This is in the state of Pennsylvania.
The one year lease of an apartment that I'm renting will be ending on August 31st, 2008. When I moved in, I paid the first month of rent and security deposit, which were both the same amount.
At the end of July 2008, I called the management company and asked if I could use my security deposit for the last month of rent. The person I talked to told me that that would be no problem and made sure that I understood that any unpaid rent for the month of August will be taken out of the security deposit.
I received a call early this morning from the management company telling me that if I do not pay in full by 9am tomorrow morning I will be evicted. I told them that I had talked to someone there in July who told me that I could use the security deposit for the last month's rent.
I went to the management company in person and talked to them more about it. Again, I told them about the information the person (I did not recall their name) told me in July -- as soon as I said this, the person I was talking to rolled their eyes, named dropped someone, and told me that the person I talked to (who they could obviously figure out by what was said to me) didn't know what they were talking about. They told me that if I don't pay them the rent for August by tomorrow at 9am I will have to pay a large sum of money in court costs.
Is it my fault that an employee obviously known for their incompetence told me the wrong information? If the person I talked to told me the correct information I would have had no problem paying the rent. I have only paid rent late once along with the late fee required (it was a day late -- I was out of the country and this was in March). I don't know if I should pay them or if I should just move out tonight being that I have other places to go and my lease is over in a week anyway.
I'm in desperate need of an outside opinion before I make any ridiculous decisions. Any help at all is greatly appreciated.
The one year lease of an apartment that I'm renting will be ending on August 31st, 2008. When I moved in, I paid the first month of rent and security deposit, which were both the same amount.
At the end of July 2008, I called the management company and asked if I could use my security deposit for the last month of rent. The person I talked to told me that that would be no problem and made sure that I understood that any unpaid rent for the month of August will be taken out of the security deposit.
I received a call early this morning from the management company telling me that if I do not pay in full by 9am tomorrow morning I will be evicted. I told them that I had talked to someone there in July who told me that I could use the security deposit for the last month's rent.
I went to the management company in person and talked to them more about it. Again, I told them about the information the person (I did not recall their name) told me in July -- as soon as I said this, the person I was talking to rolled their eyes, named dropped someone, and told me that the person I talked to (who they could obviously figure out by what was said to me) didn't know what they were talking about. They told me that if I don't pay them the rent for August by tomorrow at 9am I will have to pay a large sum of money in court costs.
Is it my fault that an employee obviously known for their incompetence told me the wrong information? If the person I talked to told me the correct information I would have had no problem paying the rent. I have only paid rent late once along with the late fee required (it was a day late -- I was out of the country and this was in March). I don't know if I should pay them or if I should just move out tonight being that I have other places to go and my lease is over in a week anyway.
I'm in desperate need of an outside opinion before I make any ridiculous decisions. Any help at all is greatly appreciated.
