Re: Tenants Vandalized Home & Moved Out - Landlord Forum thread 358800

Re: Tenants Vandalized Home & Moved Out by Susie_B on December 4, 2018 @14:42

They sent us a message saying that they would be moved out by end of October and they did a few houses down our home. Is all on writing which I mentioned before. Since October 19th we sent them a few emails, left several msgs on their phones and nada. Rent was never paid on October and since we never got the proper noticed of them moving out until October 19th, by law they also responsible for November's rent. And the reason we were told that they were moving out is when my brother phoned them on October 19th otherwise you can guess the rest but in a court of law it doesn't look good for them. They also ruined our home and was noticed by two different real estate people and that includes a few of their friends who came to check the home and told the cleaning and working crew that they couldn't believe how the house was left. Is costing us around 40K to fix it all. What else can an owner possible do? And yes they gave us me the key. Tenants never mentioned that they wanted their deposit back at all, which we would had done so, but clearly shows that they never wanted it back since they "used" it as payment for the month of October which is not what the law says. Yet you are putting all of this on us? Anybody else agree with Phillip on this?

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Re: Tenants Vandalized Home & Moved Out by Phillip on December 6, 2018 @12:00	[ Reply ]

You just documented the main problem. "They never mentioned that they wanted their deposit back at all..." There is no need to request it, you are required to give an accounting of it regardless. It is not your money, it is their money.