Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New Hampshire
I am a landlord in NH. I own a two family home and live in one of the apts. I let the ciurrent tenant do laundry in my house for a while to help her out but in the last two weeks she has become very unstable and threatening. While the signed lease does not state laundry is included in the rent we were joking one day (while we were are good ters) and she thanked me for letting her do laundry. I texted back something about it being part of the rent. Since I am now seriously afraid of her and lock my doors she says it will affect the rent because she has it in a text message that I said laundry is part of the rent but again it is not on the signed lease. I do not feel comfortable in her entering my home and am going to start an eviction process. I guess my question is. Is a text message a legal binding agreement?
1 Answer from Attorneys
What does your lease say about modifying the terms, is there a requirement that any modification be in writing and acknowledged by both parties? There is no easy answer to your question without reviewing the Lease, and even then it may come down to whether or not a Judge would interpret the "text" as a modification.
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