This is my issue with my apt. complex-please read-what do I do now? Can I get my deposit back?
July 2nd, 2010 | by admin |Ava Elizabeth was born 3-26-2010 asked:
We moved into Columbus Village on 6/1/09. 2 weeks prior 5/21/09 we handed in an application to Gabi and were told it would take 2 days to be notified if we were approved. The next week on 5-27-09 we contacted Christina. She explained everything was approved and our apartment was ready for move in. When we arrived at our apartment on 6/1/09 I was appalled. The linoleum was torn up, the apartment was filthy. The carpet was stiff as if it had been soaked and left to dry. The bathrooms had urine and feces marks on the toilets and the bathtub and shower had black marks in them. The carpets were infested with fleas and were so bad that my husband had to get treated with Prednisone to help bring down the swelling and inflammation. Pest control was brought in 5 days later of putting in a request with Christina.
Upon move in I started crying and told Christina that I refused to move into an apartment in this state and requested our deposit and rent back as we had not moved anything in yet. She refused but promised that immediately within a week the linoleum would be torn up and replaced with tile, that the cleaning crew would be coming in to clean the apartment, the carpets would be cleaned, the bathtub and shower refinished and she would make sure that I was happy living here. On 7/1/09 I paid our first months rent, I explained to Christina that nothing had been done and I was fed up with requesting it to be done and nothing happening. At this point not only were the above items still not fixed but our air conditioner was now not cooling our apartment below 80 degrees, the refrigerator was freezing all of our food and the dishwasher was flooding our kitchen. I was informed that Christina was no longer in charge of the maintenance and it was out of her hands and was referred to Tarina. On 7/7/09 the bathtubs were sprayed and we had to be out of our apartment for the entire day. On 7/11/09 the tile work began. We had to be gone all day the 11th, 12th and 13th and were asked by Tarina if we could stay somewhere else. We informed her we didn’t have the extra money for a hotel with our 3 kids and we could if they supplied us with somewhere to stay. She checked with Noria and that request was denied. Instead we were forced out of our apartment while maintenance did the tile for 8 hours a day for 3 days. The tile was finally done but overlaying the linoleum that had obvious water damage. The maintenance worker made the comment that it had severe water damage at one time but he was told to fix it this way. When he pulled up the toilet to replace the tile, the floor fell part way in. Tile was layed over that also. We voiced our concerns to Tarina and were told by Robert that the way it was fixed was appropriate.
I complained again on 7/13/09 to Robert that we still had the refrigerator that didn’t work properly and a dishwasher that was causing water damage. He at first was very rude saying there are 220 units and it will be fixed when it’s our turn but after being made aware of how long we had waited he made a personal phone call to my husband to apologize. He explained that he was rude and it was unnecessary and had he had to live in these conditions for this long he would be upset also. He promised to have a new refrigerator and dishwasher installed no later than 10am on 7/14/09. At 4:30pm 7/14/09 there was not a new refrigerator or dishwasher and upon calling Tarina she knew nothing of it. She asked Robert and in her words was “blown off.” My husband called and said if we didn’t hear something we would be taking them to court. Immediately after we got a phone call from my step son who was at home with the younger kids. He called us telling us Noria requested to speak to us. She immediately was very defensive and was yelling so loud that I could hear her through the phone. She asked to be explained the situation. My husband explained how our appliances didn’t work and she informed him that she didn’t see a problem with them and she was not going to replace them. He explained that we cannot even use the refrigerator due to the freezing of everything in it and the fact of the water hazard from the dishwasher and she didn’t care. She said if we didn’t like her answer she would gladly let us out of our lease. Upon leaving she yelled to my kids who are 15, 11, 8 and 4 that “she would be glad to let us out of our fn lease and get us out of here.” My step son called me to inform me of this. I was very upset that she would speak to my children this way so I called Gabi in the office to explain that we would move out on 8/1/09, that we want it in writing that we are being let out of our lease and that we want our deposit back. Noria called me back explaining that she no longer needed to deal with me and that she was letting us out of our lease. I asked to have the owner call me back. She informed me she wasn’t the owner but then called back saying she was and she could help me. I told her my communication with her was over a
and I wished to only speak to the owner and that I would see her in court. I drove home from work to find 2 maintenance men, Tarina and Robert in my apartment. I explained that I wanted them to leave. They said they were replacing the refrigerator. I explained that it was too late, that they entered my apartment without my permission and that I intended taking them to court. They then left.
I am requesting my first month of rent in the amount of $794, my deposit in the amount of $350, and to get in writing that Noria agreed to allow me out of this lease. I have lived in pure filth and unsafe living conditions for over a month and a half and have to move again in order to have a habitable living atmosphere.
*** they weren’t allowed to just enter after telling me they werent going to fix anything and left telling me I was going to be let out of my lease. After being threatened to be sued they entered my apartment without permission telling my kids to get out of their way.
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We moved into Columbus Village on 6/1/09. 2 weeks prior 5/21/09 we handed in an application to Gabi and were told it would take 2 days to be notified if we were approved. The next week on 5-27-09 we contacted Christina. She explained everything was approved and our apartment was ready for move in. When we arrived at our apartment on 6/1/09 I was appalled. The linoleum was torn up, the apartment was filthy. The carpet was stiff as if it had been soaked and left to dry. The bathrooms had urine and feces marks on the toilets and the bathtub and shower had black marks in them. The carpets were infested with fleas and were so bad that my husband had to get treated with Prednisone to help bring down the swelling and inflammation. Pest control was brought in 5 days later of putting in a request with Christina.
Upon move in I started crying and told Christina that I refused to move into an apartment in this state and requested our deposit and rent back as we had not moved anything in yet. She refused but promised that immediately within a week the linoleum would be torn up and replaced with tile, that the cleaning crew would be coming in to clean the apartment, the carpets would be cleaned, the bathtub and shower refinished and she would make sure that I was happy living here. On 7/1/09 I paid our first months rent, I explained to Christina that nothing had been done and I was fed up with requesting it to be done and nothing happening. At this point not only were the above items still not fixed but our air conditioner was now not cooling our apartment below 80 degrees, the refrigerator was freezing all of our food and the dishwasher was flooding our kitchen. I was informed that Christina was no longer in charge of the maintenance and it was out of her hands and was referred to Tarina. On 7/7/09 the bathtubs were sprayed and we had to be out of our apartment for the entire day. On 7/11/09 the tile work began. We had to be gone all day the 11th, 12th and 13th and were asked by Tarina if we could stay somewhere else. We informed her we didn’t have the extra money for a hotel with our 3 kids and we could if they supplied us with somewhere to stay. She checked with Noria and that request was denied. Instead we were forced out of our apartment while maintenance did the tile for 8 hours a day for 3 days. The tile was finally done but overlaying the linoleum that had obvious water damage. The maintenance worker made the comment that it had severe water damage at one time but he was told to fix it this way. When he pulled up the toilet to replace the tile, the floor fell part way in. Tile was layed over that also. We voiced our concerns to Tarina and were told by Robert that the way it was fixed was appropriate.
I complained again on 7/13/09 to Robert that we still had the refrigerator that didn’t work properly and a dishwasher that was causing water damage. He at first was very rude saying there are 220 units and it will be fixed when it’s our turn but after being made aware of how long we had waited he made a personal phone call to my husband to apologize. He explained that he was rude and it was unnecessary and had he had to live in these conditions for this long he would be upset also. He promised to have a new refrigerator and dishwasher installed no later than 10am on 7/14/09. At 4:30pm 7/14/09 there was not a new refrigerator or dishwasher and upon calling Tarina she knew nothing of it. She asked Robert and in her words was “blown off.” My husband called and said if we didn’t hear something we would be taking them to court. Immediately after we got a phone call from my step son who was at home with the younger kids. He called us telling us Noria requested to speak to us. She immediately was very defensive and was yelling so loud that I could hear her through the phone. She asked to be explained the situation. My husband explained how our appliances didn’t work and she informed him that she didn’t see a problem with them and she was not going to replace them. He explained that we cannot even use the refrigerator due to the freezing of everything in it and the fact of the water hazard from the dishwasher and she didn’t care. She said if we didn’t like her answer she would gladly let us out of our lease. Upon leaving she yelled to my kids who are 15, 11, 8 and 4 that “she would be glad to let us out of our fn lease and get us out of here.” My step son called me to inform me of this. I was very upset that she would speak to my children this way so I called Gabi in the office to explain that we would move out on 8/1/09, that we want it in writing that we are being let out of our lease and that we want our deposit back. Noria called me back explaining that she no longer needed to deal with me and that she was letting us out of our lease. I asked to have the owner call me back. She informed me she wasn’t the owner but then called back saying she was and she could help me. I told her my communication with her was over a
and I wished to only speak to the owner and that I would see her in court. I drove home from work to find 2 maintenance men, Tarina and Robert in my apartment. I explained that I wanted them to leave. They said they were replacing the refrigerator. I explained that it was too late, that they entered my apartment without my permission and that I intended taking them to court. They then left.
I am requesting my first month of rent in the amount of $794, my deposit in the amount of $350, and to get in writing that Noria agreed to allow me out of this lease. I have lived in pure filth and unsafe living conditions for over a month and a half and have to move again in order to have a habitable living atmosphere.
*** they weren’t allowed to just enter after telling me they werent going to fix anything and left telling me I was going to be let out of my lease. After being threatened to be sued they entered my apartment without permission telling my kids to get out of their way.
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By jonny j on Jul 3, 2010 | Reply
For you will live in before you win the most important thing for the rent you sign the lease.
For you inform them to be repaired that something that something needs to come into your unit you paid to repair when they do before you to file they do not one with the most important thing for you will live in.
By Dan B on Jul 5, 2010 | Reply
For everyone else take pictures of everything youll need them should you clean you will lend support such as an inspection for painting unless it comes to withhold deposits for everyone else take pictures of everything youll need this evidence when it is specifically spelled out in and when it is.
For everyone else take pictures of everything before you move out after you for painting thats remodel project not remodeling not damage repair deposits are to cover damage not damage repair.
An inspection for painting thats remodel project not damage repair deposits should be spelled out separately as nonrefundable charge you move in and when you for painting.
The lease they cannot charge just like pet deposits should be spelled out after you wind up in small claims court would also contact your local housing authority to cover damage repair deposits should you move in small claims court would also contact your local housing authority to withhold deposits should be spelled out.
For everyone else take pictures of everything before you for painting unless it is specifically spelled out in and when it is specifically spelled out in the lease they cannot charge you will lend support such as an inspection for painting thats remodel project not remodeling not damage not cleaning cleaning deposits for painting unless it comes to withhold.