AmberGretchen
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OK, so some of you may have seen my post in the "moving" thread a while ago, but I really had to get this off my chest as the situation continues and the anxiety mounts, which in turn delays bf from getting the ring and proposing (and me from wanting to be proposed to while dealing with these people).
So, we moved into our old apartment (our very first one together!) at the beginning of July. We had numerous small problems (oven didn''t work, garage door didn''t lock), that landlords were very slow to resolve but eventually fixed. Then, as it starts to get cold outside, (late November), we discover that our heat doesn''t work. To make a long story short, even though we told the landlords it wasn''t working and they were legally required to fix it, they didn''t, and they wouldn''t give us a date that they would fix it by, even though we eventually called the department of building inspection and had them cited. Their reasoning for this delay was that "it was the holidays" (the beginning of December is NOT the holidays), and that they "didn''t think it was urgent" (besides it being super-illegal to not provide tenants with heat, it was making my asthma worse, which we told them multiple times
).
Eventually, it got so bad that we had to move out, although they did fix the heat (as far as we know) after we moved out. Now, we are waiting on the return of our security deposit, which was legally due by yesterday. I called them and they said they mailed it yesterday and that therefore it was postmarked by the deadline (they seem to have conveniently forgotten that things don''t get postmarked on Sunday, also, that the law in CA says "returned within 21 days," there is nothing about postmarking). Additionally, they withheld money from it but wouldn''t tell us on the phone how much or for what. Now, legally, they can''t withhold anything for damage, because the apartment was in better shape when we left than when we moved in, and from a legal standpoint, we did everything they asked us to do in writing before moving out. However, we didn''t pay any rent for the portion of January that we had to stay there before we could find a new place, because we had already paid full rent for November and December with no heat
!! We have talked to a lawyer who specializes in SF tenant law, and she said we are totally in the right and will win if we have to go to court, but it is all just so stressful and I desperately want it all to be over. n the other hand, we can''t just leave them the money, because its almost $3000!!
So in the meantime, I just keep stressing, and the engagement just keeps getting pushed to the back burner to deal with this (and with being insanely busy - we see each other one hour a day when we are both awake if we are lucky
). Sorry about the long post, this has just been a really horrible experience of finding out how mean and evil and petty people really are...
Thanks for reading, and if anyone has had similar issues/situations I would love to hear about them.
So, we moved into our old apartment (our very first one together!) at the beginning of July. We had numerous small problems (oven didn''t work, garage door didn''t lock), that landlords were very slow to resolve but eventually fixed. Then, as it starts to get cold outside, (late November), we discover that our heat doesn''t work. To make a long story short, even though we told the landlords it wasn''t working and they were legally required to fix it, they didn''t, and they wouldn''t give us a date that they would fix it by, even though we eventually called the department of building inspection and had them cited. Their reasoning for this delay was that "it was the holidays" (the beginning of December is NOT the holidays), and that they "didn''t think it was urgent" (besides it being super-illegal to not provide tenants with heat, it was making my asthma worse, which we told them multiple times
Eventually, it got so bad that we had to move out, although they did fix the heat (as far as we know) after we moved out. Now, we are waiting on the return of our security deposit, which was legally due by yesterday. I called them and they said they mailed it yesterday and that therefore it was postmarked by the deadline (they seem to have conveniently forgotten that things don''t get postmarked on Sunday, also, that the law in CA says "returned within 21 days," there is nothing about postmarking). Additionally, they withheld money from it but wouldn''t tell us on the phone how much or for what. Now, legally, they can''t withhold anything for damage, because the apartment was in better shape when we left than when we moved in, and from a legal standpoint, we did everything they asked us to do in writing before moving out. However, we didn''t pay any rent for the portion of January that we had to stay there before we could find a new place, because we had already paid full rent for November and December with no heat
So in the meantime, I just keep stressing, and the engagement just keeps getting pushed to the back burner to deal with this (and with being insanely busy - we see each other one hour a day when we are both awake if we are lucky
Thanks for reading, and if anyone has had similar issues/situations I would love to hear about them.
I just bought it in October and I love it. I think I would miss Tulsa too. I am biased but I definitely prefer Tulsa to OKC. Is FI from OKC? Maybe he can set up his dental practice in Tulsa one day.
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