LivinLaVivaPollo
Senior member
Just as a bit of background.
My landlords built these brand new lofts thinking they could sell them for 400K (1bedroom, 1.5 BA, 900 sq. feet) No one bought them. So they decided to rent them out. I say this because my landlords are originally homebuilders, and don't have experience with rentals. This was very evident when something went wrong (broken dishwasher, front door deadbolt glued), that he would say it wasn't his responsbility and to hire someone to look into it. He did eventually pay for the repairs though.
To compound to this, his office manager also left his company, so that really left him in the dark about these rentals.
Last month, I was moving out and I asked him if I could use my deposit as last month's rent(highly unusual and not recommended due to legal reasons), since I needed to fork over 4K in deposits and rent for my new place. I simply would not have been able to cover my new deposit/rent and paying my last month's rent at my old place. So I asked him for a break, and he said it would be no problem. I barely lived in the place, since I was working most of the time, so the place was extremely clean.
Fast forward to yesterday. He mails me back my deposit in whole, which he shouldn't have done, since I told him to use it for my last month's rent.
I'm usually an extremely honest person. But situations have changed. I rented my new place thinking my fiance could also pitch in with the rent ($2000). She recently got diagnosed with breast cancer and will not be able to work for the next six months (chemo and radiation). This money would really help with the rent, but I don't want to screw this guy because he cut me a break.
I probably won't cash it. But what do you all think?
EDIT:
I would not even consider cashing it in any other situation. But with the costs of chemo and radiation therapy coming up for my fiance, and the fact that she can't work, this is why I'm even considering it.
Also, there is a portion of the check that is DUE to me, that part is the cleaning deposit. He never cleaned the place, since I cleaned it up so well. But I can't go into a bank and say I want 300 dollars of this 1800 deposit.
AND I did move halfway through my last month, but gave him the whole month's rent (through the deposit). He also had the next guy move in 3 days after I left, so there is a gray area here. Because that guy he had move in, was technically living under my contract and my rent (which he eventually refunded, in error, in total to me).
My landlords built these brand new lofts thinking they could sell them for 400K (1bedroom, 1.5 BA, 900 sq. feet) No one bought them. So they decided to rent them out. I say this because my landlords are originally homebuilders, and don't have experience with rentals. This was very evident when something went wrong (broken dishwasher, front door deadbolt glued), that he would say it wasn't his responsbility and to hire someone to look into it. He did eventually pay for the repairs though.
To compound to this, his office manager also left his company, so that really left him in the dark about these rentals.
Last month, I was moving out and I asked him if I could use my deposit as last month's rent(highly unusual and not recommended due to legal reasons), since I needed to fork over 4K in deposits and rent for my new place. I simply would not have been able to cover my new deposit/rent and paying my last month's rent at my old place. So I asked him for a break, and he said it would be no problem. I barely lived in the place, since I was working most of the time, so the place was extremely clean.
Fast forward to yesterday. He mails me back my deposit in whole, which he shouldn't have done, since I told him to use it for my last month's rent.
I'm usually an extremely honest person. But situations have changed. I rented my new place thinking my fiance could also pitch in with the rent ($2000). She recently got diagnosed with breast cancer and will not be able to work for the next six months (chemo and radiation). This money would really help with the rent, but I don't want to screw this guy because he cut me a break.
I probably won't cash it. But what do you all think?
EDIT:
I would not even consider cashing it in any other situation. But with the costs of chemo and radiation therapy coming up for my fiance, and the fact that she can't work, this is why I'm even considering it.
Also, there is a portion of the check that is DUE to me, that part is the cleaning deposit. He never cleaned the place, since I cleaned it up so well. But I can't go into a bank and say I want 300 dollars of this 1800 deposit.
AND I did move halfway through my last month, but gave him the whole month's rent (through the deposit). He also had the next guy move in 3 days after I left, so there is a gray area here. Because that guy he had move in, was technically living under my contract and my rent (which he eventually refunded, in error, in total to me).
