Does Any Body Know About Ohio Real Estate Laws?
i bought a home from a private individual and the contract says that she has 90 from closing to remove her items etc, can i still be living in my new home and move her things out in the garage. she is wanting to have an inside auction and keep all the furniture in the bedrooms and the basement, and im painting all the walls and the ceilings and etc, putting up all new lights and carpet and have tons of repairs and improvements to make to my new home, it has come out in the paper and she has her money for the house, but refuses to change utilities from her name to mine until she is done. i dont feel she even has enough stuff for a three hour auction and people will be in my house with new paint and carpet etc and should some one get hurt or damage my house, during the auction, whom is responsible?
This is something that should have been addressed in your contract, as your contract is, or rather was, negotiable.
1) your contract should have said that the premises would be delivered broom clean and free of all belongings and personal items on the date of closing. If it isn’t empty, then you don’t close.
2) how nice of you to be paying a mortgage and allowing her to use and occupy the property for free. If she needed additional time to move, you should have insisted on a use & occupancy agreement, payment for you from the sellers proceeds and a hefty escrow held back from her proceeds to ensure that she not only vacated on time but did no damages.
If she has 90 days, it’s hers for the next 90 days. You don’t have a say. You just get to write the checks.
Since you own it, it’s your insurance policy and you that will be liable if someone gets hurt.
Forget about damage. Kids can drip and drop grape popsicles all over your nice new carpet and good luck getting a single dime from her.