Landlord Assumes Tenant Doesn't Know Rights, Tenant Shows Them Otherwise

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Jan 29, 2021 9:00 AM EST

It's stories like this that serve as a solid reminder in the importance of knowing your rights as a tenant. There are an unfortunate amount of landlords out there that either have no idea what they're doing when it comes to playing by the rules of the law, or they're just shady and trying to pull a fast one on an unsuspecting tenant. Fortunately, this landlord tale ends well for the tenant involved. 

Check out some more juicy landlord drama with this landlord who tried to scam their tenants for $80 and ended up paying $6K. 

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  • 01
    Font - r/ProRevenge + Join u/archangelzad · 17h Landlord thinks I owe 8 months of rent Didn't know I knew tenant laws Okay not sure this goes here but here it goes. This took place during the middle of 2018. Me my wife and 3 kids were looking for a new place to rent because our current renter was selling and had given us a 60 notice to move. During this time my wife's mother had a friend lets call him Sam. Sam had a 4 bedroom 2 bath house that he was in the middle of remodeling to get ready to s
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  • 02
    Font - During the lease signing we went over to the house for Sam to point out all the things that were being worked and what things weren't complete when we were moving it. For example, the kitchen floor was being replaced, the kitchen counter, carpet was being added throughout the whole house (currently all wood floors). When we got there we pointed out that there was still trash all over the floor and bug traps all over the ground he assured us that it would all be cleaned before we moved in.
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  • 03
    Font - Move in date: 3 days later we are given the go ahead that we are able to move in at that he will be back in 6 months. We arrive at the house to find his 2 cars and motorcycle in the drive way with no where but the street for us to park (this becomes very important later in court.) The house is still just as dirty as the day we signed the lease. But with us really needing a place to stay me and my wife just take pictures and note everything wrong and get to cleaning. now remember this was
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  • 04
    Font - Living there: Now we lived there a total of 9 months. during the first 6 months we tried to get ahold of the landlord by phone with a way to pay rent. But we never got a reply from him after the day we got the keys. so everything that went wrong we just kept track of. Place had bugs nails sticking out of the floors and many other hazards. finally on the 7th month Sam returns from his vacation out of state and retrieves one of the cars in the drive. tells us he sorry for not responding and
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  • 05
    Font - Time in court: First red flag in the eviction is the copy of the lease that was attached it was an altered copy of the original I still had so the documents didn't even match. So lets do a little math each month I withheld rent I gave a detailed invoice of all the charges l'm reducing the rent by. I send all of this in the return on the eviction and guess who shows up to the house 5 days before court. You bet its Sam he starts yelling at the front door telling me to give him my debit card
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  • 06
    Font - I present everything on my part 100 of photos and invoices from each month about my rent reduction. Plus all the safety violations: 1 room no access - 250/month x 9 months 2 work cleaning and taking care of pool (was in lease to have pool guy never showed) - 100/month x 9 months 3 lawn care (also in lease to be provided) - 50/month x 9 months 4 Storage for 1 motorcycle - 25/day x9 months 5 Storage for 1 car - 55/day x 9 months 6 storage for 1 car - 55/day x 7 months (he picked this one up
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    Font - Safety Violations - No CO2 detector in the house, No working smoke alarms, all windows are supposed to have screens most were broken or missing, because of pool and no fence around it back door needed alarm to beep when opened ( County safety code ). exposed wires on most electric outlets, ceiling fans not installed but wires just exposed, improper foundation for rear stairs leading out back door, no license for inclosed backyard room ( had a 30ft x 20ft area off back door which was inclo
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  • 08
    Font - 1 He could pay me 9,999 Max allowed in small claims court here and I would have 7 days to be off of the property. 2 He could give me a normal 30 notice to vacate and I wouldn't pay anything and he would return my deposit in full within 24 hours after keys are returned. or 3 1 could continue to live there but no rent would be owed until all safety issues were fixed and his stuff on the property removed. He choose to go with option 2. On a side note found out from my wife's mother about a y
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