Shared property can cause problems

Shared property is something that often comes up as a point of friction at some point in our lives.

Many of us probably can remember an argument with a sibling caused by a shared toy or something similar while growing up and, much as we might expect people to be more mature about things as we and they age, that’s often not how it works – in many cases, people don’t grow up, they just grow older.

Stuart Doblin says he has a tenant who has been living in his garage who first caused tension with his wife, then stopped paying rent.

Landlords can typically end month-to-month tenancies with a 30-day...