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Can a landlord forbid the occasional guest?
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I had my girlfriend come over for the first time since moving into the place I'm renting, The owner lives downstairs and i rent out a room upstairs. I was shocked to receive a message within a minute of getting into my room saying to not ever have guests over in the future. Shortly after that i received another message saying she must leave right now. There was no disturbing of the peace or any damage done of any kind to have him say something like this. He also has forbidden the other 3 guys renting upstairs any guests aswell. He knew i had a guest over i might add by viewing a camera he has set up outside my room door which shows every time i enter or leave i might add. What are my options and rights?
Thankyou
A landlord is the property owner and may restrict or ban any illegal conduct on the premises so if that means no overnight sexual partners or any exchange of money that is allowed. It may be the owner is simply unfolding those local laws about his kind of zoned property
Barbara Billiot StageForeclosure AttorneyOrlando, FLFL licensed ·
If your lease says no overnight guests then he can prohibit you from having guests. If you knew the conditions when you entered into the lease your options are to obey the rules or move.
If this wasn't a condition of your lease you can dispute it with your landlord, but you would be better off moving because he will not renew any lease and will evict you the first chance he gets.
Andrew Lawrence WeitzPersonal Injury LawyerNew York, NY ·
As odd and puritan as this sounds, from what I have been able to find, Florida has a cohabitation law, a sodomy law, and... wait for it... a fornication law. Your landlord doesn't need a specific clause in the lease prohibiting an overnight guest if s/he can prove one of these three and the lease allows for eviction in the case you are engaged in illegal or immoral activities. if you are on a month to month lease, which is common for renting a room, give your thirty days notice and run to enlightened territory. The camera outside your door doesn't really bother me. Security is always a good thing. Oh, yeah, the legislature, with forethought and wisdom exempted a mother's breastfeeding her child from these laws. Whom they thought was going to be prosecuted and for what, I don't know.
The answer to this question depends on the (1) living arrangements between the landlord and tenant and (2) whether there's a lease between the parties prohibiting such guests. If a tenant is renting a room within a landlord's home--or has multiple tenants in one home, I can see a Court being understanding of such a rule--and thus, find such a rule reasonable for safety reasons. This is especially true if there's a lease agreement prohibiting such guests. However, if the premises are limited to 1 tenant--or if each tenant have separate premises, this rule is less likely to be enforced by the Court since such a rule will be unreasonable--even if there's a lease provision prohibiting such guests.
