So basically I was renting an apartment with no lease, strictly month to month basis. Of course, I had to give 30 days notice or I would have to fork over another month rent, yadda yadda. Circumstances changed for me after a few months and I needed to move out. I kind of felt a little mean, but I let my landlord know on Oct. 30 that I would be moving out by Dec 1, so I gave her like 31-32 days notice...kinda short I know but thats just the way it was.
I noticed my landlord (who lives below me, its a 2 story house where the upstairs she rents out) was annoyed/pissed at me leaving and started to do small things to irritate me. She kept putting her dog's plastic fence up on my staircase that leads to my apartment and she wouldn't take it down when she was done. Every morning I woke up I had to remove it, and whenever I came home from work I had to remove it. Small thing, but just got to be annoying. She did a few other minor things such as this, in my opinion, to take out her frustration on me.
Yesterday I went over to give the apartment one good final cleaning and after I was done I went downstairs to give her my key back. She answered the door and was very rude. She said "I should have made you sign a 1 year lease, I got screwed over by you" blah blah blah. I was very polite back and asked when I would get my $400 security deposit back. She said since I "screwed" her over she wouldn't have it for at least 3 weeks, she said she would mail it to me.
The whole time I was thinking "lady I didnt screw you over, you screwed yourself over leasing month to month" but I didnt say it. I have a feeling she is going to fight giving me the security deposit back...what should I do? How long should I wait before I make a small claims? How many times should I try to contact her about it?
Thanks in advance for the advice!
I noticed my landlord (who lives below me, its a 2 story house where the upstairs she rents out) was annoyed/pissed at me leaving and started to do small things to irritate me. She kept putting her dog's plastic fence up on my staircase that leads to my apartment and she wouldn't take it down when she was done. Every morning I woke up I had to remove it, and whenever I came home from work I had to remove it. Small thing, but just got to be annoying. She did a few other minor things such as this, in my opinion, to take out her frustration on me.
Yesterday I went over to give the apartment one good final cleaning and after I was done I went downstairs to give her my key back. She answered the door and was very rude. She said "I should have made you sign a 1 year lease, I got screwed over by you" blah blah blah. I was very polite back and asked when I would get my $400 security deposit back. She said since I "screwed" her over she wouldn't have it for at least 3 weeks, she said she would mail it to me.
The whole time I was thinking "lady I didnt screw you over, you screwed yourself over leasing month to month" but I didnt say it. I have a feeling she is going to fight giving me the security deposit back...what should I do? How long should I wait before I make a small claims? How many times should I try to contact her about it?
Thanks in advance for the advice!
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