Thread: Anybody have one of these ???

The man who rents our tenant house also happens to have been my DH's friend for like 15 years.So they were friends way before I ever came along.He is a very sweet and helpful guy but here is the problem.Around this time last year , he asked DH how much we would charge to let him live in the tenant house and Dh told him $100.00 a month.This guy is single with no kids.But my husband did tell him that if he did not need the things that we already had the house provided with to let us know and we would store the stuff somewhere else on the property.Within a month, the guy had taken out the refrigerator and washer and dryer and hauled them away for junk.(these things were in working condition.) He burned (yes burned) the sofa and beds.He also decided to "remodel" the bathroom and tore out the shower stall and as of yet has not replaced that.All of this was without ever asking us.I was ready to choke the guy but my DH said nothing really.By the way, the guy has not once paid us any rent.
Right after moving in , he came and helped himself to our riding mower,broke the blades by mowing over rocks and we had to replace those out of our own pockets.Once we fixed the mower, he came right back and borrowed it again and again without asking and without ever replacing the gas that he used.After taking apart the tenant house,he proceeded to start coming to our house taking his showers and doing his laundry.Using our laundry detergent.Once ,I had a load of clothes still in the washer and he threw my wet laundry in the floor so he could use the washer !!!! He has also helped himself to my scented candles and plants growing in the yard (really ,he just dug them up and took them.)When I mention stuff to him he tells me " oh it was just a candle "....etc... But that is not my point !! To me , this is just flat out stealing.Dh does not say much because this is his friend But I say friends do not treat people like this
This past month , he came and took our mower one evening while we were at dinner(it was raining out.I have never known anyone but him to mow in the rain.)He drove the mower through the mud and muck to his house and brought it back covered in wet grass and mud .And ,guess what, it was broken.We had to spend almost 200.00 on parts this time.And then the guy had the nerve to charge DH 21.00 for helping put on the parts!! DH has RA and cannot move his wrists well enough to turn wrenches etc...
A few nights ago, our dog had puppies and we were going to put her up away from all the other dogs and when we went to get our cedar shavings from the shed , they were gone. So I called and left this guy a message asking if he would happen to know where they were.He calls the next afternoon and tells me he took them because my DH had told him that he could use a few of them.I snapped and told him that just because someone tells you that you can have a little of something it does not mean you can take ALL of it and especially not without even asking.
DH and I argue over this guy a lot.Basically because I am tired of going to use something that we own and it not being where we left it or if it is there , it is broken.Also, this guy is costing us a lot of money.DH says this guy is his friend and he doesn't want to be rude.I feel that sometimes the only way to handle rude people is to be rude right back .Any suggestions???