My roommate and I moved out of our apartment because the house was just too hot to live in. We talked to our landlord who said she would let us out of the lease a month early, but will keep our deposit (our lease ends august 30th). She decided to have the place bug bombed but we told her that there was still some furniture we wanted to keep. Well I just rolled down there and I am missing some furniture, a watch, some other odd and end things like a bottle of wine and my indian rug. I called her and her excuse was that she had the items moved to storage, when in reality I believe the guys who helped move things out cherry picked what they wanted before the bombing took place. We never gave her permission to move or take anything. And it seems odd that a bottle of wine should be taken to prevent damage from a bomb, when they left numerous other objects in the rooms and took personal valuables along with other odds and ends like kitchen utensils. Is this just straight up theft?
2007-07-24 14:57:53 · 8 answers · asked by audiofire07 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I am a bit confused.
If you were already suppose to be completely moved out. Shouldn't you have taken all your stuff with you? Unless the place was still your place for a few days / weeks. If you were already suppose to have all your stuff out then I would say that you have no legal recourse.
However if you were still in possesion of the place when all this happened, and the missing stuff is important to you, then you should consider getting a lawyer.
2007-07-24 15:06:30 · answer #1 · answered by PetWoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As others have mentioned...if you were still paying rent than you have legal recourse. If your lease was completely absolved and you were supposed to be out of the place than you don't have any legal recourse. Did you have renter's insurance? If you did, then all the stuff you lost is protected and you need to file a claim with your insurance company. If you didn't have it, you should for next time.
2007-07-26 11:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by jbrutada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on whether you paid the rent for the time the furniture was left in the house. If you paid...you are protected. If not...it was abandoned property. Get a police report!
2007-07-24 22:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by jcf6865 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lawyer won't be able to do &**& because basically you are short on evidence .
I would however , call the police to make a theft report and inicate WHO had access and what their story was .
(Unless you are given a key to this "storage" and the items are there) .
2007-07-24 22:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by kate 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she moved the stuff to storage then she can get it out of storage. Tell the police. See if they will go with you to talk to the landlady.
2007-07-24 22:10:45 · answer #5 · answered by Aunt Doobie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if she says they are in storage...then go with her and get them....if not there..then maybe a small claims action...but that would be a big maybe....go to the storage.
good luck
2007-07-24 23:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by Blue October 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is theft and illegal as they he did this without your permission, you might want to talk to a lawyer as you might be able to sue him.
2007-07-24 22:01:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
u kno wat i say kill her shes a hoochie that stole your stuff!!!!!!
2007-07-24 22:06:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋