Cost to evict month to month tenant in brooklyn

Hi, how much should I expect to spend to evict my month to month no lease tenants. Reason I want them out is because they are paying way under market rate.

mjkelly

in General Discussion 6 years and 3 months ago

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yudashasom | 6 years and 3 months ago

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Why would you assume they rented it out? Go by the property, check for permits online.. maybe they are strapped for cash because they are doing a renovation and can’t do an increase. Talk to them.

mjkelly

in General Discussion 6 years and 3 months ago

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They purchased a house over a year ago, so I assume they rented it out.

resident2 | 6 years and 3 months ago

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In your case of the tenants having bought but not moving… Maybe they are doing renovations, maybe they have tenants that are paying more rent than they are!
No matter; send them a one month notice of the increase of rent.
Either they accept it of move out! OK, they do not move out, but you now have a higher basis for Use & Occupancy (Rent is not called rent during the holdover occupancy period) if you do need to bring eviction (Holdover proceeding) case against them.
You may still need to bring a holdover, but start by raising the rent. As a month to month tenant of a free market apartment you do not need to negotiate a rent with them. It is not their choice, it is yours. The only choice the tenant has is to pay the increase or move.

mjkelly

in General Discussion 6 years and 3 months ago

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The apartment is not rent stabilized unit. They are refusing to pay market rate, funny thing is they purchased a property in brooklyn but are still not leaving.

resident2 | 6 years and 3 months ago

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If you do have the right to evict them: they are not rent stabilized, not rent controlled etc. The apartment is a legal class A unit in a building properly registered with HPD etc. It can take up to 6-9 months.
If there is no lease; you have to serve them a 30 day notice to vacate; have the Attorney do this, it will cost $90-250 including service. This has to be worded correctly & served properly, do not be cheap! If they have not moved out at the termination of that; your attorney files for a court date, more papers to serve etc. At this point your Attorney will want approx $550-750.
The way it normally goes from here, if the tenants have some “advice” it goes like this: You get a court date, the tenant does not show up. Your Attorney files a default notice, it is served on the tenants. They then file an order to show cause, claiming they never got the first notice…. your Attorney shows evidence etc, but moves to a hearing. Tenant will claim they need to consult an Attorney…. 30 day delay. They come back with an Attorney if they have a case: see my first line. Or th ey have no defense and they come back with no attorney, but need time to move.
If they are up to date with their rent they will get up to six months to move…. They must keep paying their rent. It is often arranged that if they move sooner, you the landlord waive all back rent etc for immediate move out or pay them something to move sooner if they are up to date.
So how much does it cost? A lot if you are trying to be cheap with the lawyer, or a lot in months of lost rent & time…
This is why it is not good to not give tenants an increase to keep the rent reasonably current in market rent. And always have a current lease; with a current lease, you do not need to serve the 30 day notice up front.

shahnandersen

in General Discussion 6 years and 3 months ago

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Is this a Rent Stabilized unit? If so then the tenants were entitled to a lease renewal. Why didn’t they get one? If the unit is not rent regulated then you can raise the rent at any time. No need to evict the tenants unless they refuse refuse to pay the increased rent.

yudashasom | 6 years and 3 months ago

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The cost is negligible – the length of time it takes is another story.