I recently got a 3 bedroom house as a single male and as a result I have more than enough space for myself. My close friend has contacted me saying that his landlord wants to evict him and if he can move in with me as he is struggling to find a new place. I have more than enough space to accommodate him so the space is not an issue. However I do like having my own space and ideally would not have him move in with me for an extended period of time.

My concern is why he is already enquiring to move in with me considering he has 6 months notice to find another place. My gut feeling is that he is trying to advantage of this situation.

I said, as a stopgap, he could stay for up to two weeks and I would not charge him any rent or bills for such a short period of time. However I really would not want him to stay much longer. He said he would pay a respectable rent although I am unsure of his definition of respectable.

My initial thoughts are to change him an intentionally unfair amount of rent (>50% of the average rent in the area for a comparable house) as motivation to find an alternative place for any period after the two weeks I would be comfortable with.

How can I talk to my friend in order to make sure he won't stay more than two weeks?

I recently bought a 3 bedroom house as a single male and as a result I have more than enough space for myself. My close friend has contacted me saying that his landlord wants to evict him and if he can move in with me as he is struggling to find a new place. I have more than enough space to accommodate him so the space is not an issue. However I do like having my own space and ideally would not have him move in with me for an extended period of time.

My concern is why he is already enquiring to move in with me considering he has 6 months notice to find another place. My gut feeling is that he is trying to advantage of this situation.

I said, as a stopgap, he could stay for up to two weeks and I would not charge him any rent or bills for such a short period of time. However I really would not want him to stay much longer. He said he would pay a respectable rent although I am unsure of his definition of respectable.

My initial thoughts are to change him an intentionally unfair amount of rent (>50% of the average rent in the area for a comparable house) as motivation to find an alternative place for any period after the two weeks I would be comfortable with.

How can I talk to my friend in order to make sure he won't stay more than two weeks?

I recently got a 3 bedroom house as a single male and as a result I have more than enough space for myself. My close friend has contacted me saying that his landlord wants to evict him and if he can move in with me as he is struggling to find a new place. I have more than enough space to accommodate him so the space is not an issue. However I do like having my own space and ideally would not have him move in with me for an extended period of time.

My concern is why he is already enquiring to move in with me considering he has 6 months notice to find another place. My gut feeling is that he is trying to advantage of this situation.

I said, as a stopgap, he could stay for up to two weeks and I would not charge him any rent or bills for such a short period of time. However I really would not want him to stay much longer. He said he would pay a respectable rent although I am unsure of his definition of respectable.

My initial thoughts are to change him an intentionally unfair amount of rent (>50% of the average rent in the area for a comparable house) as motivation to find an alternative place for any period after the two weeks I would be comfortable with.

Is this good enough motivation to get him to find his own place? Is there anything else I can do?

I recently got a 3 bedroom house as a single male and as a result I have more than enough space for myself. My close friend has contacted me saying that his landlord wants to evict him and if he can move in with me as he is struggling to find a new place. I have more than enough space to accommodate him so the space is not an issue. However I do like having my own space and ideally would not have him move in with me for an extended period of time.

My concern is why he is already enquiring to move in with me considering he has 6 months notice to find another place. My gut feeling is that he is trying to advantage of this situation.

I said, as a stopgap, he could stay for up to two weeks and I would not charge him any rent or bills for such a short period of time. However I really would not want him to stay much longer. He said he would pay a respectable rent although I am unsure of his definition of respectable.

My initial thoughts are to change him an intentionally unfair amount of rent (>50% of the average rent in the area for a comparable house) as motivation to find an alternative place for any period after the two weeks I would be comfortable with.

How can I talk to my friend in order to make sure he won't stay more than two weeks?