Recent content by Kriesa

Hi, I just wanted to write and let you know that our problem is resolved. Our former landlord responded to our letter by sending us a check, refunding our rent for the second half of August. Thank you for your help, Gail and jharris. I had more confidence in phrasing the letter because of...

Thanks, again. I went back and read the lease one more time, and found that there was a line stating that $100 of the security deposit was for carpet cleaning, nonrefundable. I hadn't noticed it before because it wasn't in the section about the security deposit. We mailed the landlord a...

Thank you both for such speedy responses. I will start with a letter stating our expectations, and see what the landlord's response is. I definitely think that we are entitled to our rent back. I'm not sure it's worth fussing about the carpet fee, although it seems that it should have been...

I'm hoping that you can give me some advice on how to get my full security deposit back. The landlord's son, who runs the apartment complex office on a day-to-day basis, had verbally agreed that we could stay a month beyond our lease, which ended on July 31. He also told us that they were...