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I am really hoping to get some help here as I'm at a loss of what to do. I renewed a lease with my roommate last July, but our third roommate moved out so I asked an acquaintance of ours if she'd be interested in living with us, she agreed. All three of us are on the lease, and we each pay $615 a month for rent plus utilities.
We're all college students, and over our winter break we got notice that roomie #3 hadn't paid December rent, we figured it may have been a financial aid issue from school and paid it little mind. Then, towards the end of the break I get a text from roomie #2 saying our other roommate vacated her room She gave us no notice, and when we contacted her asking about it all she said was that she emailed us letting us know she was moving out, which was a lie. We asked that she forward the email again and all I got was an email saying "I moved out." She never paid December or January rent.
Our lease runs until the end of June, so we got a friend of mine to sublease from her starting in the middle of January until the end of May. She keeps saying her parents will pay the $1,048 she owes for those two months at the end of the month but it's been 2 months of that. She also owes me $168 from utilities and keeps telling me her mom mailed a check, which I haven't received. This morning we got an email from her mom asking to stop "harassing" her daughter, when all we've done is be polite, but she constantly ignores our attempts at communication.
Her mom wants to meet with us to settle the "issues" we're "claiming" but I'm not sure it's a good idea. Right now we're also worried she won't pay for June, which she is responsible for.
Should my roommate and I take her to small claims court? Thanks in advance!
Her mom wants to meet with us to settle the "issues" we're "claiming" but I'm not sure it's a good idea. Right now we're also worried she won't pay for June, which she is responsible for.
Should my roommate and I take her to small claims court? Thanks in advance!
Meet with her mother and, if the issue can't be resolved quickly and quietly, file your claim in court.
Meet with her mother and, if the issue can't be resolved quickly and quietly, file your claim in court.
This, and, don't be intimidated by her mother. Demand what you're owed, and have documentation, and if you don't get it, then file against your ex roomie (assuming she's 18.) PS: If you win, she is likely broke, and you won't actually collect, at least not for a couple of years. But you can put a mark on her credit that will follow her around.
+1. Bring the original lease that your non-paying, ex-roommate signed and insist that the terms on paper be followed. Do not listen to threats or pleas. The lease governs the situation and your old roommate is in default.
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