refund of deposit/no lease signed

[shape]

My wife and I are in Cherokee Cty, Georgia and recently tried renting a house in the same county. The landlady was cordial on the first meeting with us but soon after became hard to contact and vague in her replies to our calls. We decided it would be in our best interest to cancel the agreement before we signed any sort of lease agreement and asked for our money back. She says that she has 30 days to return the money, but I have heard that the law she is referring to is only legitimate if an agreement has been signed. Please help me with this.

 

[djdj]

OH gee another scumbag redneck landlord.........

she alredy spent the moneyyyyyy!!!!!!!

so you will have to sue her in small claims court to get it back....

threaten her with that and lets she if she pays you.

This will teach you NEVER give the landlord any money, and NO CASH! checks only... unless you have a signed lease AND a reciept when you walk out the door!

 

[shape]

redneck for sure

We did give her a check and we know she spent it on fixing her car already. I finished a letter last night so that i will have proof that i have tried to be reasonable with her. Also a papertrail is necessary in small claims court, it shows that in a he said, she said ordeal, that i have proof of what i have said. thanks for the response. And we do have a receipt. I was insistant upon that.

Pete

[Edited by shape on 01-26-2001 at 12:31 PM]