Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida
My landlady send me a letter to impose a claim on my security deposit(.1200$)She also charge me 1month rent for losing her tenant because were not done cleaning the house for 1 day.so now aside from taking all of my deposit in her claim I owed her another 1400$+.What will I do?pls help.....my neighbor told me she did this also to the tenant before us.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Retain counsel to make your claim.
Your lease controls the agreements between the parties. If you can prove (with actual evidence that is admissible in Court) that the security deposit claim is wrong, then you can collect back any imposed claims and attorney's fees. If your lease allows for you to be responsible for the loss of the tenant for the apartment's condition and she can prove that, then you may suffer a counter claim if your lawsuit is filed. As Mr. Slater suggests, hire an attorney.
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