Re: Didn't sign lease but paid security desposite.

Re: Didn't sign lease but paid security desposite. by Rich (Pa) on March 8, 2008 @07:51

If you did not sign a lease then you are automatically month to month tenants. 30 days notice to move is standard with month to month tenancies. But more importantly, the landlord took the property off the market based on your promise to rent the dwelling. Why do you expect to get that money back when the landlord may have turned qualified tenants away? If tenants are allowed to do this then there is no point to charging a deposit. Would you like it if the landlord rented to another person at the same time he rented to you, and when you show up to move in there is another person in the unit?

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Re: Didn't sign lease but paid security desposit. by jillian (pa) on March 8, 2008 @13:09	[ Reply ]

So if i am a month to month tenant then i get to give them 30 days notice when i am leaving, so after that 30 days notice would they have to give me the security deposit back? The LL didn't really take the property off the market, she told me herself that she has 50 other apartments that still have to be filled so therefore we really didn't cause her any problems with someone else wanting the apartment. I understand everything you are saying i am just wondering why they didn't make me sign the lease that said i wouldn't get the security deposit back, it seems like thats the smart thing to make people do. The LL also told us we would be getting are money back when we were moving out, well we are moving out so why can't we get our money back?

Re: Didn't sign lease but paid security desposit. by Monica on March 8, 2008 @13:26	[ Reply ]

Your security deposit was applied to the months rent with or without the 30 day notice. Why should we take a deposit in the first place if tenants can back out and expect it back? That would be defeating the whole purpose of taking the money in the first place. Why do you think you paid the deposit? It doesn't matter if that landlord has 50 or 5000 other apartments, the fact is he/she held this place for you. Tenants should just expect to lose the money if THEY change their minds. Just like the other poster said, how would you like it if the landlord rented that place out from under you when you were ready to move in? It's the same principle, in the future, don't give a deposit unless you are sure that you will not back out. After all, that is what you are saying when you give money to hold the place, why would you expect to sign something to indicate that?

Re: Didn't sign lease but paid security desposit. by Anonymous on March 9, 2008 @11:38	[ Reply ]

Well usually when you put down a security deposit you sign a lease, so the LL will have IN WRITING that i said that i was going to live there and that i knew i was going to forfeit my security deposit if i changed my mind. Yet, i didn't sign a thing, she has so proof, so if i do take this to court (and you seem like a LL so..) what would you say in court? because you have to have a legal document that states that i knew i would lose the deposit...so if you didn't have to sign anything what would your defense be? And believe me i have been to court and there is not just thing as a verbal agreement so therefore you need evidence that i signed.

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Re: Didn't sign lease but paid security desposit. by Tl (Fl) on March 8, 2008 @17:10

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You need to read your application to see what it says about the deposit.

Likely, it indicates that once you place the deposit you are month to month. If this is the case, you need to give 30 notice ASAP (and yes, you must pay rent for the month). Then she will be required to give you your deposit back. However, the first step is knowing what your application said.

And like the other poster said, it doesn't matter how many apartments there are, you agreed to rent that one and that is all that matters.

Re: Didn't sign lease but paid security desposit. by Anonymous on March 9, 2008 @11:43	[ Reply ]

She didn't give me an application to fill out, she just took down my name and my cell phone number so therefore it doesn't say anything about the lease.

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