All Forum Posts by: Samantha Jee

Yes i keep telling this girl to contact only my PM but she doesn't listen... and she has renter's insurance but refuses to use it and wants us to pay for everything...

Now my PM is saying we can't even give her 30 day notice but need to give her 6 months to vacate... is this right??

Does she have any case  against us?^^

This is her email today

Here are a list of our requests. Depending on how this situation continues to unfold, my requests may be adjusted or added to.

1. Pay for separate hotel rooms for Amy and I until we locate new places to live. I am out of town until Sunday 3/12 so I do not need one until Sunday.

2. Professionally disinfect our property by a professional agreed upon by all of us and then move our property to our new place(s) (Amy and I may have to find places separately).

3. In the meantime if our items need to be placed in storage, pay for storage fees until they can be disinfected and moved to our new place. Our property can only be moved under our supervision.

4. Replace our beds with same quality beds. My bed was bought brand new when I moved in, I am requesting the exact same bed.

5. Pay inconvenience fees for food, replacement clothes while we've been displaced, gas money searching for new place, application fees for applying to new apartment buildings, etc.

6. Return our security deposits and our last month rent that we paid upfront in full

2. You are not allowed to enter the unit until it is confirmed by a licensed inspector that there are no asbestos. The building is grossly neglected in regards to maintenance. Built in 1969, it is 48 years old. You cannot open up walls with our property in there until we confirm there are no asbestos.

I have spoken to an attorney who has also listed the following damages:

1. Costs of new lease and increased rent for new place(s)

2. Return of all of our rent payments

3. Loss of earnings

4. Attorneys fees and costs if we pursue action

I'm not a professional landlord but we have a condo in LA that we rented out b/c we moved states due to a job. We've rented for 3 years with zero issues. 7 months ago we rented to a girl named Sandi and another girl named Lily. They were fine but i whenever i had to have someone go in there to fix something they resented it b/c they said they were busy professionals and didn't want to deal with any upkeep. so i decided to hire a property management company. i told them due to increases in tax and HOA, i needed to raise the rent $100 each. Sandi freaks out and writes long rambling emails about how there's dirt and mold that we've hidden from them from the start that she's just now discovering. I have no idea what she means as she's never mentioned this. We hire a property manager that weekend and within 3 days she's out there and decides a mold inspector needs to come. He comes within 2 days and with extensive tests find there are leaks from the shared pipes throughout the HOA and our place has detectable mold.

So he said its best if the girls move out since the mold seems throughout the unit. We have been paying for them to stay in hotels the last couple of weeks. We are trying to get the mold remediation company to go in there and fix this but the girls are freaking out that we are violating their privacy. Our PM insists the mold remediation company can go in with 24 hour notice so they will start the work Fri.

I have two issues. First, I am paying thousands for this remediation as well as for cleaning their personal possessions and the hotel. Is the HOA resposible for any of this? They said no. My PM thinks yes.

Second issue is that these girls are very hostile, not actively looking to move out it appears, and have mentioned suing us. Do they have a case? They literally never mentioned mold until 2 weeks ago, on a Saturday. By the following Tues (Monday was Pres Day) we had inspectors out there and are trying our best to fix this. I'm really stressed they will sue us for thousands and thousands. Any adivce? Anyone BTDT?