I live in Santa Monica, CA.
a rent controlled apartment.
So I had 3 roommates. A and B we'll call them.
A and I are on the lease, but B is not, but he had permission from the landlord to be here.
A and I paid for deposit, I paid for a little bit more since I had dogs. The lease we signed ended, and is on month to month now.
A and B both moved out, and I told them to make sure to do a move out clean of the apartment and we could all pay for the cleaning fee together. Which wouldn't have been much anyway.
But they didn't. And still owned me 2 month worth of utilities. And the landlord stopped by the other day and got really angry at how the apartment was left. So I cleaned the apartment, since I would still be living here. But the landlord did say he would have to repaint the walls.
B managed to give me his share of the utilities. and we have no problem whatsoever. A however, demanded that I give him his full deposit back ($800), and said that this is the way his friends do it, that whoever is left in the apartment is responsible to give the people who moved out their deposits back.
Now I've never heard of this, and I have been living in Cali for quite a while. To my understand, its the landlord who gives back the deposits within 30 days (its only been 2 weeks since he moved out), and since our original lease was up anyway it doesn't make me responsible as the last person left on the lease who still lives here. I've explained this to A, and told him that it was his responsibility to make sure he gets his portion of the deposit back by cleaning, and doing a walk through and communicating with the landlord. Now he refuses to pay me the 2 months utilities ($172) and is coming to my house to try to get his deposit from me. I've been really busy lately, and haven't been home during the day, but my neighbors have told me that he's been banging on the doors and windows and trying to open the locks. Technically, it is now my apartment and he should not be coming without permission right?
Will my landlord be able to do anything to stop him from harassing me for deposits? My landlord told me that he would be giving A deposit after he decide on the repainting charges (only for A's room, and part of the living room). But A says none of the damages are his fault and shouldn't be paid out of his deposit.
Do I really have to resort to calling the police if he tries to force his way into the apartment? I don't want to make this into a huge deal, and make it seem like I'm a trouble maker especially because I have a good relationship with the landlord and the neighbors.
Thanks!
a rent controlled apartment.
So I had 3 roommates. A and B we'll call them.
A and I are on the lease, but B is not, but he had permission from the landlord to be here.
A and I paid for deposit, I paid for a little bit more since I had dogs. The lease we signed ended, and is on month to month now.
A and B both moved out, and I told them to make sure to do a move out clean of the apartment and we could all pay for the cleaning fee together. Which wouldn't have been much anyway.
But they didn't. And still owned me 2 month worth of utilities. And the landlord stopped by the other day and got really angry at how the apartment was left. So I cleaned the apartment, since I would still be living here. But the landlord did say he would have to repaint the walls.
B managed to give me his share of the utilities. and we have no problem whatsoever. A however, demanded that I give him his full deposit back ($800), and said that this is the way his friends do it, that whoever is left in the apartment is responsible to give the people who moved out their deposits back.
Now I've never heard of this, and I have been living in Cali for quite a while. To my understand, its the landlord who gives back the deposits within 30 days (its only been 2 weeks since he moved out), and since our original lease was up anyway it doesn't make me responsible as the last person left on the lease who still lives here. I've explained this to A, and told him that it was his responsibility to make sure he gets his portion of the deposit back by cleaning, and doing a walk through and communicating with the landlord. Now he refuses to pay me the 2 months utilities ($172) and is coming to my house to try to get his deposit from me. I've been really busy lately, and haven't been home during the day, but my neighbors have told me that he's been banging on the doors and windows and trying to open the locks. Technically, it is now my apartment and he should not be coming without permission right?
Will my landlord be able to do anything to stop him from harassing me for deposits? My landlord told me that he would be giving A deposit after he decide on the repainting charges (only for A's room, and part of the living room). But A says none of the damages are his fault and shouldn't be paid out of his deposit.
Do I really have to resort to calling the police if he tries to force his way into the apartment? I don't want to make this into a huge deal, and make it seem like I'm a trouble maker especially because I have a good relationship with the landlord and the neighbors.
Thanks!
