All Forum Posts by: Francilia Herrera

We are re-writing our Lease Agreement to make it better, after this experience.

This is super important. Have a very detailed document. We have a termination clause and a habitability clause. Both ask for reasonable notice, not vacating home and notify with attorney later.

Our attorney has been hired this morning and he knows her attorney. He will give him a friendly call. He is reviewing all documentation.

Lessons learned here...! but still we want to resolve this matter and move on. Our home is great located and will rent nicely fast.

Remediating process will start today and my expert is able to work with her items in the house ;-) we moved her belonging out of working area and is properly covered to avoid any damage.

The home will be mold free by Thursday August 15 2013.

ok, perfect. I will not offer rent refund or hotel credit. I will let her go as is.

Thank you!!!!

Perfect, I will take video and pictures of her items. THANK YOU!

so my mind is around offering her rent discount for the days of mold remediation, each day, and hotel credit each day too. And letting her go, accepting her August 8 letter as her 30 days notice. If the house is pristine as I gave it to her, I will give her deposit back.

But if she is planning, after September 1, 2013, to keep basement full and all furniture still in the house, saying that she moved to a hotel due to mold issue... once the home has been remediated... and insisting for moving expenses cost refund, for August rent refund and attorneys fees, will looks really strange.

I want to thank all of you for helping me. ;-)!

The roof was old, I bought this home in 2010 and we renovated it in 2011. Put it for sale and got very low offers and decided to rent. The roof got in bad shape after winter storms and one slate came off this year. We do not live close by and tenant reported the issue on July 2013 and we moved as flash to repair the roof investing $7000 quick in a blinck of an eye..!.

I will get my attorney tomorrow because I agree, we should not say or do anything that can make things bad. I am not planing to be greedy and obligate tenant to pay if she is not in the home.

Is just that I want to be free from her and not pay her moving cost and attorney fees, which I think is not fair. I can give her credit for the days we are repairing the home, because bathroom is been remediated, but were told by mold remediator specialist, is safe to stay in the home even if you are very allergic of sensitive to mold. But I understand if she want out for 3 days, I can cover that. rent refund and hotel nights, ok with me. but moving cost, attorneys and rent refund..... ;-( no.

Tenant, said via her attorney that she has moved out and no longer lives in the house because of the mold issue but today August 11, 2013, she has the basement full of her boxes, to the point that we can not work in the basement... and all her furniture are still in the house. At least she should say: "Receive my 30 days notice August 1 2013 that I am living the house and I am moving out September 1 2013, because mold issue unless is remediate immediately. Which I was planning to do, like I am doing it right now. BUT no.... She travel most of the time for work. So she knows she will be traveling for work and work will pay for her hotel, so she said she moved out to the hotel and she is asking for August rent back and moving expenses and attorneys fee with all her furniture still in the house, while she is in a hotel for working reasons, NOT because the house condition, the mold specialized inspectors wrote in the test report that the house was and is now safe to live on it. AND even if the house had issues, she is acting like an abuser, because she has a personal agenda and is using all bad circumstances as an excuse...! maybe her child is bad in school.. and wants to move to a new school district or maybe she is loosing her ex child support to pay her rent and is too expensive for her. There is a personal reason behind this "moving out" because I was responding to repair like a flash...! putting almost $13,000 in repairs in a month...! and always was ready to give her credit in the rent per each day the house was in repairing process and $75 dollars of hotel credit per night, when house was not livable.

House was in good condition to stay and three contractors are making a report about this for legal support team.

Tenant has especulated about mold nature and also especualted about time will take us to do repairs and did not gave us even time

Dear Michelle, Thank you for feedback, yes you are right she moved out on August 8 2013.

We were considering given her credit for days house was been in repair process: 3 (days only based on contractor's schedule) but now that she move out with no reasonable notice, has earned a penalty of one month for breaking the Lease, based on signed rental Agreement.

Hi Investors..!

I have a tenant that reported moist in bathroom on July 9, 2013. We hired contractors found that there was an issue with roof and in record time, conducted repairs from July 15 to 20, 2013. Gave tenant refund of 5 days that home was a mess during renovations. She continue complaining about moist and we hired a Home inspector/mold specialist on July 29 2013 and he recommended a mold remediating specialist that will conduct the process in record time from August 12 to August 15. Expert stated that during remediation process tenant can be in the house and he did a test on mold type and also said, home is safe to live in, even with mold.

Tenant requested a copy of Home inspection report and without our authorization showed her attorney who speculated about the nature of mold and the length to remediate the issue. Tenant vacated home on July 8 2013 and is requesting a rent refund for month of August and also that we cover her moving expenses and her attorney fees. Has nay one deal with a case like this? I am hiring legal to help and all contractors will be done with home by August 15 2013.