We are currently renting a house from a friend that could not sell it. We moved in the middle of August, the house was not cleaned from the last tenants. The carpets were shampooed, but bathrooms & the kitchen were still dirty. We had been there for at least 3 weeks before they made an effort to have us sign a lease agreement, for 1 year starting Sept 1. We were the only two that signed, they didn’t & we still have not received a copy of the lease. There were still items throughout the house from the last tenants that the landlord kept saying they were going to clean out, & those items are still in the house. The landlord had called many times saying they personally need something from the house, or they were going to get the previous tenants items, cuz they wanted them back. The locks were never changed after the last tenants, so who knows who has a key. I would think that is against the safety the landlord has to follow? The landlord called my boyfriend over & over asking for the rest of the deposit, after we had already come to an agreement that we needed more time to come up with it. He came over 2 diff times 1 day, I didn’t answer cuz he did not give prior notice, he then went around the our garage door, opened it ½ way, with the garage door opener he kept saying he was going to give us, he looked to see if our car was there, then closed it. He said he was going to have the sprinkler system blown out for the winter, still hasn’t done it. I read that the landlord was not allowed on the property unless there was an emergency, or 24-48 hours notice. Him opening the garage door was deff wrong, but we did not know if him ringing the doorbell 2 times in 1 day was going against that since he came over without notice? There are many things wrong with this situation. We don’t know what can be considered breach of contract by the landlord. My boyfriend had the choice to lose his job, or transfer to Denver, obviously he is going to transfer, we told our landlords this, they replied at first saying they think we would only lose the deposit, nothing else. Later came back and said we were responsible for the rest of the lease or until they sold or rented it again. They terminated the tenants lease before us 2 or 3 months early cuz one out of the 3 girls moved out so the other 2 couldn’t make rent. He did not charge them for the rest of the rent, just took the deposit. This is no diff, but we didn’t know if they could do that to those girls, and make us continue paying. We have not missed or been late on any months rent, and we don’t bother them for anything. The front yard of the house is trashed, it has grass, lots of weeds and trash, same with the backyard, and we have a 3 year old who loves to be outside. also there were items left in the garage for the yard that my son could get into and hurt himself that belonged to the landlord. The window wells in the backyard were not covered. These are all things that are opinions of the resident of the house, but I would think would be considered safety violations when renting the property out to someone else. ? We have many problems with these landlords and need help, we want to know If any of these are considered them breaching the contract. I would put more about the contract itself, but I do not have it, they do. Please Help, we have to move on the 28th, and have to decide what we are going to do within the next week or 2. PLEASE HELP!!!
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Those of you that think nothing is wrong with this you are completely wrong. go to an apartment and ask if they have to change the locks. safety is the responsibilty of the landlord. its pretty funny those of you that have already answered and think i am just making this up to get out without paying. I am renting a 3 bd 2 ba, 3 car garage, gorgeous house, and I would not be wanting to get out of this lease if I didn't truly have to cuz of the job change, or cuz the landlords are horrible. come on. O is it that you think I like going from place to place packing my 3 year old up and our entire house? ya right. I have researched about what a landlord is responseable for, and they have shown no responsibility for anything.