma?


Asked on 10/21/17, 2:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

You reconcile this dilemma by getting a real lawyer. Something you should have done back when you decided to sell the house. You weren't planning on selling it without a lawyer. My guess is that for another $500 this problem would have been solved. But you chintzed. So now you'll be lucky to solve this with less than $3000 in legal fees now Not to mention the damage done which is probably unrecoverable.

So yo "saved over -$2500 in legal fees plus the time it's going to take to evict the tenant plus the cost to repair. All to save $500.

{John}

PS: it would be nice to know where this happened. Sounds like you have one of the few tenant friendly Djs in the Commonwealth

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Answered on 10/22/17, 11:53 am


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