Tenant’s son is smoking in bed?

Tenant’s son is smoking in bed?

0:02 AM, 17th October 2024, About An hour ago

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My tenant has been with me for over 10 years. When she moved into the premises she had two children who are now adults in their 20’s. The daughter has left home but the son has continued to live in the property.

On carrying out some checks in 2021 it was discovered that the son was smoking in bed and I sent her a strongly worded letter asking that he did not smoke in the house otherwise this would result in an eviction as it was against the tenancy agreement. I did not pursue this as I assumed (wrongly) that my tenant would adhere to my request.

We have visited the property on several occasions but have never been able to access the son’s bedroom as he spends most of his time in bed.
Last week the gas check was carried out but as the boiler was showing a loss of pressure, the gas engineer needed to access each room to make sure there was not a leak on any of the radiators.

He entered the son’s bedroom having to use some force to open the door as the son would not answer. The son was in bed asleep, the room stank of smoke and it was quite clear that he was still smoking in bed.

Am I within my rights to tell the son he needs to leave my premises? He is not on the contract.

Thanks,

Eady


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