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?
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?