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beastieangel01
01-15-2007, 01:35 PM
Okay so this might be kind of long but it's a really weird situation and if anyone could provide input it'd be appreciated.

First, my last day to live in my current place is today. After that I have no idea where I'll be staying. Probably just rotating on various couches.

My two future (potentially I guess) roommates are trying to get out of their current place by the end of the month at the latest. They are in a place though where they can stay past that if need be.

We found this place that works really well for us. They had the rent advertised for $2100 and we talked to the owner and the manager letting them know that we are interested but could only do $1900. The owner and manager happen to be sisters. Anyway, they said that $1900 was fine, and we got all the paperwork, everyone has signed the lease (we have it right now, since I could not sign till after work so they told my roommate to take it with her so I can sign it that particular night) owner included, and we already gave $500 of the deposit. We were given keys.

Then we went to go do our walk through of the house and take pictures, notes, etc. The owner said that certain things would be fixed before we were going to move in and so we wanted to do the walk through to be sure they wouldn't try to say that we did any of the damage that the house already has currently, and to be sure they do fix certain elements in the house. We also have in writing that certain elements would be fixed within a reasonable amount of time and the owner signed this document.

The owner was then supposed to meet us to get the full-deposit and first months rent and then that was that we were going to move in once things were fixed.

She didn't show up to get the rest of the money but that was because she was in the hospital. Apparently she got extremely drunk and ended up breaking glass somehow and needed stitches. Okay, shit happens, sure. Now, the owner is coming up with excuses for us not to move in. All kinds of random things like "Oh well I think that there are some people willing to pay the original $2100 and are less demanding about things being fixed before moving in to the house" etc. She also brought up the fact that we didn't give her the rest of the money yet and we pointed out that we waited for her for three hours at the house before we heard from her about being at the hospital. We talked to the manager too, and she said that the reason why the owner (her sister) is going kind of weird on us is because their Mother is putting the idea in to her head that we are just "little girls" and won't pay the rent. Considering that we have that signed lease on our hands and gave her some of the money, it's too late for her to back out right?

We called the owner last night and just to be sure that it was okay now to just move in, especially since we have the signed lease. She said "What signed lease I don't remember signing anything!" and my roommate said "Me, you, and the manager, your sister, were all right there and we all signed it together. You don't remember that?" and she responded "Nope I don't I want to see this supposed lease that I signed."

We then called the manager and she said that she loves her sister, but unfortunately she is going through a lot of life troubles right now and is drinking and doing drugs recently. Hence the craziness "what signed lease?" and so on. That even she is having problems communicating with her sister right now. But she recommended that we just move in since we have a signed lease by all parties, pay the deposit and rent (especially since we documented everything via notes, pictures, and video of the house as it stands now), etc because after that the only person we will be dealing with is herself (and this woman is very nice, professional about the house, etc) and her sister never bothers with any of her tenants as long as the rent is being paid. As far as things in the house that needs fixing, she said that as long as we have the receipts we can take it out of the rent.

One of my roommates is supposed to meet with the bitch tweaker owner later today to show her proof of the signed lease and then meet with the manager to give the rest of the deposit and rent.

But at this point... my roommates and I are all unsure of what to do. We've been going through the process of finding a place for almost a month now. This particular place we ran around getting everything we needed and taking care of stuff for the past week. A lot of work has been put in to making this happen and so now we are like, wtf at all this crap happening. And not to mention that fact that as of tomorrow, if we don't take this place I have no where to live. And then potentially my roommates lose me as a roommate because I only want to live on couches for so long. We discussed it a while ago and I said if we didn't have something by the 1st I'm finding a room on my own somewhere. And they want to rent a house but without a third roommate they cannot do it. Of course, they could find someone else but we are all very comfortable with each other and finding a new third roommate would make the process of finding a place longer for them.

What a headache.

What say you?

The Notorious LOL
01-15-2007, 01:38 PM
read whatever you signed very carefully. Depending on what the wording says, she may be able to just keep your money and rent it out otherwise.

skinnybutphat
01-15-2007, 01:47 PM
I'm too lazy to read all that. I would suggest threatening to slice someone.

milleson
01-15-2007, 01:51 PM
Do you really want to live somewhere being run by nutjobs?

beastieangel01
01-15-2007, 01:53 PM
Do you really want to live somewhere being run by nutjobs?

my thoughts exactly.

But it's kind of hard to throw up our hands and say "fuck it" due to the reasons I listed.

And since we have that lease signed and everything, it's hard to walk away. And if problems do arise, we have things in writing. I am guessing that at this point, it's a matter of if we are willing to deal with it legally speaking if it becomes a problem.

bleh.

ET
01-15-2007, 04:05 PM
Bah! This sounds like a scam. Kind of like NLOL's Wii fiasco. Yes, that qualified as a fiasco. Shenanigans, even.

I guess it's only $500 split between 3 people but did you pay cash or another method? When doing things like this make sure you use a check or credit/debit so the transaction is at least documented. Sounds like you could try small claims court if they don't at least give you your money back. That's kind of a pain in the ass though. I'm sure all it could take is a call from a lawyer or a "lawyer" if you know what I mean ;) and they'll cough it up. Hope you get yo moneh bakk.

beastieangel01
01-15-2007, 09:27 PM
well regardless at this point things got really bad

it's a long story but we had to call the cops on the landlord and we did get out money back but she fucked with us and broke so many laws and we have a signed lease so we are going to report her to everything possible.

such a headache and I feel really depressed right now since I thought I'd have a place to live after all since Friday and now I'm still homeless as of tomorrow.

Sucks.

Again it's not like I'm shelter-less, I have places to go. But no where to call home. Working on it, but ugh.

I think I'm on my fourth glass of wine right now. I'm sitting here with my roommates we are all drinking and not sure what to do with ourselves.

Best to save it for the morning and just chill out now.

hitmonlee
01-15-2007, 09:44 PM
no don't move in. it will only get worse.

Waus
01-16-2007, 12:32 AM
As long as you have a toothbrush you're doing okay.

drizl
01-16-2007, 01:30 AM
it was too long and i didnt feel like reading it. goodluck tho.

befsquire
01-16-2007, 02:02 AM
i sorta laugh sometimes when i hear people say they "got it in writing." of course it's best to have it in writing. but there are many people out there who don't care about breaking contracts because they figure most people aren't going to spend the time and money to sue. especially if it's over money and it's under $1,000.

feel lucky you aren't living there. you think you'd only be dealing with the nice one, but trust me, the tweaker would have dropped by OFTEN.

zorra_chiflada
01-16-2007, 02:07 AM
you guys have a tenants union in america right? call them, ask them for advice. maybe dob these owners in.

ET
01-16-2007, 10:14 AM
Be tenacious like the D. You've been through worse stuff before. Rocket sauce.

Uh, this should have been a PM.

beastieangel01
01-16-2007, 11:09 AM
feel lucky you aren't living there. you think you'd only be dealing with the nice one, but trust me, the tweaker would have dropped by OFTEN.

yeah we are happy about that it got to the point where we didn't even want the place anymore we just wanted our money back, etc etc

what a fucking nightmare though.

she broke tons of laws though doing this to us but is it worth the time and effort to bring her down for it? we aren't sure. we don't want her to do this to anyone else but, again, time and effort. and not to mention, money.

eh. thanks everyone for the input and now kind words. couch surfing begins ;P