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finnyminny
Guest
- Jurisdiction
- California
I live in SF. I signed a 1 yr sublease with a master tenant 3/1/2016. I was not informed by the master tenant that he was subleasing the rooms illegally. On 12/2/2016 the apartment got a "3-day notice to pay rent or quit/surrender" letter from the landlord. The master tenant had not payed rent for 2 months and only payed a portion for another month. I pay my portion of the rent directly to my master tenant.
On 12/8/2016 I received a text from my master tenant: "Hey guys, landlord knows about the additional subtenants which gives him grounds for eviction. I'm not sure what his next move is but I encourage everyone to have a plan B in case he does move to evict."
On 12/11/2016 we got served court eviction papers. So I found an apartment and informed my master tenant on 12/13/2016 that I was giving my 18-day notice to move out of the room because of the circumstances.
He and I talked and he gave me a verbal agreement that he would return my $2000 deposit minus cleaning etc. within 3 weeks from my 1/1/12017 move out date.
Now he is withholding all $2000 of my deposit because I didn't give him a full 30days notice.
To top it off, the rental agreement he had with the landlord is $4991. There are 4 rooms in the house and I pay $1400 for the second smallest room and my other roommate pays $1100 for the smallest room. That leave $2491 for the 2 largest rooms which means I'm paying more per square footage than I should.
Is my contract with my master tenant null/void under these circumstances?
What are my legal right?
What can I do to get this money back?
Any mediation or legal actions I can take?
Thank you for your time and knowledge.
On 12/8/2016 I received a text from my master tenant: "Hey guys, landlord knows about the additional subtenants which gives him grounds for eviction. I'm not sure what his next move is but I encourage everyone to have a plan B in case he does move to evict."
On 12/11/2016 we got served court eviction papers. So I found an apartment and informed my master tenant on 12/13/2016 that I was giving my 18-day notice to move out of the room because of the circumstances.
He and I talked and he gave me a verbal agreement that he would return my $2000 deposit minus cleaning etc. within 3 weeks from my 1/1/12017 move out date.
Now he is withholding all $2000 of my deposit because I didn't give him a full 30days notice.
To top it off, the rental agreement he had with the landlord is $4991. There are 4 rooms in the house and I pay $1400 for the second smallest room and my other roommate pays $1100 for the smallest room. That leave $2491 for the 2 largest rooms which means I'm paying more per square footage than I should.
Is my contract with my master tenant null/void under these circumstances?
What are my legal right?
What can I do to get this money back?
Any mediation or legal actions I can take?
Thank you for your time and knowledge.
