The Rental agreement began June ’08 and ended in August ‘08. In July, my brother signed a 1 month Notice-to-leave. Recently, my brother was told of a collection agency, hired by a Oasis Ridge Apart. in Vegas, against him for not paying; unfortunately, I am the co-signer and I also pay the full bill even though I don’t live there. So, I called the Management and a worker named Gina said rent wasn’t paid for July and Aug. So when I heard this, I obtain bank records that showed I paid online for those dates and faxed it to their supervisor Jane. 2 days later, I got a hold of Jane and she is saying differently (inconsistency) that July and August was paid and that transfer of ownership did not happen despite the 1 month notice in advance to leave because my brother did not hand over the keys and conduct a landlord-tenant walk-thru inspection. So they charged an extra month of Sept rent and assumed that he was still there Zazil looked into the apartment at the end of Sept. and noticed it empty; she then said she checked him out of it. We didn’t know of this until now. So, where do I stand here? Do I owe more $? Was the notice good enough or do they have a legal assumption regarding the keys and walk-thru? Thank you.
James
Here’s another question: Isn’t there supposed to be a verbal mutual agreement between landlord and tenant, not just an assumption, for another rental period to occur?
gafpromise said:
Feb 01, 09 at 7:05 amThey could have a point regarding the keys. But it sounds like they are jerking you around, changing their story. did your brother in fact return the keys on time? i would dispute the charge in writing, stating that the keys were returned at the end of the 1-month notice and therefore you do not feel that additional rent is owed. I don’t know about the walk-through unless that is something that is required per the lease.
efflandt said:
Feb 05, 09 at 1:49 amIf your brother did not turn in the keys or follow other procedures for vacating the apartment (some require carpet cleaning), how would they know when he actually left? And what happened to the security deposit?
schwildcat1977 said:
Feb 06, 09 at 5:32 amIt sounds like your brother was irresponsible and did not return the keys. Just the notice to vacate is not sufficient. They could not verify he was gone as promised till they got they keys.
You owe that money- sorry.