not only is she harassing me, and stressing me out over this, but 2 weeks prior to my place getting robbed, i asked the landlord to fix the locks, there is only one lock and no deadbolt. she says i have until friday(28th) to get out, or she'll have my property removed. she wont except rent, but yet she is pro rating this last week and a half, and taking it off of my security deposit. she threatens that everyone who comes by here, she'll call the police for trespassing.i live in florida. even after the robbery, she refused to put new locks on the door. no where on the lease does it say that i cannot have friends. when i showed her the lease, she tried to keep it. i did however get it back.
2007-12-26 14:41:21 · 7 answers · asked by dano321 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
u may sue her for harassment.
she may refuse to put locks on the doors! THE law says if she does
refuse, after you have given her
a 30 day notice [in writing], then you are to hire a licensed locksmith
to do the work and YOU pay the locksmith and send a copy of the receipt to the landlord along with the remaining rent.
--------------IF you have paid all rent
due to her on time, you are in exc shape. The law does not permit you to withhold rent EXCEPT as I described above!
Maybe she is trying to put a friend into your unit--or maybe you forget to pay rent or got into hard times.
I can only guess and that is not satisfactory.
Why not move?
if it is rent controlled, you may stay
until you get the court notices or
the sheriff knocks at your door--after
the landlord gets a judgment against
you for violation of the lease,
luck to you
2007-12-26 15:29:55 · answer #1 · answered by kemperk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it is state or federal law but that all rental property has to have certain locks on all outside doors which here includes a lock that can be locked from the inside only. How long is your lease for? She can only get rid of you under rules stated in the lease. If she breaks the lease, she is liable. Get an attorney. Never give anyone your original papers, only let them put hands on a copy. You need to have proof of what you are saying. Ask her to send you a letter or put in writing what she is requesting and why. Send her a letter, return receipt, stating what you have said and that if she doesn't stop harassing you and comply with the lease and put the deadbolts on the doors, she will have put you in a position where you will insist on compensation for all damages and will use all remedies as allowed by law. Or get an attorney and have him write it. I just have a feeling that there is more to this story than you are telling. . .
2007-12-26 15:50:21 · answer #2 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She should have added a new lock and she knows that so now she is trying to evict you to protect her self. Did you file a report with the police? You need to do so immediately if you have not already. She really has no right to evict you considering the situation. You can take her to small claims court and get money for the damages caused to your belongings since she did not correct the locks.
Also, she must give you 30 days notice.
Make sure you have everything written and signed by her (that she will not accept rent any longer, etc).
2007-12-26 15:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by Madison 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like she might be trying to get rid of you because since you did ask her to change the locks but she didn't.... you can take her to small claims court for the damages. So long as you pay your rent she cant do any of those things to you under a lease agreement.
You should tell her to call the police, this way you can file a report and she can make a real ass of herself. I'm sure she knows everything she is doing is against the law.
2007-12-26 14:50:20 · answer #4 · answered by Melinda G 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If she hasn't given you a written notice for at least 30 days notice she can't do ****, except issue a 30 day notice.
Also, i would advise getting an escro(w?) set up. She isn't doing her job as a landlord, and so she should not get rent until she does. An escrow makes it so you legally have fulfilled your obligation to pay rent, but that she can't get to it until she does her part.
Also, it would be much more difficult to evict you on those grounds if you have an escrow - be difficult to convince a judge she's not trying to kick you just for the escrow, which is illegal.
2007-12-26 14:50:45 · answer #5 · answered by Megan 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your felony accountability is to honor the written settlement. in case you prefer the tenants out till now than the hire expiration, anticipate to pay them $$$. what number landlords come here and ***** some tenant breaking the hire and desiring their $$$ in keeping with the settlement? plenty. it works the two approaches. you do not have the ideal to interrupt the hire with no darn good felony reason or reason. there is not any felony way so you might rigidity them out till they have did no longer pay lease or heavily violated the hire. Even then, the tenants would desire to rigidity you to evict, costing you $$$. in the event that they simply moved in, you're asking way too a selection of of them. you are able to consistently grant them an incentive to terminate the hire early by employing paying for them out. start up by employing offering a pair of months lease, shifting costs, $$$ for application transfers, etc.
2016-11-25 02:47:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go down to your local court house and file a complaint. Do not wait do it today.
2007-12-26 14:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋