Hi. Five girls moved into a house agreeing to share the rent. One girl decided to be the leaseholder since all of the girls could not be on the lease. All five had a verbal agreement to pay their portion of the rent and utilities every month. No one was asked to sign any agreement of any kind(except the one girl, we'll call her Bobby, who signed the lease with the home owner). No one was given any directions on what to do when the time came for any one to move out. We just went on good faith and paid every month. Three of the girls decided to move out after nine months. Bobby decided to give one of the three girls her deposit back because she had another tenant lined up ready to take her room. She is refusing to refund the other two girls their deposit back because they didn't give
her 30 days written notice (although they did give her verbal notice) which is required by law. This does not seem right because the one girl who is getting her deposit back did not give a 30 day written notice either. She did sign a document in the middle of the month before she moved stating that she would leave her room clean and pay her owed utilities but it was not a 30 day notice. The other two girls did not sign any thing but have kept their end of the bargain as far as rent and utilities owed. Bobby has also rented out their rooms which means she has collected deposits from the new tenants.
Aren't the other two girls also entitled to their deposit back? How can she legally refund one girl and not the other two when all of the verbal agreements were honored? Is it
worth our time to take her to court for our deposit back? Would we win? Please advise.
her 30 days written notice (although they did give her verbal notice) which is required by law. This does not seem right because the one girl who is getting her deposit back did not give a 30 day written notice either. She did sign a document in the middle of the month before she moved stating that she would leave her room clean and pay her owed utilities but it was not a 30 day notice. The other two girls did not sign any thing but have kept their end of the bargain as far as rent and utilities owed. Bobby has also rented out their rooms which means she has collected deposits from the new tenants.
Aren't the other two girls also entitled to their deposit back? How can she legally refund one girl and not the other two when all of the verbal agreements were honored? Is it
worth our time to take her to court for our deposit back? Would we win? Please advise.
