Questions about Getting Deposit back on apartment?

I moved into an duplex/house about three years ago. After i had lived there for about 3 months the house sold because the owners husband had a stroke and she could not manage it anymore.

The house sold and I lived there for about 2 years and my new landlord wanted to sell the house after fixing up his side. He painted my side of the apartment and that was pretty much it.

It took awhile but he sold the apartment to a brother and sister and they kicked me out of my apartment. They told me that they knew what the house was when they purchase it so the only charges that would occur when getting my lease back would be cleaning wise.

I got a letter from them today stating that i am not getting any of the lease back. Most of the problems that they had noted where problems that were there before I moved in.

The problem is that I did not document the problems when I moved in because of the fast sell of the house and i did not even get a copy of the lease terms.

Any help?

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2 Responses to “Questions about Getting Deposit back on apartment?”

Mary B Says:
July 9th, 2009 at 9:23 am
File a small claims suit for your FULL deposit amount.

See what the judge says. That is all you can do.
Non Sequitur Says:
July 12th, 2009 at 7:25 am
You should consult an attorney on this because this will depend on state law. You might want to consider responding to their letter in writing and express your concerns. Recognize, of course, that your letter could be used as an exhibit in a court proceeding if it comes to that. You probably want to be firm but polite.