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Landlady cursing at tenants

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elfman84

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AL. The two tenents agreed with the landlady to mow her grass for $20 dollars a week for the month of May to be taken off of the next month's rent, and had written on her calender the days that they had mown her grass. They mowed a total of 4 times during that period. They went to settle for rent for the month of June and brought forth the matter of the amount being taken off the rent. The landlady looked at the calender and stated the she would take $60 dollars off of the rent. The tenents stated that they had mowed 4 times for the amount of $80 dollars and at that point the landlady stated that they had done so but that she had paid them the "damn money" for the first week. They stated to her that niether one of them had recieved any money from her. The landlady then proceeded to call them "damn liers" and curse at them to the point of bringing both tenents to tears. This occured on Friday, May 28, 2004. Both tenents left for the holiday weekend. The following Monday one of the tenents returned to the house and found a condom wrapper, toilet paper and pee in the toilet. On Tuesday morning she spoke with the landlady who stated the former tenent and his girlfriend had came by and visted her. She also stated that the former tenent still has a key to the rental premises. Is there any thing that can be done about any of this or do the two tenents have to keep taking the verbal abuse and fear for their safety and well being.
 


FarmerJ

Senior Member
yes give proper written notice if the tenants are just month to month renters and look for a new place .
 
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elfman84

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Lease

AL. They have a written lease for the term of one year
 

JETX

Senior Member
And while they are at it, they need to send the landlord a very nice letter (certified RRR) repeating what they were told as to the former tenant having a key and ask the landlord to either produce some type of evidence (receipt, etc.) to show that the locks were changed immediately prior to their tenancy.... or saying that they will have them replaced and deduct from the rent.
Give them 10 days to fix it.... then do it.
Though I was not able to find a 'repair and deduct' in the Alabama statutes, it would seem reasonable that based on the information in your post, that a court would allow it.
 

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