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- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
Hey,
I posted here about a month ago asking advice about a landlord who didn't return my security deposit within the allowed timeframe, and used a copy and paste email to say they were waiting to get the final invoices for the property just before the deadline passed. Since this did not apply to my particular property, and was sent to all tenants in all properties, I informed them that I did not believe that it was an accurate accounting of my old property. Further, they tried to rent the property to other tenants before the deadline, and when that failed did almost 3000$ of repairs to the house for which they charged against my security deposit. They demanded I pay or face a bad credit reporting and collection in court. I wrote a letter outlining my complaints and demanding my security deposits back under NC General Statute 42-52 and delivered it by certified mail. I informed them they had until 8/5/16 to respond to these claims, and I haven't heard from them since. This leads me to believe that their is validity to my claims and they don't want to incriminate themselves further by responding. I'm okay not going to court, but I fear that if I don't follow through with my demand that they will issue a negative report to my credit and come after me anyway. What is the next step I should take to keep this from happening? If I have to go to court I am willing to do that.
I posted here about a month ago asking advice about a landlord who didn't return my security deposit within the allowed timeframe, and used a copy and paste email to say they were waiting to get the final invoices for the property just before the deadline passed. Since this did not apply to my particular property, and was sent to all tenants in all properties, I informed them that I did not believe that it was an accurate accounting of my old property. Further, they tried to rent the property to other tenants before the deadline, and when that failed did almost 3000$ of repairs to the house for which they charged against my security deposit. They demanded I pay or face a bad credit reporting and collection in court. I wrote a letter outlining my complaints and demanding my security deposits back under NC General Statute 42-52 and delivered it by certified mail. I informed them they had until 8/5/16 to respond to these claims, and I haven't heard from them since. This leads me to believe that their is validity to my claims and they don't want to incriminate themselves further by responding. I'm okay not going to court, but I fear that if I don't follow through with my demand that they will issue a negative report to my credit and come after me anyway. What is the next step I should take to keep this from happening? If I have to go to court I am willing to do that.
