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Nothing better than an MLT - a mutton, lettuce and tomato - when the mutton is nice and lean...
Anyway - had been living in an apartment above a storefront for about 2 years. Unfortunately my business had not been doing well and I was consistently behind with my rent. So at the beginning of April I got my walking papers. Be out by the end of the month. Fine.
Got a new place (more space, hardwood floors, utilities included in the rent - much better overall except maybe the parking) - after hiring a professional cleaning company to do an apartment cleanout, I was expecting to get most of my security deposit back - Around $1300. Fortunately our new apartment only needed half of the security deposit so I wasn't in a huge rush to get the money back. Me and the new roommate had the rent and deposit covered between the two of us.
After texting back and forth with the property management guy for a MONTH - he finally gets back to me and says I'm not getting anything back because the carpet needed to be replaced, there's scratches all over the walls from moving furniture, one room smells like cigarette smoke, etc.
Well, that cheesed me off good.
I live in NJ - and our renter's laws are some of the most stringent in the country: in favor of the renter. For example, I know one part says something to the effect that if a renter is at a property for 2 years they CAN'T be charged for carpeting. 1 1/2 years 25% of the carpeting cost can be taken out of their deposit, 1 year 50%, etc.
So I talk to the property lawyer in my business networking group. He sends a nasty letter to the property management place.
Here's the kicker - the guy who owns my old building is actually a scientist who is one of the owners of a pretty big soil/material testing lab. He has a few properties for additional income but if the guy makes less than a quarter million dollars a year at the testing place I'd be shocked. Point is - the guy doesn't need to take my $1300. He makes so much money, I'd swear he's just trying to take mine to get his jollies out of stealing from a poor person.
So it turns out my lawyer's lawyer dick is bigger than his lawyer's lawyer dick because after a week or so they sent a check for a little over $1000. Claimed I hadn't vacated until May 9th and they were withholding $300 for that. Bullshit, but whatever - I was happy with the grand. I KNEW they were lying and that I should have gotten most of my deposit back. It's partially my fault for not taking before and after photos of the place, plus double checking after the cleaning people left. (they were supposed to remove a folding table and 2 bookcases and didn't)
Still, I was thrilled to have the money and get to thumb my nose at the lying liars who lie. I sorely want to text the property management guy back with something like "nyah nyah - got my money, bitch!" - but calmer heads have prevailed. Plus I could see these jerkoffs claiming I was harrassing them if I did that, so I'll behave.
Anyway - had been living in an apartment above a storefront for about 2 years. Unfortunately my business had not been doing well and I was consistently behind with my rent. So at the beginning of April I got my walking papers. Be out by the end of the month. Fine.
Got a new place (more space, hardwood floors, utilities included in the rent - much better overall except maybe the parking) - after hiring a professional cleaning company to do an apartment cleanout, I was expecting to get most of my security deposit back - Around $1300. Fortunately our new apartment only needed half of the security deposit so I wasn't in a huge rush to get the money back. Me and the new roommate had the rent and deposit covered between the two of us.
After texting back and forth with the property management guy for a MONTH - he finally gets back to me and says I'm not getting anything back because the carpet needed to be replaced, there's scratches all over the walls from moving furniture, one room smells like cigarette smoke, etc.
Well, that cheesed me off good.
I live in NJ - and our renter's laws are some of the most stringent in the country: in favor of the renter. For example, I know one part says something to the effect that if a renter is at a property for 2 years they CAN'T be charged for carpeting. 1 1/2 years 25% of the carpeting cost can be taken out of their deposit, 1 year 50%, etc.
So I talk to the property lawyer in my business networking group. He sends a nasty letter to the property management place.
Here's the kicker - the guy who owns my old building is actually a scientist who is one of the owners of a pretty big soil/material testing lab. He has a few properties for additional income but if the guy makes less than a quarter million dollars a year at the testing place I'd be shocked. Point is - the guy doesn't need to take my $1300. He makes so much money, I'd swear he's just trying to take mine to get his jollies out of stealing from a poor person.
So it turns out my lawyer's lawyer dick is bigger than his lawyer's lawyer dick because after a week or so they sent a check for a little over $1000. Claimed I hadn't vacated until May 9th and they were withholding $300 for that. Bullshit, but whatever - I was happy with the grand. I KNEW they were lying and that I should have gotten most of my deposit back. It's partially my fault for not taking before and after photos of the place, plus double checking after the cleaning people left. (they were supposed to remove a folding table and 2 bookcases and didn't)
Still, I was thrilled to have the money and get to thumb my nose at the lying liars who lie. I sorely want to text the property management guy back with something like "nyah nyah - got my money, bitch!" - but calmer heads have prevailed. Plus I could see these jerkoffs claiming I was harrassing them if I did that, so I'll behave.
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