California
We had to break our lease due to us actually buying a house. Our lease was up in April 2014 and we moved out December 31st 2013. The property management company didn't find anyone to rent out for January, so we had to pay our $3600 rent for that month. We helped advertise as well, but the owners would not rent to collage students. They also raised the rent to $3800, which they said they would not do until April when our lease was up. They found a family to move in February 15th, however they first applied when the house was advertised at $3600, and would not pay the additional $200, nor would the owner accept less.
(Should I mention that the 1966 house was not maintained well. When we moved in 2 years prior, there were rats and rat feces in house, a raccoon family nest under the questionable deck, and when we had a huge window burst (untempered 1966 glass), we lived with a boarded up window and glass slivers for 2 1/2 months)
So the property management company said that the only way we had out was to supplement the new tenants rent $200 every month until the end of THEIR lease January 31, 2015 !!! That ate up our whole deposit of an incredible $4600 that we would have gotten back. (Plus mortgage on a new home for us).
Do we have any recourse against the property management company to get are deposit or portion of back?
Just seems absurd! Would love some help please...
Thank you
We had to break our lease due to us actually buying a house. Our lease was up in April 2014 and we moved out December 31st 2013. The property management company didn't find anyone to rent out for January, so we had to pay our $3600 rent for that month. We helped advertise as well, but the owners would not rent to collage students. They also raised the rent to $3800, which they said they would not do until April when our lease was up. They found a family to move in February 15th, however they first applied when the house was advertised at $3600, and would not pay the additional $200, nor would the owner accept less.
(Should I mention that the 1966 house was not maintained well. When we moved in 2 years prior, there were rats and rat feces in house, a raccoon family nest under the questionable deck, and when we had a huge window burst (untempered 1966 glass), we lived with a boarded up window and glass slivers for 2 1/2 months)
So the property management company said that the only way we had out was to supplement the new tenants rent $200 every month until the end of THEIR lease January 31, 2015 !!! That ate up our whole deposit of an incredible $4600 that we would have gotten back. (Plus mortgage on a new home for us).
Do we have any recourse against the property management company to get are deposit or portion of back?
Just seems absurd! Would love some help please...
Thank you
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