I am in Florida. I have been leasing the same apartment for about 6 years through a leasing/property management company. About a week ago, I had returned from out of the country to find my car (2010 Camaro) vandalized - it was basically just the car without any tires and rims. The contents inside of the car were left intact.
After filing the police report, it was noted that the complexes security had in fact noticed the "work" being done on the car, which is actually against the bylaws of the property, however nothing except the violation of doing work on a vehicle had been reported. There wasn't any note of suspicion of the nature of the work being done, just that it was something that I would have probably received a notice about. So the car basically sat there for a few days without any tires, etc. The property management company did attempt to contact me to advise that they would be towing the car if "the work" didn't cease shortly, however since I was out of the country, it went to my voicemail.
My ultimate question is that considering that it is written in the by-laws that it is prohibited to conduct work on a vehicle on the grounds, but also written that the property management company assumes no liability in the event of such a loss, do I have any leg to stand on with regards to pursuing damages against the Apartment complex due to negligence? Do I have any grounds to terminate my lease without penalty? It's extremely frustrating the "it's your problem, not ours approach" that the management office has taken, considering that they never called the police or noted any suspicion of such actions taking place considering that it is certainly an area where crime of this sort occurs. Is there anything I can do here?
Any advice would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sean.
After filing the police report, it was noted that the complexes security had in fact noticed the "work" being done on the car, which is actually against the bylaws of the property, however nothing except the violation of doing work on a vehicle had been reported. There wasn't any note of suspicion of the nature of the work being done, just that it was something that I would have probably received a notice about. So the car basically sat there for a few days without any tires, etc. The property management company did attempt to contact me to advise that they would be towing the car if "the work" didn't cease shortly, however since I was out of the country, it went to my voicemail.
My ultimate question is that considering that it is written in the by-laws that it is prohibited to conduct work on a vehicle on the grounds, but also written that the property management company assumes no liability in the event of such a loss, do I have any leg to stand on with regards to pursuing damages against the Apartment complex due to negligence? Do I have any grounds to terminate my lease without penalty? It's extremely frustrating the "it's your problem, not ours approach" that the management office has taken, considering that they never called the police or noted any suspicion of such actions taking place considering that it is certainly an area where crime of this sort occurs. Is there anything I can do here?
Any advice would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sean.
