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I recently bought a house after renting a place for six years. My husband was a transfer from Pa to Ia...we needed a place quickly and this "nice old lady" came through.. all along we have paid our rent on time, when we had a problem and called she yelled at us to fix it ourselves.. so we stopped calling and when the paint chipped in the bathroom and kitchen we painted it white.. when the thermostat broke we installed a new one, when we wanted a dog we called and asked her permission, we mowed the lawn, weeded.. took great care of the place. The place is over 50 years old and in need of a great deal... the rug was old when we moved in, the place was very drafty and gas heat, the paint was chipping in all the windows, kitchen cabinets, the bathroom was literally falling apart and the basement flooded everytime it rained.
We told her we would be out by the 5th.We moved into our new house and on sunday night she called us and told us we had to be out by monday morning leaving us virtually no time to get anything done. We were there until midnight cleaning the place up, scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom etc.
She called us yelling because I did not clean out the chips of paint from the windows, she claims we never talked to her about the dog, she was pissed we painted and get this.. extremely mad we chose to cover the windows with plastic because "the house was never drafty when I lived there" which was over twenty years ago. She was also pissed the carpet had no padding but the carpet was old when we moved in.
She is refusing to give us back our security deposit. Between her and her nephew I swear they are running a scam. The things they are saying are ludicrous.. my husband and I have been renters for over 15 years and have never had a problem before. I don't know what to do. Do I have any recourse. There is no lease which sucks so I am not sure if I have any action I can even take.
I have this to say. I am very proud that we bought a house and don't have to worry about this shit again. I realize it took us awhile but paying off debt was first and working our way back up the ladder is what kept us renters.. I still can't believe she is doing this.
Thanks for any help you can provide.. I really need some advice.
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