What is the name of your state? Iowa
I have been renting a home since July 2018. I paid $2,000 security deposit. I just signed another lease that began July 2019. My landlord asked if I wanted to purchase the home, but I declined. He agreed to continue to rent until 2020. My husband lost his job at the end of July and I called my landlord and told him. He told me that he didn't expect us to continue to lease since he couldn't find work in Iowa and just asked that we continue to rent and stay in the house until he rented or sold the property. They put the house on the market 8/8/2019 and I staged the house to sell. The house sold on 8/11/2019 with closing on 9/26/2019. I paid our rent until 9/26/2019 and asked that he come to the house before we left for a walk through. I also asked if we could receive our security deposit at walk-through. His response was that we weren't going to receive our deposit back because we didn't rent through our lease term. There is nothing in writing as far as me telling him about my husband's job loss or if/when we are leaving. He told us the date of the house closing, but did not officially asked us to leave the house. Everything was amicable until the security deposit came into question. I have texts saying the house looked great and have pictures they posted online when they sold by owner. His wife also stated that we took better care of the house than they did. The landlord told me on the phone that he had costs to sell the house (he never even tried to re-rent it) and they had to make a few minor repairs per the house inspector for the sale and he is charging us for those and deducting it from the security deposit. He said he had to discuss it with his wife, but will not answer my emails. Any suggestions or information will be appreciated.
I have been renting a home since July 2018. I paid $2,000 security deposit. I just signed another lease that began July 2019. My landlord asked if I wanted to purchase the home, but I declined. He agreed to continue to rent until 2020. My husband lost his job at the end of July and I called my landlord and told him. He told me that he didn't expect us to continue to lease since he couldn't find work in Iowa and just asked that we continue to rent and stay in the house until he rented or sold the property. They put the house on the market 8/8/2019 and I staged the house to sell. The house sold on 8/11/2019 with closing on 9/26/2019. I paid our rent until 9/26/2019 and asked that he come to the house before we left for a walk through. I also asked if we could receive our security deposit at walk-through. His response was that we weren't going to receive our deposit back because we didn't rent through our lease term. There is nothing in writing as far as me telling him about my husband's job loss or if/when we are leaving. He told us the date of the house closing, but did not officially asked us to leave the house. Everything was amicable until the security deposit came into question. I have texts saying the house looked great and have pictures they posted online when they sold by owner. His wife also stated that we took better care of the house than they did. The landlord told me on the phone that he had costs to sell the house (he never even tried to re-rent it) and they had to make a few minor repairs per the house inspector for the sale and he is charging us for those and deducting it from the security deposit. He said he had to discuss it with his wife, but will not answer my emails. Any suggestions or information will be appreciated.
