filamae said:
My family (husband, 2 kids) moved into a house 6 months ago that a friend of ours was moving out of. There was a verbal agreement with the Landlord that we would move in with no deposit due to the fact the previous tenants belongings were still in the house. His wife left him & moved out & left a whole house full of belongings. Yard work had not been done in 5 years. Trees had not been trimmed, trash/overgrowth etc. were in front/back yards. Holes in several walls, Plumbing in great need of repair etc. The list is quite extensive. We were supposed to do the repairs in one months time, however, due to the extent of the damage, it has taken a few months to peform these tasks. All work performed has been at my own expense. My landlord has not paid anything for labor or materials. I am in Riverside, CA & my rent is $700.00 per month. Now my landlord wants me to move because we didn't "fix" the house in a months time. I have heard that my landlord is getting a divorce from his wife & I feel he used me to do the repairs on this house. It has been very stressful, but we haven't asked him for anything. If anything is needed, he wants us to fix it at our own expense. There are bars on the windows (fire hazard), no smoke detectors etc. Due to these circumstances, can the landlord be held responsible for "relocating fees", plus the cost of upgrading his house? I don't want to move again & feel so USED!
Okey. What a coincidance! I, well my mother is in the same type of dilema. We live in San Francisco California. The problem is this. The manager "barrowed" $60,000- from my mother, and never paid her back....but what's more, is that my mom (and I back then) moved in after our friends moved out from that place, and yes this guys wife ran out on him too. There was no stuff left over from him/them, but the building itself was "ghetto;" not maintained, or anything. The lanlord does'nt fix ****. She promised my mom a bunch of
?-you know sweat talk; empty promises etc. My mother is naturely a good person who trusts people far too much for her own good; so there was no promisery note made out or anything.
But now after staying away from the situation long enough.........that @3&!* has made my mother cry one time too many; so now I'm just as in it as she is. I'm after this landlord. But I don't know where to start after starting.....for instance.....I am going to try to find out all I can about my "enemy" like what her mailing address is, who she hangs out with, and where, and when, and what she does when she hangs out, why she hangs out there, her liscence plate #'s, her everything and anything. After I get the basics-then the intimate/ellaborate facts, I then guess I will begin to compose a plan and begin to implement it based on the information collected. That's all I got for now.
Extra info:
I'm 20yrs, go to college, live in Oakland California with a room mate, white/ow male; appearing Italian/mediteranian. Am actually Turkish.....and no Turkish people are not middle easterns. (different thing.)
Regardless, tell me what you have been doing about the situation; how have you been handling it, any usefull info to give me-I will to if any comes across my way.
My e-mail:
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