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49. Sure, you have the right. That's not in dispute.

Sat Oct 13, 2012, 04:51 PM

Oct 2012

And you're not required to understand anything if you choose not to. If it was me, I'd find out why they were there and try to work something out, even helping them find other housing. But I'd never throw someone out on the street unless I was convinced they 'deserved' it.

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Heidi Peterson, Detroit Homeowner, Finds Squatter In House [View all] shawn703 Oct 2012 OP

What is a 'boiler'? And why would it take nearly two years to fix it? randome Oct 2012 #1

A boiler heats the home and provides hot water. NT NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #2

Call that a hot water heater here. randome Oct 2012 #4

perhaps she had to have all of the plumbing ripped out SemperEadem Oct 2012 #12

'Early last year', the article says. randome Oct 2012 #15

I encourage you to read response #14 SemperEadem Oct 2012 #22

What difference does it make how long it was? Switching out a boiler is expensive. pnwmom Oct 2012 #23

+1 hrmjustin Oct 2012 #52

I replaced my hot water heater in a day. A boiler is Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #26

Everyone! I got it! As I posted in #16 more than 90 minutes ago. randome Oct 2012 #29

we're just making sure...did you wiki it yet? snooper2 Oct 2012 #66

Well, have you ever been back East, or in a 100 year old building with radiators? NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #14

OK, then. Thanks for setting me straight. randome Oct 2012 #16

I was surprised to learn these things myself when I first moved to NYC. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #64

Thank you for that enlightening answer, Skip. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #31

A clinker is a fused mineral deposit that rattles around in the firebox. Thor_MN Oct 2012 #36

You can still find them on the shore. Brickbat Oct 2012 #45

it's a scam that has been going on for awile shanti Oct 2012 #72

A hot water heater makes hot drinking/showering water jeff47 Oct 2012 #30

No. This is for a Hydronic heating system, not forced air NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #38

Totally different items jmowreader Oct 2012 #77

Costs about $4 - 10K depending on required size and what else is broken along with the boiler. jerseyjack Oct 2012 #8

I'm thinking the "old style radiator type heat" if the "boiler died" then she'd replace whole system Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #18

I've learned a lot on a seemingly innocuous post on DU. randome Oct 2012 #19

Me too. dkf Oct 2012 #37

They could call it "Lien on Me" Orrex Oct 2012 #3

Good one! randome Oct 2012 #5

Good one. That's funny nt freedom fighter jh Oct 2012 #7

This story seems fishy BeliQueen Oct 2012 #6

The boiler was working when she bought the house. Not so fishy. Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #20

I'd probably get a bat and crush the mother fucking piece of shit trying to steal my property. nt Lucky Luciano Oct 2012 #9

I guess that's one way to go about it. randome Oct 2012 #10

Your username made that a given! ;-) nt Codeine Oct 2012 #78

I would go and file eviction papers on her at the county court house first SemperEadem Oct 2012 #11

I was a land lord, and it is hard to get a tenant-squatter out. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #27

Don't forget the trashing of the house once they actually do have to leave... Lightbulb_on Oct 2012 #87

Oh, always. It's the law.nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #90

Right... Since the squatters have shown such respect... Lightbulb_on Oct 2012 #91

UK law was changed in September dipsydoodle Oct 2012 #13

Yikes! Submariner Oct 2012 #17

She had a lease at one point. May be more complicated. nt Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #21

Be careful. See 27 above. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #28

if you did that, she might just end up owning you and the property too Alameda Oct 2012 #71

why can't she call the police,(show the deed) have her arrested and removed? Sunlei Oct 2012 #24

Because a judge, not the cops, has to order that. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #34

Why cant she call the police and have her arrested for breaking and entering then? cstanleytech Oct 2012 #40

Because squatting is not legally the same as B&E, and is in fact protected by the law. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #48

Wow, thats just wierd. cstanleytech Oct 2012 #50

The main reason is that, legally, there is no reason for them to be involved. Posteritatis Oct 2012 #61

A similar situation badhair77 Oct 2012 #25

Another simmilar situation. True story. R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2012 #32

I've heard similar stories from several different landlords. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2012 #82

"What would you do in this situation?" tama Oct 2012 #33

If your house was unlivable during repairs DonCoquixote Oct 2012 #63

FOX story, don't trust them tama Oct 2012 #74

The odds are good this story is bullshit... hunter Oct 2012 #35

I go right into my house and force them out at gunpoint. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #39

i love tough-guy-talk CreekDog Oct 2012 #41

It's not tough guy talk. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #42

Taking any action without knowing the facts is not a very smart way to conduct oneself. randome Oct 2012 #44

I would know the facts if it was my own home. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #47

Sure, you have the right. That's not in dispute. randome Oct 2012 #49

You may make that choice. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #51

The laws are different in different states and municipalities eilen Oct 2012 #67

I know. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #68

see how easy it is to get them out while your ass is sitting in jail CreekDog Oct 2012 #53

I'm sure he'd pick them up with one hand and toss them out the door. randome Oct 2012 #54

The police would drag them out after they arrived. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #55

well i don't point a gun at someone unless i need to shoot them CreekDog Oct 2012 #56

No, they could run away. And I could do nothing about it. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #59

Well that's one way to get free government housing. hunter Oct 2012 #43

I don't care NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #46

that's pretty tough, get out your gun and show them how tough you are... CreekDog Oct 2012 #58

Still defending thieves and burglars are you? NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #60

please quote one instance of me "defending thieves and burglars" CreekDog Oct 2012 #76

Your entire body of replies. nt NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #81

I guess you take back saying that I defended burlgars, thank you! CreekDog Oct 2012 #79

No, just watching football all day. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #80

you stand by it, you just don't know why CreekDog Oct 2012 #83

*yawn* NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #84

You're saying "yawn" because you realize that nothing I said defended burglars CreekDog Oct 2012 #85

... NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #88

of course it's funny to you --you weren't the one who accused someone of defending burglars CreekDog Oct 2012 #89

I agree with you on this, oldbanjo Oct 2012 #62

. CreekDog Oct 2012 #57

There is an additional problem here ripcord Oct 2012 #65

Seriously? pitbullgirl1965 Oct 2012 #73

my friend took in a renter & she then stopped paying so was essentially a squatter wordpix Oct 2012 #69

It took a full year before the court issued an eviction notice to the tenant? nt Selatius Oct 2012 #75

there are very scummy people SELLING legal kits to these grifters... to do this. progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #70

If she was a landlord.... Evasporque Oct 2012 #86

"We're afraid of her mindset of entitlement." CBGLuthier Oct 2012 #92