- Jurisdiction
- California
Back in 2012, a close friend and I decided to move in together. It wasn't until 8 months into the lease that she unexpectedly decided to leave out of town without saying a word about not paying her side of rent. I understood she had been under going financial struggles, however, to my knowledge, I had assumed she had already paid for her portion of the rent considering it was close to the middle of the month, and it wasn't until then I got a call from the property management that we hadn't paid for the remaining half. And what do you know, we were then immediately evicted.
It's been a little over 3 years, and trying to fight the eviction is clearly out of my hands, as stated in the lease, all tenants are liable for paying rent on time, and I completely understand that, so I wasn't even going to try and waste a breath in trying to make the property management see otherwise. As crappy as the situation was, and where it's left me in trying to find anywhere to live, what's done is done and there's nothing I can do to take the eviction off.
My only concern now is that I've been in contact with her briefly from when we got evicted to now to see if she's taken care of the matter, but I don't think she has. I've reached out to her, and when I did the first time, she reasoned and said she'd handle the problem on her end and keep in touch. I've sent her all the forms, documents of all the fees and dues that she caused, in addition to that, phone numbers of who to get in contact with in case she had any questions, but It's been nearly a year since we last spoke, and not a single update of what she has or hasn't done to take care of the problem. I thought I'd try contacting her again to see if there were any updates in case I may've missed anything, but nothing.
Now, at this point, I feel like I've been tremendously patient, considering that I don't think she's a bad person, but I've come to a point where I feel and believe that taking legal actions against her is the only way I can get her to take care of the dues that she's caused as it's been nearly 3 years now. I'm now reaching out to anyone seeking for any advice to see what the next best step is. Is this possible? Can it be done? Is it too late?
It's been a little over 3 years, and trying to fight the eviction is clearly out of my hands, as stated in the lease, all tenants are liable for paying rent on time, and I completely understand that, so I wasn't even going to try and waste a breath in trying to make the property management see otherwise. As crappy as the situation was, and where it's left me in trying to find anywhere to live, what's done is done and there's nothing I can do to take the eviction off.
My only concern now is that I've been in contact with her briefly from when we got evicted to now to see if she's taken care of the matter, but I don't think she has. I've reached out to her, and when I did the first time, she reasoned and said she'd handle the problem on her end and keep in touch. I've sent her all the forms, documents of all the fees and dues that she caused, in addition to that, phone numbers of who to get in contact with in case she had any questions, but It's been nearly a year since we last spoke, and not a single update of what she has or hasn't done to take care of the problem. I thought I'd try contacting her again to see if there were any updates in case I may've missed anything, but nothing.
Now, at this point, I feel like I've been tremendously patient, considering that I don't think she's a bad person, but I've come to a point where I feel and believe that taking legal actions against her is the only way I can get her to take care of the dues that she's caused as it's been nearly 3 years now. I'm now reaching out to anyone seeking for any advice to see what the next best step is. Is this possible? Can it be done? Is it too late?
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