Want to stop a person setting foot on my property how ?

[Thunderchild]

My sister and myself own a house which our father lives in. He has a "girlfriend" who sold her house to move in with her parents only to have a row with her mother (who is going a little insane) and be thrown out by the police. My father very stupidly allowed her to go and live with him. Although they are in a relationship living together is out of the question and as predicted they have done nothing but argue and the final straw came when my sister went over last night and she basically wouldn't let him talk to her. My sister arrived at my house on the verge of an asma (sorry can't spell that one right) attack and if it weren't for the fact that I have an electronic medical device in the house that can help deal with such matters instead of calling my father 10 minutes later to tell him to get some damn back bone I'd have been dialing 999 and getting my sister to hospital.

The woman is supposed to be moving into a place tomorrow (whether that materializes or not is another matter). She has so far despite given £6'000 away to her daughters and spent £1'000 on a new hearing aid she didn't really need as her NHS one was fine has point blank refused to pay for her keep but has been treating our house like her own, (bossing my sister around).

I want this person out and never to return as enough is enough. If my dad really wants to see her he can go and see her. I do not want her on the property again once she leaves and if her new place mysteriously falls through I still want her OUT !

Is there something my sister and myself can get like a restraining order to stop her coming to the property again ?

[Thunderchild]

well eddie that was my original question, can I get a restraining order and do i need to provide motives etc ? I thought trespassing was a crime anyhow

[boxtops]

It's not trespassing if your father has invited her in. If she has a key, changing the locks seems to be the first step.

[Thunderchild]

she does not have a key, he never he trusted her that much himself !

[sara3]

come back and let us know how you get on with the police.

[RATTER15]

To get a restraining order your father needs to prove that she is a threat of harm or serious harassment.

[tamborine]

Send your father's gf a rent bill. Notify her she has 1 month to pay or you will take steps to evict her.

[mrs_overall]

As I see it, your father is your tenant and has to abide by any rules you stipulated in a tenancy contract...which I am guessing you don't have in place.
It is your father's home and as such he can have in his home who he wants.
The big question is - has your father actually said he wants her out? Unless he has said that he does, I don't think that legally you can do much about it.
If he HAS said he wants her out, then pack up her stuff, tell her to collect it and tell her to sling her hook.

[cassa333]

Does your father have a tenancy agreement? Does he pay rent? and if so is it the going rate? You have said he gets the single persons rebate on council tax so should tell them he is no longer living alone. How long has the GF been living there?

Although it is your house you have in effect a tenant. Your father, unless you have given him a boa fide tenancy agreement with specific rules about subletting etc can have whoever he likes in his home.

Your father may want her out of his life but that is for him to do with the help of you his DAUGHTER not you his LANDLADY as you have no right to stop him having friends round he likes.

[cassa333]

Sorry it posted before I finished editing!!1

It has been suggested that you send her a rent bill but I would check before doing so as by giving her a rent book and proof she paying you or your father money she could in effect become a tenant and she may well gain rights you do not want her to have.

[marval]

What worries me is that she deliberately damaged the phone, so he could not phone for help. That is not sane behaviour, I don't know the legalities of it, but if her father feels threatened by her then something needs to be done. Forget how you feel, really find out what your father wants, if he wants her out then be there when he tells her. For your father's sake this needs sorting, he is an adult, but maybe just needs a bit of advice and moral support.

[Richard1966]

I think actually, i did answer the original question. The problem here is that you want an easy solution by getting someone else to do your dirty work. If you don't want her at your house, tell her not to come and enforce that by locking the door or changing the locks.

[Thunderchild]

Don't worry Richard I'll be doing the dirty work. As soon as I have put away all the gear from today's event I'll be going over and I'll ask HER what happened to MY phone and informing her that as of tomorrow she is OUT.

I will visit the police tomorrow and find out what our position is.

[Thunderchild]

Yes Marvel, now that I know what happened to the phone I am worried myself but can only do things on a certain time scale, If I find her in the house tuesday night I will notify the police that I am evicting her and all of her belongings !

[boxtops]

Let us know how you get on.

[Thunderchild]

if I don't end up in jail

[Thunderchild]

well she has been told and apparently agree's

[boxtops]

"Apparently agrees..." ? are you doubtful?