Kansas
My wife and I lived in a rental home in Kansas for 10 months. We moved out early and were aware we had to pay the rent if the place was not rented.
We moved out on April 25. We paid May rent and about mid-May a new tenant moved in. We did not ask for any money back since our landlord is a pain to deal with. She is very combative and hard to deal with. She charged us for utilities sporadically but refused to ever show us a bill. She supplied appliances to the house but refused to maintain them when they were not working correctly so we had her take them out. There were other issues but with a lack of housing in the area we were afraid of retaliation by her that we could do nothing about.
We were told by her the new tenant moved in June 1 and so we did not pay June rent. Earlier this month she texted my wife saying she has not sent the deposit back to us yet because she said her accountant couldn't "close the books on us" because she said there was an issue with a past rent check. We looked back and all of our checks were deposited for the correct amount and there was one for every month. We told her any issues were on her end and this is not our issue. We still have not received the deposit.
Does the deposit have to be to us 30 days after we move out (April 25) or 30 days after our lease ended (June 1)? At what point should we take her to small claims court to recoup our deposit? She has stated that she will take our last utility bill out of the deposit that is due to us but she would not tell us how much that is. What other recourse do we have against her?
Thank you
My wife and I lived in a rental home in Kansas for 10 months. We moved out early and were aware we had to pay the rent if the place was not rented.
We moved out on April 25. We paid May rent and about mid-May a new tenant moved in. We did not ask for any money back since our landlord is a pain to deal with. She is very combative and hard to deal with. She charged us for utilities sporadically but refused to ever show us a bill. She supplied appliances to the house but refused to maintain them when they were not working correctly so we had her take them out. There were other issues but with a lack of housing in the area we were afraid of retaliation by her that we could do nothing about.
We were told by her the new tenant moved in June 1 and so we did not pay June rent. Earlier this month she texted my wife saying she has not sent the deposit back to us yet because she said her accountant couldn't "close the books on us" because she said there was an issue with a past rent check. We looked back and all of our checks were deposited for the correct amount and there was one for every month. We told her any issues were on her end and this is not our issue. We still have not received the deposit.
Does the deposit have to be to us 30 days after we move out (April 25) or 30 days after our lease ended (June 1)? At what point should we take her to small claims court to recoup our deposit? She has stated that she will take our last utility bill out of the deposit that is due to us but she would not tell us how much that is. What other recourse do we have against her?
Thank you