Parents please help - Problems with landlord

younghoss
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:23:31 +0000

I can add a thing or 2 to help toward the return of your sec dep.
Give landlord plenty of notice in writing before you intend to terminate lease. Carefully clean unit, try to repair any damage if you can. If you hire any help- cleaner or repairman, or a rented carpet cleaner, keep the receipt to document the action. Remember- choosing to leave it dirty because that’s how it was when you moved in will probably not fly if this goes to court.
Take many dated pics the day you move out. Try to schedule a final walk-thru with LL on the day you move out. Be sure to provide your new mailing address.

I agree some are exploited the first time they sign a lease; and I’d add sometimes Landlord is defrauded. But I don’t think that applies in this case.
Based on Op comments, I don’t see exploitation here. LL offered a dirty apt with no thermostat control. Prospective tenant accepted. Freezer problem is between maint man and tenant- not landlord so that doesn’t count. I feel to justify the word “exploit” in this instance, we’d have to see some evidence that Landlord gave tenant something other than what prospective tenant saw. This is not a case of bait-and-switch. I don’t see based on what little we know that this LL cannot be trusted.
The “broken things” Op mentions may or may not be required to be fixed by LL. And naturally any tenant should make a damage/defect sheet(some states even require it) when she moved in, so there should be no dispute on what is a pre-existing condition.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t see LL as a shining example of good LL based on OP comments. He doesn’t sound as caring as he could be. Based on what little we know, I can’t say he’s an “awful landlord” either.