I am so highly irritated right now.
I admit, I screwed up by forgetting to return the keys to the apartment. I mean really, how do you forget to do something like that? But you know I did. It started off as something I would put off for a day or so because it didn’t seem like a big deal. But then of course I get this notice in the mail about general sessions court and all this, for posession of property and what have you. Which okay, yeah you want your keys back. A month or so after I moved in I paid $25 to have the locks changed. Tell me why all of the sudden, now that I’ve moved out, they’re trying to charge me $120 for the keys?! And how can you accuse me of being in possesion of something, when a whole TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS will change the locks!! Perhaps there’s something more that goes on behind the scenes, but I don’t know, it all just doesn’t make sense.
They also decided to charge me for another month’s rent, which I guess is a given when I “posess” the apartment. Even though um, the electricity was turned off on April 2nd. Shouldn’t they have noticed that? Apparently the fact I paid for 6 months rent when I moved in didn’t make it clear enough that I was only going to be there for six months.
I know it really all boils down to technical and legal mumbo gumbo that is really allowing them to bite me in the ass. It just makes me very, very angry that things are allowed to work this way. It is ridiculous to expect someone to be able to fork over such a huge amount of money in less than 30 days. I could manage it if I really had to, but I don’t want to because this is very unfair. So what, I forgot to give back the keys, and I forgot to give you a 30 day notice that I would NOT be renewing my lease, which in my opinion defeats the point of the lease. Because I am hard headed I just don’t do things that I think are stupid. Real grown up, I know.
But seriously, please cut me some slack. Like I said I paid for my whole stay there at once. I only had the cops called on me while living there once, and we even steam cleaned the carpets before we left. Have a heart!
April 30th, 2007 at 5:42 am
That’s awful! Those landlords don’t have hearts. Or maybe even souls. Sheesh.
Maybe they’re just greedy and want all the money they can try to get out of you?
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April 30th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
That’s what partially so bothersome, how could anyone be so heartless? I am but one person, they slapped so many fees on me I can’t see straight.
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May 1st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Wow. That really sucks they did all that just for not turning in the keys!
I used to help turn over apartments many years ago & we would have dropped dead seeing someone steam clean the carpets before their move ;)
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May 9th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Writing a blog is good therapy. It’s like taking all that stress out of yourself and putting it in writing. Now the stress is on the page, not in you!!!
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