When I signed my lease in March of 2008, I was told verbally that I would be paying 1208.00 a month. I signed my lease with trust that that was what I would be paying and I did for 9 months, then on the 19th of Dec. I recieved a letter on my door stating that my rent will be raised to 1703.39 because I have been paying the wrong amount for the last 9 months and was shorting the managment 169.00 a month. So to fix this problem they would for the last 3 months of my lease devide the amount up and add it to my correct amount of rent which they stated was 1375.00 which then made my rent 1703.39. I went to talk to them the very next day and when I looked at my lease and theirs there were no numbers stating 1208.00 a month or 1375.00 a month, so now I have no proof what was told to me except that I have been paying 1208.00 for the last 9 months by check, which they cashed without hesitation or without telling me it was the wrong amount. I feel that this is wrong ethically and morally yet when I told them that if it was a mistake made by them they need to cut the cost and I would happily pay the 1375.00 a month,if that was the real rent for the last 3 months of my lease, but seeing that I was never told this I should not be held responsible to pay for a mistake they in the office made. Now I realise that when I do move out at the end of my lease I could lose my deposit because of this complaint but I simply can not allow this to happen to someone else without me saying somthing, that would not be right.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 02/02/2009
I am not an attorney, but I have experience with Property Management. In the state of Florida, there are Landlord/ Tenant Laws that protect each side of the transaction. The law normally favors the Tenant. In your case, considering you continually paid your rent and it was always the same set amount, it is then considered as the actual rent. There may not be any amendment in writing, but it is assumed when they accept the rent for that long. The courts would be on your side in this situation. There also is no possible way that they can hold any part of your deposit for this dispute. I am not an attorney

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