unjust landlord

[Lee1g]

I resided at a rental property in Texas for 3+ yrs. upon move-in the toilets in both bathrooms were backed up. it took an entire week to be repaired. The front yard was backhoed to replace a sewer line. The landlord dropped of a bag of grass seed and a tiller for us to seed the front yard. After that there were many repairs to be made from time to time. My land lord moved to another town about 21/2 hrs. away. I was a residential property manager at this time, therefore when something needed to be repaired, I would retain the services of my maintenance personnell to make the repair at a lower than average cost. There were times that parts only were charged. I also incurred charges myself due to the comment from my land lord "if I have to make any more repairs I will raise the rent". Repairs were certainly not excessive. I gave a 30 day notice to vacate. I spoke with my landlord about replacing some of the carpet in which I was responsible for. He agreed. He also verbally agreed to send my deposit. After approx. 45 days I received a letter stating that my deposit was not refunded due to the carpet replacement, the new paint etc. He also wrote that he had refunded 1/2 of the deposit to the other party that had moved out 21/2 yrs. prior. No deposit was refunded to the other party and I am out $1000.00. The story goes on. What recourse do I have, and what length of time.

 

[djdj]

You dont seem all that bright.......residential property manager, and you have no idea what to do?

ONE.... NO Landlord can ever raise the rent because of repairs,or any other reason, untill a lease expires.....if they do it's ILLEGAL

Two.....why do all of you seem to have redneck landlords .....cant you find and rent from decent folks in texas?

Three.. YOU agreed to have the carpet replaced..BAD MOVE,

So what are you complaining about anyway?

You gave the landlord a BLANK CHECK and he used it....

So you have to sue him in small claims court for your deposit back, and have him prove to a judge that he actualy spent the money on the carpet by having a copy of the front and back of the check he paid with and a legal invoice to a real company.

Rednecks are all alike.

 

[Lee1g]

First of all, my lease had ended I was month to month.
Second, I replaced the carpet. This was not taken from my deposit. His explanation for keeping my deposit was because I replaced the carpet and painted. He was present when the carpet was being replaced, however he says that he did not authorize this. To sum it up, he is a untruthful man. All I have to go on is the service men that made repairs, and eye witnesses that were present upon my move-out. By the way I retained an attorney. She wrote a couple of letters and then said we should go to court. She wanted $500.00 up front to file in the courts. If I had that kind of resources, I probably wouldn't need my deposit back. I have paid her $200.00 already. This issue is two yrs. old. Now that I'm on my feet again, I want to resolve it for principle purposes. It is not right that people get by with this type of crime, and it is a crime!. Oh yes and being honest has nothing to do with being smart.

 

[djdj]

you can try and file in small claims court if you have all your records, reciepts and witneses and pictures.... and he didnt authorize you to buy the carpet ...

But after 2 years,.. you might as well forget about it.

Next ALL you rednecks will learn the #1 fact about renting:

DO NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THE LANDLORDS PROPERTY!

AND IF YOU DO ..... GET IT IN WRITING!

If he wants it to be a slum, its his right, and its yours to find something better!

[Edited by djdj on 02-10-2001 at 06:07 PM]