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There's quite a bit of damage to the house I live in caused by my old roommates. The 5 of them moved out and we came to an agreement that we would pay them part of the security deposit back based on the damages to the house. We used "exhibit A" from our lease, which shows the cost for damages, and did a walk through and added them up. Apperently the old roommates didn't like this and called our landlord who said they would get a full deposit back and paid it to them without us knowing. As of now our landlord hasn't said if the new roommates owe them any money or not. They only have my 1/6th of the deposit and we are afraid they will take that money and charge us when we've out even though most of the damages were from the tenets that moved out already. We live in Columbus, Ohio and are just a bunch of college kids. We have a free Student legal service but don't know if we should contact them.
That's bizarre. Does the LL know you are still living there? What is the lease situation currently? If you have just signed a new lease, I would document the condition of the apartment, so when you move out you can prove it was damaged when your lease started.
There's quite a bit of damage to the house I live in caused by my old roommates. The 5 of them moved out and we came to an agreement that we would pay them part of the security deposit back based on the damages to the house. We used "exhibit A" from our lease, which shows the cost for damages, and did a walk through and added them up. Apperently the old roommates didn't like this and called our landlord who said they would get a full deposit back and paid it to them without us knowing. As of now our landlord hasn't said if the new roommates owe them any money or not. They only have my 1/6th of the deposit and we are afraid they will take that money and charge us when we've out even though most of the damages were from the tenets that moved out already. We live in Columbus, Ohio and are just a bunch of college kids. We have a free Student legal service but don't know if we should contact them.
I'm from Columbus Ohio and went to the school your speaking of. Contact the student legal services and tell them what is going on and they will help you out. I've used them before for a LL issue.
ETA - I felt I should also add that no, I do not think you will be responsible for all the damages. I'm sure there's a lot of technical legal jargon to it but basically all of you who were on the old lease are jointly responsible for any damages. The LL refunded your roommates their part of the deposit. They may have legally forfeited any claim to the deposit when they did this - I don't know the laws well enough to give you any kind of legal advice.
If I may, can I ask if this was a private LL or a campus rental company? I'm curious because I had a problem with one of the companies on campus and was wondering if we happened to have the same LL.
It's GAS properties. They still haven't contacted us and told us they gave them money, the old roommates were the ones that told us
Nope not the same company I rented from. Seems those campus rental companies aren't great places to rent from.
Definitely get in touch with the free legal aid. They specialize in LL/tenant laws because they deal with it a lot. Don't put it off any longer, make an appointment and go. There's absolutely no reason to delay in doing it and the longer you put it off, the more likely you are to get screwed over.
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