Back in the beginning of August, My bedroom window broke.
Well, actually, my bed was kinda up against the window and my pillow applied some pressure to it, and it broke. Leaving my head dangling out of the window at 2am with a piece of glass 3 inches away from my neck.
Anyway.
I told my landlord about the broken window, and he told me that he would get it fixed right away.
So in the mean time, my husband and i put up some cardboard to keep the heat out.
Over and over we kept telling the land lord that it needed fixed.
Well, not really telling him...because he always had someone else come and collect the rent (which was paid on time every month).
Finally, last month we told the person that we werent going to pay any rent until it was fixed.
Lo and behold, 3 days later, someone comes to fix the window.
They "fix" the window by gluing in a piece of plexi glass and then adding 2 wood screws, to i guess, hold it in, but left the card board and broken glass in the window.
To me, the problem isnt fixed.
So, The land lord comes by to collect rent tuesday night, and we told him that we didnt have it because we already spent the money on bills.
Such as electric, water, our gas bill that was over $100 because thats what we have to heat with.
He then tells me "that isnt going to work". Which i still dont understand.
Anyway, He comes back the next night and wants to talk to my husband. He tells my husband that we have a week to get out because we "arent trying to catch up".
We are only ONE month behind, and i had told him that i would give him all of the rent we owe him on the 5th because im the only one working and i get paid every 2 weeks. Besides, I have 2 small kids i need to feed and put diapers on.
I just want to know if he can give us a weeks notice?
We dont have a rental agreement, it was all verbal.
We have the first months rent and deposit receipt along with all the other rent receipts. We live in Oklahoma, and i cant really find any laws stating how long we actually have to leave, or, what the landlord can evict us for.
We were never late on the rent except for this one time.
We've never made a big fuss about anything.
Never had the law to our house.
Just wanted him to fix a broken window...which was never really fixed.
I also want to add that when we first moved in, we had to get the place professionally steamed cleaned to get rid of the fleas.
It was so infested that we bombed the place 15 times before we moved in. We used sprays, borax, salt etc etc. The fleas are gone, but the carpet in the very back room is so damaged with urine and feces that we cant use it.
Not to mention that the house is on 2 breakers and we cant run more than 5 appliances at once because it kicks the breaker. There are SIX other windows that are cracked and missing big pieces. The floors are uneven, the ceiling is cracking, and the paneling where the tub is has mold behind it.
We didnt notice all this stuff until we actually moved in. Except for the fleas.
What should i do?
Additional Details
Putting a piece of plexi glass in a window isnt fixed, Not matter how you look at it.
Yes, I do owe him ONE month of rent, but i told him i can give him ALL of the rent and then some when i get paid again. Then he said we werent working with him.
This was the 3rd time we've seen him since we've moved in.
I just really want to know if he can tell us to leave in ONE WEEK without proper eviction papers.