notredamegirl
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? GA
I moved out of a house and lost part of my deposit due to damages to the carpet of the home. It pretty much needed to be replaced in the family room and we had a $1300 deposit. The owner(whom I had never spoken with before...always went thru his agent-my landlord) called my new home and began to verbally attack me. Telling me that he was disgusted at the carpet and we were trash, etc. The carpet was stained pretty badly but it was nothing filthy on the carpet, just kool-aid stains, etc -- no animal stains or anything like that. We have 3 children under 5 and had never had carpet before. Plus it was the crappy carpet they put in rental homes. So, I asked him not to call me and i called the landlord and made sure he knew he could keep what he needed of the deposit to replace the carpet, ofcourse, and give us what was left back. I gave him my new address and asked him to please mail me a bill so I could make sure we got the remainder of the deposit back. He agreed.
A couple days after that someone came to my house in the evening (after 8pm) and I was home alone with my children. Twice he came and he pulled up without his headlights and sat in the driveway. We have quiet time in the living room from 8-9 and then bed time so there were no lights on that he could see from the driveway. He sat for a few minutes and left, pulling away very slowly as if looking in my windows.
SO, yesterday the owner of the house shows up on my doorstep (same vehicle that had been sitting in my driveway the nights before)... i have a house FULL of people and he said he wanted to have a word with me about how i ruined his carpet. He is standing there yelling into my home and my guests can hear. (very embarrassing-- we did not do anything horrible to his carpet and we already offered our deposit) SO my husband comes to the door and tells him to get off our property and dont ever come back.
We call the landlord and he said well, they are entitled to discuss this with you. He just wants to work some things out. We explained that we arent interested in working anything out and will not accept or return any calls. All we want is the bill. If they have something to say, send a certified letter. Right before we get off the phone with the landlord he starts asking me about my work schedule and what times I am home in the evening... which starts to make me nervous. Especially since my husband works out of town and was only home for the holiday. We ended the call with him at that.
So this morning... I am leaving for work and I see the owner pull into our neighborhood as I go out. I called a neighbor down the street and she said there was no one there and would keep watch for me.
Can I call the police if he continues to visit my home and can they do anything to make him stop? Should I get an attorney or would that do any good? Does anyone have any advice for me?
I moved out of a house and lost part of my deposit due to damages to the carpet of the home. It pretty much needed to be replaced in the family room and we had a $1300 deposit. The owner(whom I had never spoken with before...always went thru his agent-my landlord) called my new home and began to verbally attack me. Telling me that he was disgusted at the carpet and we were trash, etc. The carpet was stained pretty badly but it was nothing filthy on the carpet, just kool-aid stains, etc -- no animal stains or anything like that. We have 3 children under 5 and had never had carpet before. Plus it was the crappy carpet they put in rental homes. So, I asked him not to call me and i called the landlord and made sure he knew he could keep what he needed of the deposit to replace the carpet, ofcourse, and give us what was left back. I gave him my new address and asked him to please mail me a bill so I could make sure we got the remainder of the deposit back. He agreed.
A couple days after that someone came to my house in the evening (after 8pm) and I was home alone with my children. Twice he came and he pulled up without his headlights and sat in the driveway. We have quiet time in the living room from 8-9 and then bed time so there were no lights on that he could see from the driveway. He sat for a few minutes and left, pulling away very slowly as if looking in my windows.
SO, yesterday the owner of the house shows up on my doorstep (same vehicle that had been sitting in my driveway the nights before)... i have a house FULL of people and he said he wanted to have a word with me about how i ruined his carpet. He is standing there yelling into my home and my guests can hear. (very embarrassing-- we did not do anything horrible to his carpet and we already offered our deposit) SO my husband comes to the door and tells him to get off our property and dont ever come back.
We call the landlord and he said well, they are entitled to discuss this with you. He just wants to work some things out. We explained that we arent interested in working anything out and will not accept or return any calls. All we want is the bill. If they have something to say, send a certified letter. Right before we get off the phone with the landlord he starts asking me about my work schedule and what times I am home in the evening... which starts to make me nervous. Especially since my husband works out of town and was only home for the holiday. We ended the call with him at that.
So this morning... I am leaving for work and I see the owner pull into our neighborhood as I go out. I called a neighbor down the street and she said there was no one there and would keep watch for me.
Can I call the police if he continues to visit my home and can they do anything to make him stop? Should I get an attorney or would that do any good? Does anyone have any advice for me?