Northstar Real Estate
Deposit Amount : usp_custom_field : 00.00
On Jan 17, 2019 I informed the landlord that I would be exercising the portion of my lease stating giving a 30 day notice. I exercised my obligation and paid an additional 30 days rent of $1300 which would be from Feb 1, to Feb 28. Landlord agreed and wished me well. during the month of Feb the landlord took possession of the property early at his discretion to begin some minor renovation of the interior of the property, he also advised me on 2/21 that the property was in acceptable condition, with exception of the windows and blind, I rejected that remark as the blinds and windows were in poor shape upon my original move in, the blinds were in dire condition and the windows had paint all over them by the painter that the landlord had paint prior to my move in, he mentioned this upon my move in as well. My final moving of final belongings was 2/25 as I was unable to move because of his contractors being in the way and I let him know this on 2/25 by email. as of 4/2 I had not seen the return of the security deposit, I emailed the Landlord “Mr. Randy Tribble” in a question asking would I be receiving the deposit soon? His response was “The Check was mailed over the weekend. I received a check on 4/4 in the amount of $650 with a note stating that I had left some leaves in an outside stairwell and some vines on the side of the house and that they felt $650 would cover cleaning these issues. I became furious as I was never notified in a month that there might be an issue, never given opportunity to rectify anything. I asked for an accounting of why it would cost this much and he will not respond, further I had my lawn company give me a price to take care of this and his price was $75. Mr. Tribble has stolen this money though not a tremendous amount but in my opinion it is extortion or theft no matter how you look at it. My impression is that this is a standard procedure for this group. your help would be greatly appreciated. they should not be allowed to get away with this, at least I should have had opportunity to meet his expectations of his issue to be cleaned up.