From:
youdisappointme
Date posted:
4/30/2005
Years at this apartment:
2003
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2005
1 response
be warned: long story. no ending yet.
so, 3/1, villagio management tells me that they're turning our place into condos, so we're on a month to month lease and we'll be given 30 days notice when we have to vacate.
today (4/29), the girl in the office calls me to tell me to make sure i drop off my keys this weekend because she has to have them by monday at 9am. i assure her that there's been some mistake... i haven't terminated my lease or received anything regarding its termination. she tells me that a certified letter was sent a month and half ago. i never signed for (or refused to sign for) such a thing - and neither did my roommate. there just WASNT a notification.
she goes on to tell me that legally, she only has to prove that she sent the letter... whether or not it was received is incidental. furthermore, if we aren't out by monday morning (5/2) at 9am, they'll file a judgement, take me to court, and have me forcibly removed. i've lived here over 2 years and been a responsible tenant. but no, they will not grant an extension. yes, i'm welcome to call the gen mgr of the management company - who does not return my calls (either of them).
i'm hoping that they'll see that RATIONALLY, it'll take them at least a week to have me forcibly removed and that it's much easier and cheaper to just give me the extension. but the girl in the office is obviously a reincarnation of some resident of blair county who was burned at the stake in the 1800s, so you know... "rational" is kind of a stretch.
so. aside from the practical concerns inherent in moving (ie, finding a new place, getting boxes & packing materials, packing the mass of my ----, renting a uhaul, bribing some muscle, paying deposits, physically MOVING the crap, and UNpacking the mass of my ----), i have to either do it all in TWO DAYS or risk the possibility of getting a judgement on my rental history and becoming the pariah amongst landlords everywhere.
you were warned.
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From:
Anonymous
Date:
04/27/2007
That is not entirely true, they have to show that you had been given that letter, there has to be a signature to verify you had been sent notice. That is why you send certain letters certified so you have the proof that it was recieved. You can use it in court that someone signed for the letter therefore they have had notice to comply. I believe they are trying to pull a fast one on you and that is a good reason why the upper management has not responded back, they feel that you will just go away and as long as they do not talk to you they do not have to answer any of your questions. You may want to check this out at the local post office there should be a post/tracking number that was given for this letter that they sent, this is how the post office tracks certified letters. You also may want to check with the sheriffs office and see if they can offer you any information. You dont have long and I would leave that place ASAP, they do not sound very honest and would not be my choice as a renter. Good Luck
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