I've been on a month to month basis with my landlord for about a year or so. She wants us to move out in 60 days because of personal reasons. Are we obligated to pay her rent for those two months? Also, she came with somebody to look at the house because she might want to sell it. Based on that one walk through, she has told me that she is keeping my $1000 deposit because of damage to the paint, carpet and a light fixture that broke. We would have replaced the fixture. The paint damage is normal wear and tear after 3 years, and we had planned to get a professional place to steam clean the carpet. Doesn't she have to provide us with an itemized list of how our security deposit is being used based on the cost of the repairs she will make? Also, she never kept up the house while we were here, and often would not fix things we told her were wrong. We went over a week in the summer wihtout AC waiting on her to send somebody to fix it. I just want to know what my rights are. Thx.
2007-01-28 05:22:45 · 3 answers · asked by majpce 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
they will find a reason to keep the deposit. u don't have any rights . They always have ways to get to u .
2007-01-28 05:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a lot of issues in one question. Simple: call your local city hall, ask where you can obtain a copy of local renter's rights. I can tell you that 2 things are pretty standard....when you rent, make a complete, dated list (including pictures if possible) of the housing condition before you even move your furniture in. To this, you can attach any copy of requests to fix things. Also, a landlord cannot legally tell you two months before you move that they are keeping a deposit (they can try to tell you anything, if you believe it). A walk through has to be done when you are leaving the property (take pictures of any existing conditions for this, too), and has to give you a written explanation of any monies they intend to deduct. From there, it would be a legal matter if you don't agree. Also, you might consider asking for a building inspector to come out to inspect the property, so you can get a copy of that.
2007-01-28 05:38:48 · answer #2 · answered by amtrakjanet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tenants rights in georgia.....if this doesn't apply to you go to www.google.com and type in "renters rights and where in georgia you live "
http://www.atlantalegalaid.org/tenrights.htm
2007-01-28 05:41:51 · answer #3 · answered by geekieintx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋