gauriagrawal
Junior Member
Hello,
State: Massachusetts
Issues
1. My basement had some water issues which fixed but tenant wanted to put the floor back. Moreover property was not advertised as finished.
2. Basement problem was known prior to signing the lease and water was fixed after two days of starting the lease. New lease was signed.
3. We used the same security deposit for the second lease and provide all the escrow account detail with in 30 days of signing second lease.
Now he demanded the security deposit back with in the first month of starting the lease through his lawyer. We returned the deposit as there were conflict of views among attorneys that we may or may not compliance with 186 15b or returning deposit with in 30 days.
Now his attorney filed the law suit against us which is totally baseless and I know he can't win but we are outside the country so he wants to take advantage of our situation.
What is in the Law suit :
1. We didn't return the deposit immediately when it is demanded by the tenant. We returned only when lawyer asked for it.
2. basement is inhabitable . Though we checked with the town and he has no complain from this address.
3. Tenant send me a very big list of repairs and we completed with in 15 days of his move but he is mentioning we took very long.
I have a few questions below
1. How do I know this is small claim case. The name of the court mentioned on the letter is "Metro south Housing Court civil action No"
2. How do we know what proofs tenant's lawyer has submit to the court?
3. We got this through his attorney and not yet through the court. So when can we write the answer to this letter
4. We have all the proof of his false laws suits so do we need to attach all the proofs with the answer letter?? or it will be used only at the time of trial
5. Can we present through video calling when we are out of the county ??
6. We have given a local address of our friend and they are also outside the state for a few weeks so what will happened if they are unable to received this court letter.
Trust me I have all the proofs against this bad tenant so I feel If I come at the trial date, I will win the case and only expanses are my ticket. Still seek the advise from senior members of this group how to proceed.
Thanks
State: Massachusetts
Issues
1. My basement had some water issues which fixed but tenant wanted to put the floor back. Moreover property was not advertised as finished.
2. Basement problem was known prior to signing the lease and water was fixed after two days of starting the lease. New lease was signed.
3. We used the same security deposit for the second lease and provide all the escrow account detail with in 30 days of signing second lease.
Now he demanded the security deposit back with in the first month of starting the lease through his lawyer. We returned the deposit as there were conflict of views among attorneys that we may or may not compliance with 186 15b or returning deposit with in 30 days.
Now his attorney filed the law suit against us which is totally baseless and I know he can't win but we are outside the country so he wants to take advantage of our situation.
What is in the Law suit :
1. We didn't return the deposit immediately when it is demanded by the tenant. We returned only when lawyer asked for it.
2. basement is inhabitable . Though we checked with the town and he has no complain from this address.
3. Tenant send me a very big list of repairs and we completed with in 15 days of his move but he is mentioning we took very long.
I have a few questions below
1. How do I know this is small claim case. The name of the court mentioned on the letter is "Metro south Housing Court civil action No"
2. How do we know what proofs tenant's lawyer has submit to the court?
3. We got this through his attorney and not yet through the court. So when can we write the answer to this letter
4. We have all the proof of his false laws suits so do we need to attach all the proofs with the answer letter?? or it will be used only at the time of trial
5. Can we present through video calling when we are out of the county ??
6. We have given a local address of our friend and they are also outside the state for a few weeks so what will happened if they are unable to received this court letter.
Trust me I have all the proofs against this bad tenant so I feel If I come at the trial date, I will win the case and only expanses are my ticket. Still seek the advise from senior members of this group how to proceed.
Thanks
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