Hi All,
I could really use some advice and would be grateful for your help.
I rented A ROOM in a house for 450 dollars per month. In the house, another girl rented a room, as well. Therefore, the landlord, his girlfriend, and another girl and I lived in the house. There was a lease requiring a 30 day notice (but no safety deposit).
The landlord blamed me for an ant infestation, saying I was responsible for improper food handling, causing a major ant infestation in the house. I told the landlord that we live in a house from the Middle Ages and he cannot blame me for not renovating his house. He got mad, threw a glass at the wall. Later he sent an email giving me permission too e out early.
Now he is threatening with a lawsuit. Asking for:
A) compensation for the ant infestation.
B) a sock got stuck in the wash machine. He is saying I caused water damage to his house when everything resembles a house from the 1800s.
C) damage to his toilet, saying I flushed hygiene products. His toilet hardly flushed before I moved in.
D) breaking a shower rod (which a former tenant broke).
So the landlord is threatening with a lawsuit. He wants my new address.
1. Should I give him my new address?
2. Can he possibly win a lawsuit against me for such unreasonable and unscrupulous allegations?
3. I am from Europe, working in the US on a visa; if he sues me and I don't pay him (because I don't give him my address), will I have problems entering the country? I go back to Eutlrope for Christmas?
4. Does the landlord have a case against me?
5. What should I do? Any advice?
Thanks all
I could really use some advice and would be grateful for your help.
I rented A ROOM in a house for 450 dollars per month. In the house, another girl rented a room, as well. Therefore, the landlord, his girlfriend, and another girl and I lived in the house. There was a lease requiring a 30 day notice (but no safety deposit).
The landlord blamed me for an ant infestation, saying I was responsible for improper food handling, causing a major ant infestation in the house. I told the landlord that we live in a house from the Middle Ages and he cannot blame me for not renovating his house. He got mad, threw a glass at the wall. Later he sent an email giving me permission too e out early.
Now he is threatening with a lawsuit. Asking for:
A) compensation for the ant infestation.
B) a sock got stuck in the wash machine. He is saying I caused water damage to his house when everything resembles a house from the 1800s.
C) damage to his toilet, saying I flushed hygiene products. His toilet hardly flushed before I moved in.
D) breaking a shower rod (which a former tenant broke).
So the landlord is threatening with a lawsuit. He wants my new address.
1. Should I give him my new address?
2. Can he possibly win a lawsuit against me for such unreasonable and unscrupulous allegations?
3. I am from Europe, working in the US on a visa; if he sues me and I don't pay him (because I don't give him my address), will I have problems entering the country? I go back to Eutlrope for Christmas?
4. Does the landlord have a case against me?
5. What should I do? Any advice?
Thanks all