johplanesi
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I have no idea what to do, so any advice would be awesome.
My fiancee and I have lived in our house for just under two years now. We've always paid our rent, sometimes late, but we always paid any late fees our landlord asked and have most of the recipts. She already tried to screw us over for the cash we paid once, and we got that cleared up.
When things break around here, she says she cant afford to fix them, so we've had to- on top of paying rent. For instance, she wanted us to keep the pool filled even though she couldn't replace the filter. So, new filter. The air conditioning broke. So we fixed it several times. The carpeting was ruined when we moved in, and we recieved permission to replace it when we first moved in. So, we are in the process of putting down wood flooring.
Well, last month she came over while my fiancee was replacing the hot water heater (which she couldn't afford to fix as usual), and had the water off. There is a house behind us that she is remodeling, and she needed the water on. Long story short, she shoved past my fiancee to get into the house, and flipped out about the carpet being replaced and said she never gave us permission.
We handn't shown her recipts for the new flooring or install because we're only half done. Anyone knows, half-done looks crappy.
After yelling at us that we he had 30 days to get out (despite paying the rent already), she called the police for the water being off. The officer came, my fiancee told him what had been happening, and the water had been turned on by then. The officer then told her to stay away from us and our house, because when we're leasing it, it's ours.
This morning, she came over and asked my fiancee why the water wasnt working. He told her it was on here, so it should be on at the other house. When he went to check everything out for her, she snapped a picture of him and said "You know you're not supposed to be messing around in there."
Now, the water company is here, and it's looking like the problem is at the other house- not ours.
Last month, we paid her almost $1,000 to stay here, as well as made our roomates get rid of their trailer that had been here for over a year. Now, it's the flooring, and she's faking pictures.
What can we do about this? We didnt get anything in writing, so I know that's not gunna help us. And we aren't taking fake pictures.
I have a sample of the previous carpeting, tons of recipts, and even more witnesses. I have proof that this house is unsafe to live in, (I can see through the floor to the ground below where the house should be connected), and we've been fixing it. The previous tenant can vouch for us in all of these things. I just need to know where to start.
I'm not trying to avoid eviction, I already have somewhere else to go. I just want my money back. I could easily hit her for over $10,000 in repairs, on top of a $725 a month rent and almost $400 a month in electricity, topped by $100 in gas. We're about to have a baby, so why did we have to afford it and not her?
I've done my research- one fire alarm in a three bedroom house is slum lord. The electircal outlets bursting into fire is slum lord. The water not working right, air conditioning breaking, and carpet so dirty you dont even want your shoes on it is slum lord. We've kept up with the gardening, and even paid for the removal of dead trees. We reapinted the entire house when the previous tenant's son had ruined them before us. We replaced the laundry room floor when it fell out. We replaced the water spicket when it shot out of the wall out back.
Every time, she has some excuse.
My fiancee has scars from where he fell through the floor of another trailer he was working on for her. We had to pay five people out of our own pockets for cleaning up another lot with six abandoned trailers on it because she was unsatisfied with the work he had done. He fixed the swamp cooler on the house behind ours for her, and got no pay.
Any ideas as to what I can do about this horribly long ordeal?
My fiancee and I have lived in our house for just under two years now. We've always paid our rent, sometimes late, but we always paid any late fees our landlord asked and have most of the recipts. She already tried to screw us over for the cash we paid once, and we got that cleared up.
When things break around here, she says she cant afford to fix them, so we've had to- on top of paying rent. For instance, she wanted us to keep the pool filled even though she couldn't replace the filter. So, new filter. The air conditioning broke. So we fixed it several times. The carpeting was ruined when we moved in, and we recieved permission to replace it when we first moved in. So, we are in the process of putting down wood flooring.
Well, last month she came over while my fiancee was replacing the hot water heater (which she couldn't afford to fix as usual), and had the water off. There is a house behind us that she is remodeling, and she needed the water on. Long story short, she shoved past my fiancee to get into the house, and flipped out about the carpet being replaced and said she never gave us permission.
We handn't shown her recipts for the new flooring or install because we're only half done. Anyone knows, half-done looks crappy.
After yelling at us that we he had 30 days to get out (despite paying the rent already), she called the police for the water being off. The officer came, my fiancee told him what had been happening, and the water had been turned on by then. The officer then told her to stay away from us and our house, because when we're leasing it, it's ours.
This morning, she came over and asked my fiancee why the water wasnt working. He told her it was on here, so it should be on at the other house. When he went to check everything out for her, she snapped a picture of him and said "You know you're not supposed to be messing around in there."
Now, the water company is here, and it's looking like the problem is at the other house- not ours.
Last month, we paid her almost $1,000 to stay here, as well as made our roomates get rid of their trailer that had been here for over a year. Now, it's the flooring, and she's faking pictures.
What can we do about this? We didnt get anything in writing, so I know that's not gunna help us. And we aren't taking fake pictures.
I have a sample of the previous carpeting, tons of recipts, and even more witnesses. I have proof that this house is unsafe to live in, (I can see through the floor to the ground below where the house should be connected), and we've been fixing it. The previous tenant can vouch for us in all of these things. I just need to know where to start.
I'm not trying to avoid eviction, I already have somewhere else to go. I just want my money back. I could easily hit her for over $10,000 in repairs, on top of a $725 a month rent and almost $400 a month in electricity, topped by $100 in gas. We're about to have a baby, so why did we have to afford it and not her?
I've done my research- one fire alarm in a three bedroom house is slum lord. The electircal outlets bursting into fire is slum lord. The water not working right, air conditioning breaking, and carpet so dirty you dont even want your shoes on it is slum lord. We've kept up with the gardening, and even paid for the removal of dead trees. We reapinted the entire house when the previous tenant's son had ruined them before us. We replaced the laundry room floor when it fell out. We replaced the water spicket when it shot out of the wall out back.
Every time, she has some excuse.
My fiancee has scars from where he fell through the floor of another trailer he was working on for her. We had to pay five people out of our own pockets for cleaning up another lot with six abandoned trailers on it because she was unsatisfied with the work he had done. He fixed the swamp cooler on the house behind ours for her, and got no pay.
Any ideas as to what I can do about this horribly long ordeal?
