I live in Louisiana.
You guys were so helpful with my first question (my landlord won't return my security deposit) that I thought I would ask another concerning my new rental home. Obviously I have bad luck with rentals.
I found this house through an ad in the paper and went to see it. At the time I visited there were workers making repairs on the house. The landlord promised that I would have a new stove, washer and dryer, that the head-high weeds in the yard would be cut, that the trash in the yard would be hauled off, etc. before I moved in. Stupidly I did not have these provisions written into the lease.
You can guess the rest. I signed the lease and moved in December 1, 2002. None of the above things were done, and the repairs had not been made. In addition I learned that the landlords were in serious financial difficulties. Their car had been repossessed and the mortgage on the house is in arrears. When I contacted them they said that they just don't have the money to do the repairs now.
I have also discovered that the house is so badly wired that it is a SERIOUS fire hazard. When I called the landlord to ask if he was aware of this he said he was. We had a miserable Christmas because the power switched off which it has done several times.
If I leave this house do I have any recourse in recovering my security deposit? What is the best way to proceed from this point?
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