CliffMongoloid
Well-Known Member
Need advice on something other than beer...
Graduated college about a year ago and have settled into a decent job, saved up enough money and started looking for apartments so i can move outta my parents house and start livin... found a nice place. close to work. off street parking and no thru traffic. 600 everything included except heat. The land lord is super nice and has been accommodating. My girlfriend and I were going to move into the apartment and signed a lease for april 1st. Well so we thought. Last friday the landlord informed us that the man who is living in the apartment has decided to stay but since the landlord has another open unit we have the choice of the 2 apartments.(the one the man is living with and another one in the same building) This meeting was on friday and the man who is living in the apartment we have signed a lease for was there. He signed a paper stating that he will stay in his apartment if we like the other one or will move to the other one if we would like to take the original one. All seemed perfect. We looked at the open apartment on sat and decided that we would rather have the one we originally wanted. The one we signed a lease for. The landlord informed the man and we were told we could move in our stuff on sunday the first. We packed up our stuff on sunday morning and headed to the new place only to find that the man hasnt moved a single thing and has boarded and locked himself into the apartment. The landlord has a garage on the property so we were able to move the big things in there. I have no idea what to do with this situation. Do i get a lawyer? do i break the door down? do i say screw it and get my money back from the landlord? which he said he is more than happy to do so... the other unit is still open but it is more of a point now... i dont know i want to live on the same site as such a sketchy character
thanks
cliff
Graduated college about a year ago and have settled into a decent job, saved up enough money and started looking for apartments so i can move outta my parents house and start livin... found a nice place. close to work. off street parking and no thru traffic. 600 everything included except heat. The land lord is super nice and has been accommodating. My girlfriend and I were going to move into the apartment and signed a lease for april 1st. Well so we thought. Last friday the landlord informed us that the man who is living in the apartment has decided to stay but since the landlord has another open unit we have the choice of the 2 apartments.(the one the man is living with and another one in the same building) This meeting was on friday and the man who is living in the apartment we have signed a lease for was there. He signed a paper stating that he will stay in his apartment if we like the other one or will move to the other one if we would like to take the original one. All seemed perfect. We looked at the open apartment on sat and decided that we would rather have the one we originally wanted. The one we signed a lease for. The landlord informed the man and we were told we could move in our stuff on sunday the first. We packed up our stuff on sunday morning and headed to the new place only to find that the man hasnt moved a single thing and has boarded and locked himself into the apartment. The landlord has a garage on the property so we were able to move the big things in there. I have no idea what to do with this situation. Do i get a lawyer? do i break the door down? do i say screw it and get my money back from the landlord? which he said he is more than happy to do so... the other unit is still open but it is more of a point now... i dont know i want to live on the same site as such a sketchy character
thanks
cliff