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We were contacted a few days after we moved out of our house by the realator that our land lord used to pick up the recommendations from the final inspection. Our security deposit was over 3K and the final inspection exceded that.
To back track a bit, we had always had issues with the home owner. Phone calls not returned. Repairs not completed. We would have to call several times to get things done. It was just not a good situation all the way around. When I told him that we would be moving out, I told him that I wanted a preliminary walk through to get an estimate for the return of the security deposit. He told me that he would do a walk through, but not to expect a return on the security deposit because he wanted to repaint the interior of the home. I told him that I was not going to pay for things that we did not damage and it was not my responsibility to pay for the inside of the house to be repainted. Ronnie asked 2 times for a preliminary walk through and the home owner never showed!
After picking up the final inspection paper work, I sought legal advice. I was told that my best bet was to send a certified letter requesting the return of my deposit due to non compliance with the lease. I sent the letter and waited. Once the letter was returned uncollected after 2 notifications, I returned to legal advice.
Now, we are going to small claims court. What a pain in the astrick. I have had to take 3 days off of work to take care of this crap andnot I have to take more time off. We do have a court date, but that may change. I am just so frustrated with this situation. It would be different if we trashed the place, but we took very good care of it. Compaired to the tenants that Shelly had, we were like angels. We just hope that we do not have to reschedule the court date and we can get this over with.