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Being unfairly Evicted
4 years ago
Our landlord is trying to evict us, without going to court and only giving us 3 days to get out; both against GA law when it comes to our rights at tenants. We're gonna try and fight this, but if anyone can help it'd be greatly appreciated even if it's just spreading this around.
Why they are trying:
1. Trash and Clutter. Last Thurs we were told we needed to get the place clean, and had till Monday to do it. Couldn't do anything Friday, we both worked; but I managed to get us a storage place reserved to rent on Saturday. Saturday rolls around, Roomie is very sick. I try to get help from his grandma to go rent the storage place and then get cleaning supplies. She initially agrees, but has something to do first... then calls back having changed her mind, deciding my roomate (her grandson) was just drunk (he wasn't), that if he was really sick I'd call 911 and deal with those expenses; and that if we did lose the place she wasn't gonna help us because we should have taken better care of the place. So Roomie hears all this, crawls out of bed to get ready and do all this anyway despite throwing up several times; because we got no other choice. So Sat is spent getting stuff to clean and renting a place to put stuff; takes all day we again get no chance to actually clean. Sunday, we clean. We basically scrubbed this place down, and packed away about 90% of stuff. Never got to put anything in storage, because cleaning just took all day. Monday, we're both off; and is supposed to be the day they come to judge; so we don't take anything to storage because we don't want to be away if they try and pop in. Tuesday, Roomie has to work and thus everything loaded needs to be out of his van for work (he's an appliance repairman) So we put boxes back in, but place them neatly any out of the way; no clutter. I'm off that day, still no one comes by to see it. Wens Roomie's aunt comes with some bombs to help kill the bugs (see 2), while we were both at work, this is when they finally come by to see the place as they need to turn power and stuff off before it can be bombed. Seeing the place with the stuff back in there because there was no way to get it stored (We only have the one vehicle). That night, last night, we're told it wasn't good enough and that we needed to get rid of everything but the 'absolute bare essentials' which was never said till YESTERDAY. Aside from the floor (see 3), this place honestly looked much nicer it ever has since I've been here.
2. Bugs - Not totally our fault as some have migrated from neighbors such as Bed Bugs. But we've been fighting them for over a year now, including bombs. There are neighbors trashier then us, and we've been infested by them through proxy; mostly. But due to damages, see below, we've not been able to keep this place very clean so we're not claiming to be completely innocent of that charge, but just about everything revolves around the next point in some way.
3. Damages to trailer - The biggest damage IS NOT our fault. This trailer has had a leak in it FOR YEARS. In fact, the landlord discovered it himself. It's been 'fixed' several times but still leaks; this has lead to the kitchen and bathroom floor starting to collapse, and has made using the sink very difficult as well. We have reminded him of this leak every few months, including last winter where some huge (about 2-3 in diameter) icicles were under the trailer. Roomie took pictures (which we still have) and sent it to the landlord who never did anything about it.
Icicles: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme.....201018_371.jpg https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme.....201012_201.jpg
It's hard to keep a place clean when you're worried you're gonna fall through the floor at any moment. Even the people that helped us Sunday, noted how bad the floor was to be on. Will probably take pictures of the floor in the morning when there is better light to show just how bad the worst area is.
We will claim responcibility for Minor damages such as to the blinds and cabinet doors due to roomie's cats. Those ARE my roomie's fault, but he warned the Landlord of this before he moved in that his cats could be a bit destructive and was still allowed. So this is something he was well aware of, and as he's been in here more then a few times since he moved in to before this current debacle; he was already well aware of those damages which are all easily replaceable.
Why they are trying:
1. Trash and Clutter. Last Thurs we were told we needed to get the place clean, and had till Monday to do it. Couldn't do anything Friday, we both worked; but I managed to get us a storage place reserved to rent on Saturday. Saturday rolls around, Roomie is very sick. I try to get help from his grandma to go rent the storage place and then get cleaning supplies. She initially agrees, but has something to do first... then calls back having changed her mind, deciding my roomate (her grandson) was just drunk (he wasn't), that if he was really sick I'd call 911 and deal with those expenses; and that if we did lose the place she wasn't gonna help us because we should have taken better care of the place. So Roomie hears all this, crawls out of bed to get ready and do all this anyway despite throwing up several times; because we got no other choice. So Sat is spent getting stuff to clean and renting a place to put stuff; takes all day we again get no chance to actually clean. Sunday, we clean. We basically scrubbed this place down, and packed away about 90% of stuff. Never got to put anything in storage, because cleaning just took all day. Monday, we're both off; and is supposed to be the day they come to judge; so we don't take anything to storage because we don't want to be away if they try and pop in. Tuesday, Roomie has to work and thus everything loaded needs to be out of his van for work (he's an appliance repairman) So we put boxes back in, but place them neatly any out of the way; no clutter. I'm off that day, still no one comes by to see it. Wens Roomie's aunt comes with some bombs to help kill the bugs (see 2), while we were both at work, this is when they finally come by to see the place as they need to turn power and stuff off before it can be bombed. Seeing the place with the stuff back in there because there was no way to get it stored (We only have the one vehicle). That night, last night, we're told it wasn't good enough and that we needed to get rid of everything but the 'absolute bare essentials' which was never said till YESTERDAY. Aside from the floor (see 3), this place honestly looked much nicer it ever has since I've been here.
2. Bugs - Not totally our fault as some have migrated from neighbors such as Bed Bugs. But we've been fighting them for over a year now, including bombs. There are neighbors trashier then us, and we've been infested by them through proxy; mostly. But due to damages, see below, we've not been able to keep this place very clean so we're not claiming to be completely innocent of that charge, but just about everything revolves around the next point in some way.
3. Damages to trailer - The biggest damage IS NOT our fault. This trailer has had a leak in it FOR YEARS. In fact, the landlord discovered it himself. It's been 'fixed' several times but still leaks; this has lead to the kitchen and bathroom floor starting to collapse, and has made using the sink very difficult as well. We have reminded him of this leak every few months, including last winter where some huge (about 2-3 in diameter) icicles were under the trailer. Roomie took pictures (which we still have) and sent it to the landlord who never did anything about it.
Icicles: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme.....201018_371.jpg https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme.....201012_201.jpg
It's hard to keep a place clean when you're worried you're gonna fall through the floor at any moment. Even the people that helped us Sunday, noted how bad the floor was to be on. Will probably take pictures of the floor in the morning when there is better light to show just how bad the worst area is.
We will claim responcibility for Minor damages such as to the blinds and cabinet doors due to roomie's cats. Those ARE my roomie's fault, but he warned the Landlord of this before he moved in that his cats could be a bit destructive and was still allowed. So this is something he was well aware of, and as he's been in here more then a few times since he moved in to before this current debacle; he was already well aware of those damages which are all easily replaceable.
You're going to need to give more information about when an hour and why they consider you undesirables.
2. Bugs - Not totally our fault as some have migrated from neighbors such as Bed Bugs. But we've been fighting them for over a year now, including bombs.
3. Damages to trailer - The biggest damage IS NOT our fault. This trailer has had a leak in it FOR YEARS. In fact, the landlord discovered it himself. It's been 'fixed' several times but still leaks; this has lead to the kitchen and bathroom floor starting to collapse. We have reminded him of this leak every few months, including last winter where a huge (about 2-3 in diameter) icicle was under the trailer. Roomie took pictures (which we still have) and sent it to the landlord.
Minor damages such as to the blinds and cabinet doors due to roomie's cats ARE our fault, but he warned the Landlord of this before he moved in that his cats could be a bit destructive and was allowed. So this is something he was well aware of, because of that and because of other visits he's had.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme.....201012_201.jpg
Look for a housing lawyer or the ACLU right now, call them
Tell them what's going on in detail, you may have a huge case.