Refusal to Return Deposit
By Kenneth E Wise Jr
My former landlord is refusing to return my deposit. Once we moved from the property Elite Real Estate sent a letter stating that they are refusing to return our deposit due to the condition on the property. I have asked for proof of their claim and an itemize statement of the charges. I was told that they are busy and will get to it when they have time. They are also refusing to show us the our maintenance history.
I am disputing the charges, but wanted to see what they felt we owed them. When we moved into the house it was poorly constructed the house was built in 2007, but the kitchen cabinets were coming off the hinges, the garage door was not installed correctly, the electrical lights in the kitchen was not working correctly, the carpet pad was already worn and had red spots in it.
I feel that they needed to make upgrades to the house and unjustly used our money for it.
Edited on: Monday, June 28th, 2010 10:28 pm
One Response to “Refusal to Return Deposit”
Hobbssound July 1st, 2010 11:14 am |
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Wow it must be a trend with landlords. I promise you the same thing is happening to me as I type. This home I was renting is in a beautiful gated community in South Florida Margate area, but it is foreclosed. It is somewhat outdated. And defiantly could use some upgrading. At the end of my lease I was told by the property managers that they weren’t renewing my lease. During my one year stay; there were many things needed repaired from day one of me moving in. These complaints were totally ignored and never fixed instead they waited until we moved out to fix things that I had complained about the entire year. I even had to ask for the deposit. They sent a long list of things they had repaired on me! I scheduled a walk through with a realtor “posing as a potential renter of the same home in subject” and was shocked to see that most of the things on the list that I was being charged for had not been repaired! But left for the next tenants to pay! I even had to hire an electrician to come and fix the wall plug for the dryer! But they didn’t mention that! The house was cleaner than the way they had given to me. I spent a day making sure I’d get my deposit back but never did. Ordinary ware and tear don’t exist in south Florida according to Legal Aid. |
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