Comments on: I am having problems in the apt. I have lived in for over 8 l/2 years now. I have a month to month tenancy.? http://flvacationrental.com/uncategorized/i-am-having-problems-in-the-apt-i-have-lived-in-for-over-8-l2-years-now-i-have-a-month-to-month-tenancy/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Annabella http://flvacationrental.com/uncategorized/i-am-having-problems-in-the-apt-i-have-lived-in-for-over-8-l2-years-now-i-have-a-month-to-month-tenancy/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Annabella Fri, 29 May 2009 05:15:42 +0000 http://flvacationrental.com/uncategorized/i-am-having-problems-in-the-apt-i-have-lived-in-for-over-8-l2-years-now-i-have-a-month-to-month-tenancy/#comment-304 I used to work in Property Management but it was for a VERY large company so everything was strictly by the book. The gas leak is definitely not your problem. Regardless of whether he was on vacation at the time he could have simply made a call to a contractor & had them come out so that was his bad for sure. Most landlords will not give you a discount on rent for an inconvenience you suffered so you normally have to let that go. The bill however should be credited to you & at least he said he's looking into it. Regardless of the amount of deposit we had from our tenants, if they skipped rent we immediately sent them to legal (lots of extra fees) and if it was never paid it was put on their credit report. You should avoid that at ALL costs. Normally when you pay rent you are not paying for the previous month, you are paying for the current month so let's say you give your 15 day notice on September 1st. Well you're rent is also due on the 1st, right? So how are you going to avoid not paying for 2 weeks. Depending on how late they allow you to be on your rent they can easily send you into a legal process for not paying while you're still living there. Our fees were about $600 extra for legal on top of the normal rent. The other thing is how much security deposit do you have on file? Is it equal to at least 2 weeks of rent? Let's say your rent is $1200 & you have $1200 security on file. Instead of paying $600 prorated rent for September you decide not to pay, they send you into a legal process incurring more fees, they keep your security deposit AND put this on your credit. You are much better off paying the $600, not getting yourself into a conflict & hoping for the best that they return something to you. I hope I'm not complicating this or making your head spin. My advice to you is to pay your rent on time & do not piss people off that have money of yours. Document everything from the gas company. I'm hoping you kept the original bills & gave him copies. Photograph EVERYTHING in the apartment once your stuff is out & you have cleaned. 8 1/2 years results in wear & tear that is expected. They can't normally charge you for painting or carpet replacement after that long. I would absolutely not give notice until the gas bill has been settled. If you give notice he will never address the issue assuming you're going to be gone anyway & who's going to hire a lawyer for a few bucks on a gas bill? He'll just ignore you. So just keep it on the up & up and make nice until you leave. Landlords can be very vindictive when their tenants try to call the shots. I used to work in Property Management but it was for a VERY large company so everything was strictly by the book. The gas leak is definitely not your problem. Regardless of whether he was on vacation at the time he could have simply made a call to a contractor & had them come out so that was his bad for sure. Most landlords will not give you a discount on rent for an inconvenience you suffered so you normally have to let that go. The bill however should be credited to you & at least he said he’s looking into it.

Regardless of the amount of deposit we had from our tenants, if they skipped rent we immediately sent them to legal (lots of extra fees) and if it was never paid it was put on their credit report. You should avoid that at ALL costs. Normally when you pay rent you are not paying for the previous month, you are paying for the current month so let’s say you give your 15 day notice on September 1st. Well you’re rent is also due on the 1st, right? So how are you going to avoid not paying for 2 weeks. Depending on how late they allow you to be on your rent they can easily send you into a legal process for not paying while you’re still living there. Our fees were about $600 extra for legal on top of the normal rent.

The other thing is how much security deposit do you have on file? Is it equal to at least 2 weeks of rent? Let’s say your rent is $1200 & you have $1200 security on file. Instead of paying $600 prorated rent for September you decide not to pay, they send you into a legal process incurring more fees, they keep your security deposit AND put this on your credit. You are much better off paying the $600, not getting yourself into a conflict & hoping for the best that they return something to you.

I hope I’m not complicating this or making your head spin. My advice to you is to pay your rent on time & do not piss people off that have money of yours. Document everything from the gas company. I’m hoping you kept the original bills & gave him copies. Photograph EVERYTHING in the apartment once your stuff is out & you have cleaned. 8 1/2 years results in wear & tear that is expected. They can’t normally charge you for painting or carpet replacement after that long. I would absolutely not give notice until the gas bill has been settled. If you give notice he will never address the issue assuming you’re going to be gone anyway & who’s going to hire a lawyer for a few bucks on a gas bill? He’ll just ignore you. So just keep it on the up & up and make nice until you leave. Landlords can be very vindictive when their tenants try to call the shots.

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