Ohio,
Hi I am from Ohio. Our landlord is trying to evict us for lack of payment. We had lost our jobs and took time to get new jobs and have just began training for the new jobs and will be paid within the next 3-4 weeks. We would like to pay the balance owed and keep the apartment. Our trial date is set for Aug 29. We are hoping our landlord or his attorney will take the back rent we owe and drop it and allow us to live in the apartment. Other than back rent we are ideal tenants. We never make noise and we keep our apartment cleaner than it was given to us when we first rented it. We keep to ourselves and bother nobody.
A couple questions. If the lawyer or him won't take the payment what should we do? We can ask for a jury trial correct? or a continuance? If he won't take the money we would like to delay it as long as possible to find legal advice and look for another place.
From his side he is a lousy landlord. He goes to Florida 6 months of the year. Never asks the tenants before he leaves if anything needs done in the apartment. He puts nobody in charge of the complex for 6 months. We have had issues where our racks to hold clothes in our closet broke and he told us to track somebody down to fix it. There was an issue when our shower would not turn off and his answer was let the water run for a day constantly and he will get somewhere there in a day or 2 so out water ran 24-36hrs straight. He does not preventative maintaineance in the building. Our Air Conditioner we believe is 35 years old and he never has once changed the filter in the almost 3 years we are there. The light fixtures are covered in layers of dust. Light bulbs are out in the garage. When it was winter he never had anyone comes and shovel the walkways and near the door for snow. He left no shovel or salt or anything while we was in Florida for 6 months. Never calls in 6 months to ask if we need anything or how the apartments are holding up he only asks where's the rent.
There are cobwebs on the bushes and the area you would put mulch and stuff is covered in uncut weeds. We had a window while he was in Florida that was off the hinge and staying open during winter bringing in cold air and he didn't replace it until he got back 4 months later. Because we owed money he told the neighbor to park his car in the middle of the garage and block our space so we could not pull in the garage and we have had to leave our car outside the last few days. He also has been telling our neighbor our business about the eviction and personal information about us. We have so many photos of unkept things in our apartment. The sink is beginning to rust. Around the toilet it needs sealed and it's not so a dirty smell comes out of the bathroom often.
We never wanted to not pay this guy we hit a rough spot and we have said we will pay and are working on it. He went through with the case and we want to present our case and say we will pay you all the back rent but he is not fulfilling his obligation as an owner. Also our neighbor smokes pot constantly and the smell fills up the hallway and has began to come into the vents and we put towels covering our door opening to avoid the smell my wife has terrible allergies. We need to know if he doesn't accept the full rent paid before the court date can we ask for a jury trial , continuance something to post bone it a bit so we can mount a defense of find another place. Also because of all this and losing my job I'm considering filing bankruptcy asap would that stall the process. Thanks for any help we appreciate it.
Hi I am from Ohio. Our landlord is trying to evict us for lack of payment. We had lost our jobs and took time to get new jobs and have just began training for the new jobs and will be paid within the next 3-4 weeks. We would like to pay the balance owed and keep the apartment. Our trial date is set for Aug 29. We are hoping our landlord or his attorney will take the back rent we owe and drop it and allow us to live in the apartment. Other than back rent we are ideal tenants. We never make noise and we keep our apartment cleaner than it was given to us when we first rented it. We keep to ourselves and bother nobody.
A couple questions. If the lawyer or him won't take the payment what should we do? We can ask for a jury trial correct? or a continuance? If he won't take the money we would like to delay it as long as possible to find legal advice and look for another place.
From his side he is a lousy landlord. He goes to Florida 6 months of the year. Never asks the tenants before he leaves if anything needs done in the apartment. He puts nobody in charge of the complex for 6 months. We have had issues where our racks to hold clothes in our closet broke and he told us to track somebody down to fix it. There was an issue when our shower would not turn off and his answer was let the water run for a day constantly and he will get somewhere there in a day or 2 so out water ran 24-36hrs straight. He does not preventative maintaineance in the building. Our Air Conditioner we believe is 35 years old and he never has once changed the filter in the almost 3 years we are there. The light fixtures are covered in layers of dust. Light bulbs are out in the garage. When it was winter he never had anyone comes and shovel the walkways and near the door for snow. He left no shovel or salt or anything while we was in Florida for 6 months. Never calls in 6 months to ask if we need anything or how the apartments are holding up he only asks where's the rent.
There are cobwebs on the bushes and the area you would put mulch and stuff is covered in uncut weeds. We had a window while he was in Florida that was off the hinge and staying open during winter bringing in cold air and he didn't replace it until he got back 4 months later. Because we owed money he told the neighbor to park his car in the middle of the garage and block our space so we could not pull in the garage and we have had to leave our car outside the last few days. He also has been telling our neighbor our business about the eviction and personal information about us. We have so many photos of unkept things in our apartment. The sink is beginning to rust. Around the toilet it needs sealed and it's not so a dirty smell comes out of the bathroom often.
We never wanted to not pay this guy we hit a rough spot and we have said we will pay and are working on it. He went through with the case and we want to present our case and say we will pay you all the back rent but he is not fulfilling his obligation as an owner. Also our neighbor smokes pot constantly and the smell fills up the hallway and has began to come into the vents and we put towels covering our door opening to avoid the smell my wife has terrible allergies. We need to know if he doesn't accept the full rent paid before the court date can we ask for a jury trial , continuance something to post bone it a bit so we can mount a defense of find another place. Also because of all this and losing my job I'm considering filing bankruptcy asap would that stall the process. Thanks for any help we appreciate it.