I received a voicemail from my landlord on the last day of our lease stating she thought it was immature of whoever lived in the basement room to paint it lime green with purple writing in acrylic paint on the walls, when we were specifically told to not paint any rooms unless it was a neutral color with her permission first. And that if it wasn't painted that night (the new tenants were to move in in 2 days) that she would hire professional painters and our deposit would be exhausted. Our landlord was also upset with the fact that that roommate's room was never vacuumed (bobbypins, coins, ponytails still on the floor even in addition to a glob of dirt) and that there was a bunch of food left in the kitchen and the kitchen was very "disgusting".
I called my roommate 3 times and texted her 5 or 6 times telling her to paint her room or we would lose our deposit. She never answered or replied, so I drove to the house (an hour away from where i currently live) and was there for for 5 hours cleaning - i cleaned the entire kitchen which ended up being ALL of her food etc, and had to scrub the floors, clean the oven/stove, vacuum the living room, clean one of the bathrooms, clean her huge walk in closet that still had some of her possessions in it, in addition to priming her walls and putting 3 coats of paint to cover up the lime green/& writing, AND picked up all of her garbage off the floor of her room and vacuumed it)
After it was all said and done we got $400+ withheld from our deposit for additional cleaning (shampooing the carpets/window washing) and each of us received $100 (4 roommates). The check was written to me because I was primary contact and wrote all of the rent checks throughout the year. I withheld her $100 because my landlord told me to since she was ignoring my calls and I had to drive 2 hours and work for 5 to paint/vacuum her room and do additional cleaning.
She texted me today and even called my father about it (I'm 22 she's 21 and semi-immature and how he's relevant I dont know). Now my ex-roommate thinks she can take me to small claims court for the $100 because I'm not legally entitled to it. But according to my law notes from school I can. So can anyone help a girl out with some legal advice. I'd be most grateful for the actual law (South Dakota). I told her to stop harassing me and my family and told her if I didnt paint her room we wouldnt have any deposit at all. She said she's going to "continue harassing me and my family" until she receives a check in the mail. Crazy..? I think so.
I called my roommate 3 times and texted her 5 or 6 times telling her to paint her room or we would lose our deposit. She never answered or replied, so I drove to the house (an hour away from where i currently live) and was there for for 5 hours cleaning - i cleaned the entire kitchen which ended up being ALL of her food etc, and had to scrub the floors, clean the oven/stove, vacuum the living room, clean one of the bathrooms, clean her huge walk in closet that still had some of her possessions in it, in addition to priming her walls and putting 3 coats of paint to cover up the lime green/& writing, AND picked up all of her garbage off the floor of her room and vacuumed it)
After it was all said and done we got $400+ withheld from our deposit for additional cleaning (shampooing the carpets/window washing) and each of us received $100 (4 roommates). The check was written to me because I was primary contact and wrote all of the rent checks throughout the year. I withheld her $100 because my landlord told me to since she was ignoring my calls and I had to drive 2 hours and work for 5 to paint/vacuum her room and do additional cleaning.
She texted me today and even called my father about it (I'm 22 she's 21 and semi-immature and how he's relevant I dont know). Now my ex-roommate thinks she can take me to small claims court for the $100 because I'm not legally entitled to it. But according to my law notes from school I can. So can anyone help a girl out with some legal advice. I'd be most grateful for the actual law (South Dakota). I told her to stop harassing me and my family and told her if I didnt paint her room we wouldnt have any deposit at all. She said she's going to "continue harassing me and my family" until she receives a check in the mail. Crazy..? I think so.
