jjlewis305
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Connecticut
We have or had good friends that owned a two family house. We lived in Hartford and wanted to move to an area that was more efficient, Vernon Rockville. Friends helping friends situation
We (my husband and I) moved in February 2004. There was no deposit and no written lease. We verbally agreed on $800 a month and no term was set.
During that summer I had an argument with the wife (landlord) and she told me to move out. When my husband came home that night, she admitted she did say that. About a week later she came down stairs sobbing and apologizing for what she said that she and her husband wished us to stay. Fine. Its taken care of.
Well the first week of November 2004, again another argument she asked us to vacate the premises. Enough is enough. My husband and I paid our November rent and on the 19th secured another apartment. We let them know on that day that we would be out by Dec. 11th.
Eight days before we left our "friends the landlords" came to us to sort stuff out. They could not understand why we were leaving. My husband again pointed out that she asked us to vacate the premises twice. It was then agreed between all parties that we should pay for 11 days in Dec, $283.91. They told us to pay them when we can.
Now here it is Oct 2005. We only managed to pay $100 of that amount. We used checks and on all the checks in the memo I noted amount paid/amount left. They accepted and cashed these checks.
They are now suing us for $1000. They want all of December rent even after they re-rented 3 days later. They warned before we left we had to be out because someone was moving in. By law I believe they cannot collect rent for the same premises from two different tenants. They also want interest and late fees, aggrevation fee and newspaper fee.
Where do we stand on this? How did we get from $180 to $1000? What can we expect to happen? They gave us notice to vacate, should we have to give 30 days?
Thank you
We have or had good friends that owned a two family house. We lived in Hartford and wanted to move to an area that was more efficient, Vernon Rockville. Friends helping friends situation
We (my husband and I) moved in February 2004. There was no deposit and no written lease. We verbally agreed on $800 a month and no term was set.
During that summer I had an argument with the wife (landlord) and she told me to move out. When my husband came home that night, she admitted she did say that. About a week later she came down stairs sobbing and apologizing for what she said that she and her husband wished us to stay. Fine. Its taken care of.
Well the first week of November 2004, again another argument she asked us to vacate the premises. Enough is enough. My husband and I paid our November rent and on the 19th secured another apartment. We let them know on that day that we would be out by Dec. 11th.
Eight days before we left our "friends the landlords" came to us to sort stuff out. They could not understand why we were leaving. My husband again pointed out that she asked us to vacate the premises twice. It was then agreed between all parties that we should pay for 11 days in Dec, $283.91. They told us to pay them when we can.
Now here it is Oct 2005. We only managed to pay $100 of that amount. We used checks and on all the checks in the memo I noted amount paid/amount left. They accepted and cashed these checks.
They are now suing us for $1000. They want all of December rent even after they re-rented 3 days later. They warned before we left we had to be out because someone was moving in. By law I believe they cannot collect rent for the same premises from two different tenants. They also want interest and late fees, aggrevation fee and newspaper fee.
Where do we stand on this? How did we get from $180 to $1000? What can we expect to happen? They gave us notice to vacate, should we have to give 30 days?
Thank you