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Mei-Mei
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I live in Louisiana.
I moved into a rental house on June 1, 2001. At that time I paid the first month's rent of $1100.00, plus a security deposit of $1100.00. The term of the lease was twelve months.
On June 1, 2002 my lease was up. I did not remind the landlord that the lease had terminated, nor did he ask me if I wanted to renew the lease. I merely continued to pay my rent and I assumed that I was now on a month-to-month basis. This arrangement went on for several months. Then, in mid-October, my landlord sent a new lease to me and asked that I sign it. I did not sign the lease because I had grown dissatisfied with my house and I was planning to move. Instead I responded that I would be moving by mid-November, but definitely by the end of November. I paid rent for the entire month of November, and I moved November 26, 2002.
Now, my landlord refuses to return my security deposit, claiming that I broke the lease. Am I correct in the assumption that since he accepted the rent for several months with no lease in place that I was on a month-to-month basis?
Please help!
By the way, I helped my landlord to find new tenants. He had rented the house to a couple by November 15, 2002, and they moved in December 1, 2002, four days after I had vacated. I had cleaned the house completely, and I took pictures of it after I had cleaned.
I moved into a rental house on June 1, 2001. At that time I paid the first month's rent of $1100.00, plus a security deposit of $1100.00. The term of the lease was twelve months.
On June 1, 2002 my lease was up. I did not remind the landlord that the lease had terminated, nor did he ask me if I wanted to renew the lease. I merely continued to pay my rent and I assumed that I was now on a month-to-month basis. This arrangement went on for several months. Then, in mid-October, my landlord sent a new lease to me and asked that I sign it. I did not sign the lease because I had grown dissatisfied with my house and I was planning to move. Instead I responded that I would be moving by mid-November, but definitely by the end of November. I paid rent for the entire month of November, and I moved November 26, 2002.
Now, my landlord refuses to return my security deposit, claiming that I broke the lease. Am I correct in the assumption that since he accepted the rent for several months with no lease in place that I was on a month-to-month basis?
Please help!
By the way, I helped my landlord to find new tenants. He had rented the house to a couple by November 15, 2002, and they moved in December 1, 2002, four days after I had vacated. I had cleaned the house completely, and I took pictures of it after I had cleaned.