scottskeen
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well i have been in a rental home for almost 2 years. the lease expired after one year and we have been doing month to month ever since. our lease doesn't say anything about a 30 day notice before moving. the landlord had been a great guy and never gave us any problems until now.
my wife and i called him on different occasions to inform him we will be moving. we called him and have the phone records to prove the phone call happened. but it was a verbal notice. his response to it was we were great tenets and he would gladly give us our deposit as long as there is no damage. he was even going to give us the deposit early. he is now disputing we called and gave him a 30 day notice and i don't have it in writing so i have no proof that i did.
he sent me a check in the mail for half of my deposit and a letter stating he is keeping the other half because we failed to give 30 days notice but the place was clean so he is give us half.
he then calls me and is trying to get me to agree to take the money and shut up and not take him to court for the rest. if i said i am going to take him to court he is going to cancel the check and i will not see a dime of his money and the judge will laugh at my case. i reminded him he said he would give it back and he said i had no proof of that. and it is his money he doesn't have to give me a dime.
so my question is this.
Do I have a case that i can win???
I do have a neighbor who was present when the phone conversation happened between him and my wife does that make a difference?
He did not have the place up for rent for 24 hours and rented the house so can he still keep my deposit???
my wife and i called him on different occasions to inform him we will be moving. we called him and have the phone records to prove the phone call happened. but it was a verbal notice. his response to it was we were great tenets and he would gladly give us our deposit as long as there is no damage. he was even going to give us the deposit early. he is now disputing we called and gave him a 30 day notice and i don't have it in writing so i have no proof that i did.
he sent me a check in the mail for half of my deposit and a letter stating he is keeping the other half because we failed to give 30 days notice but the place was clean so he is give us half.
he then calls me and is trying to get me to agree to take the money and shut up and not take him to court for the rest. if i said i am going to take him to court he is going to cancel the check and i will not see a dime of his money and the judge will laugh at my case. i reminded him he said he would give it back and he said i had no proof of that. and it is his money he doesn't have to give me a dime.
so my question is this.
Do I have a case that i can win???
I do have a neighbor who was present when the phone conversation happened between him and my wife does that make a difference?
He did not have the place up for rent for 24 hours and rented the house so can he still keep my deposit???
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