- Location
- Tucson, AZ
As many of you know I just relocated to Arizona.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
In a nutshell I lived in Nj my lease was up the end of May. We knew we were leaving in April and gave our landlord notice we would be leaving June 15th or earlier. We asked if we could only pay for half the month since we wont be there the whole thing. He said as long as he found someone to move in the 15th it would be ok. Was not the answer I wanted but i had no other option.
Well he made no effort to show our place at all until the last day we were there, June 12th. The funny thing is as soon as the guy saw our place he said he wanted to move in asap and sign the papers, our landlord quickly got him out and talked with him privately. Later that day we went to him to collect our security deposit. We stressed to him that since he did not have a new renter the place would be ours until the end of the month. We did so because we left a headboard there we were trying to sell. He said no problem. Needless to say shortly after we arrived here in Arizona I received word from someone else that lives in the house that he rented it out to the very same guy that came in to see it while we were there. I called our landlord and said hey I heard you got someone to move in on the 15th, I would like my money back. He refused and said that since I already took my security deposit back I forfeit the other half of the month.
I have also been trying to prove whether he repainted our place after I left as he charged me $375 to paint over a few walls my wife painted a different color.
Needless to say the guy is a jerk. I could go on and on about how lazy he was, and how little he cares about his tenants.
Additional ammo against this guy is that the house is subdivide up into multiple apartments, but when you google the house it is listed as single family. My wife and I lived on the 3rd floor which was an attic converted into a loft. There is no fire escape which I believe is illegal. The house is old and was also partially flooded during las years hurricane as it is located directly infront of the raritan river. I can guarantee if an inspector came out he would find plenty wrong. Not long ago the basement on the 1st floor was shut down do to mushrooms and fungus growing. Our final days there water from the bathroom from the 2nd floor was leaking into the ceiling on the 1st. Rather than completely fix the problem he caulked it and replaced the sheet rock. 1 day later the water had nowhere to go and was coming out of the light fixture.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
In a nutshell I lived in Nj my lease was up the end of May. We knew we were leaving in April and gave our landlord notice we would be leaving June 15th or earlier. We asked if we could only pay for half the month since we wont be there the whole thing. He said as long as he found someone to move in the 15th it would be ok. Was not the answer I wanted but i had no other option.
Well he made no effort to show our place at all until the last day we were there, June 12th. The funny thing is as soon as the guy saw our place he said he wanted to move in asap and sign the papers, our landlord quickly got him out and talked with him privately. Later that day we went to him to collect our security deposit. We stressed to him that since he did not have a new renter the place would be ours until the end of the month. We did so because we left a headboard there we were trying to sell. He said no problem. Needless to say shortly after we arrived here in Arizona I received word from someone else that lives in the house that he rented it out to the very same guy that came in to see it while we were there. I called our landlord and said hey I heard you got someone to move in on the 15th, I would like my money back. He refused and said that since I already took my security deposit back I forfeit the other half of the month.
I have also been trying to prove whether he repainted our place after I left as he charged me $375 to paint over a few walls my wife painted a different color.
Needless to say the guy is a jerk. I could go on and on about how lazy he was, and how little he cares about his tenants.
Additional ammo against this guy is that the house is subdivide up into multiple apartments, but when you google the house it is listed as single family. My wife and I lived on the 3rd floor which was an attic converted into a loft. There is no fire escape which I believe is illegal. The house is old and was also partially flooded during las years hurricane as it is located directly infront of the raritan river. I can guarantee if an inspector came out he would find plenty wrong. Not long ago the basement on the 1st floor was shut down do to mushrooms and fungus growing. Our final days there water from the bathroom from the 2nd floor was leaking into the ceiling on the 1st. Rather than completely fix the problem he caulked it and replaced the sheet rock. 1 day later the water had nowhere to go and was coming out of the light fixture.
