Hey Real Estate friends,
Renter here and because of the following situation I am, with out a residence, I’ve been living in hotels for the week. Recently my realtor let me stay in an empty extra apartment, all of my stuff is in storage again and I’m losing sleep and work over this....
And I’m scare I may never get my money back, or only a measly portion...
And granted with recently starting a new job (while being 27 and broke)
and recently moved to from NJ to S.FL...
And with an account dwindling down to zero...
This 4K they are holding from me is practically all I have left until my next paycheck (so long as I’m not fired for being unable to preform during all of this).
— — — So here’s the situation in short: — — —
Black mold found. Condo unlivable. Owner won’t fix and we agreed to terminate the lease. I still have the keys. They have the money. How Do I get my money back.
And what would you do if you were me?
——— Here’s what I could find in the lease in regards to termination of lease and refunding money:
Google Doc ———
——— Here’s the full story: ———
Private owner. In HOA community. South Flordia.
In about 2 weeks, I moved into the apartment, found bedbugs [got exterminated], then found black mold all through out the kitchen and in a bathroom... Now this isn’t connected. And yeah newb mistake. took me a while to figure out where the smell was coming from, but in my defense the house was filthy when moving in so I was assured it was just stuffy from not being lived in for a month..
Anyways, I got a mold inspector to come in for a free assessment. Estimate report came back and turned out to be around 6k to take everything and clean it up.
Sent report to the owner.
The owner and her grandson have been stubborn and basically believe I am to blame or want me to adimt fault so they can wash there hands. They say stuff like, “It wasn’t like that when you moved in”... but they are from NYC... and apparently haven’t been to the apartment in years from what everyone is telling me (hoa, realtor, and even their local relative).
When I told the grandmother (owner/landlord) what the estimate was, she said, “I can’t do this anymore, I’m not fixing it”.
So we agreed (over the phone) that I’d move out and she’d give me back my money.
Told the grandson (through text) that I had the keys, and we could exchange the keys for the check through their real east agent.
Then, I sent by certified mail a letter which states the agreement we made. The request for returned funds. And the logistical info we went over (keys for check by way of realtor).
At this point, I’m skeptical but think I’m going to get my First, Last and security = $4,050. — which doesn’t even being to cover the expensive s of moving in and out in 2 weeks.
But, here’s where the trouble begins...
The grandson is the main person I talk and correspond through email as the grandma/owner is 85 yr, supposedly recently sick (but she’s old so year), and getting some work on her foot.
The grandson told me they only got like $2k and said, “I don’t know where the rest of the money went but I’m not going to give you 4K if I don’t have proof”.
I’m thinking : Like what?! How do you think I got the keys????
But, he persists and I send him copies of the check and the escrow stub (totals the first, last and security).
He’s saying “my grandmother received less than 2k. If the differences turns out to be commission we are going to split that”.
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What would you do if you were me, and how would you get the money back?
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