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Evicted- Paying Remaining Rent

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I was given a written eviction notice on Feb. 5, 2010, to be out by March 15, 2010. I had already paid the month of Feb. rent on Feb.1, 2010. I moved out of the property on Feb. 25, 2010 and my landlord is now stating that I owe her for March 1-15. Because I was served and eviction notice and was out before the end of Feb. am I legally responsible for paying for March 1-15, 2010? Can she with hold that amount from my security deposit? If it matters this is taking place in Loudoun County Virginia.

-Lauren

Archery in the suburbs

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This is a new type of neighbor harrasment. I bought my house 6 years ago and specifically bought it because of the 22 acre wood lot behind my property. I shoot competitive archery and it was the perfect house to practice my trade. Shortly after moving in, my neighbor had done some pretty amazing things. It all started when my friends from Ohio and driven down for a weeks vacation to go fishing. Not being able to distinguish where my property line was, they parked their boat and truck on the road but a little near his property. My neighbor than went and turned on his sprinkler system essentially filling my friends boat up with water. Myself and my friends confronted him and it got ugly. Fast forward 1 year later and my family is out back shooting archery like we have always done and he calls the police. They show up and after talking with me, inform the neighbor that I am doing nothing wrong. Two days later he threatens my son by getting his bow(didn’t know he had one) and shooting an arrow over his head into the woods and threatening to not miss him the next time. I immediately call the police who tell me that without the arrow they cannot do anything. He also has brandished a very large pistol in a threatening way while my kids are outside. Once again, cops say they can do nothing about it. So 3 days ago the chief of police stops by to inform me that my neighbor has contacted everyone in city government to complain about my archery shooting. Although there is no law against it, I could be charged with reckless handling of a weapon. I am a Pro archer and believe me…not reckless, but that is also a very broad word when used in the proper context. I got the feeling that the chief just wanted me to stop to remedy the situation. I want to file suit for harrasment charges or something, but not sure if I have a case. Any advice?

Transitional housing/donation of my property

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Hello. I was recently living in a (not so) christian based transitional house. There were 5 other women, and we paid $500/mth rent. There were program (if it could really be called that) rules; that we attend church twice a week and did 2 bible studies a day. We paid for our own food, and were responsible for our own lives. We never really saw the administration, unless someone called them for a complaint. I did everything I was supposed to do, as well as looked for work every day, all day. I was the only one in the house that was really trying to better my life. The other girls didnt like me, and they constantly harrassed and started fights with me, nor did they do anything but sit around all day. While I was at church one night, they called the administrator and made up a bunch of lies and got me kicked out. I did not know this until I called to tell them I would not be home, that I was working for someone for the weekend. They then told me I was not allowed back on the property. Foir the next 2 weeks I called about 7 times, requesting to pick up my belongings. They either wouldnt answer the door, or would fight with me on the phone and hang up. They would not give me the administrators number, but even when I did get it and called, she did not return my call. So I called a man that ran a nearby ministry for men, and he was going to take me to get my stuff. When I called him back, he told me that the girls had donated everything I owned. Its all gone. What can I do about this. I literally have one outfit and a purse to my name.

Lien placed on property I do not own

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I have recently discovered that a creditor who filed a judgment suit against me last year also filed a lien on a property that I do not own. This property is owned by my parents and I am not on the title, the deed or the mortgage. How did this happen and could the law office that filed this be committing a fraud?

Landlord requests flowerpots to be removed…?

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Hi there,

I am renting a flat and my landlord now (after two years) asks me to remove the flowerpots I have on my windowsills (outside). They are unable to fall down or hurt in any other case and do not cause any damage, and I’m not sure if she can just ask me to do so? Does anyone know whether I can deny it, and on what reasons? My contract gives me the right to “take quiet enjoyment of the property” and I am unsure whether the flowerpots fall under this ;)

Not to get me wrong, I don’t care too much about the pots, it’s more of a general thing whether she can just require me to do whatever she wants, without prior notice, and especially since it was done for a long period before without any problems… this can’t be right, can it?

Thanks,

Chris

unauthorized tree removal

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My neighbor moved in a few months ago and welcomed himself to the neighborhood by cutting down trees on my property. He cut down a total of 31 trees, from 1″ to 4″ in diameter. He is now stating that unless I can prove that these trees ever existed, he will do nothing. I have tried to show him the 31 stumps, but he refuses to acknowledge and states that he must have pictures of the trees before he’ll agree to do anything. He does have a picture that was taken after the trees were cut, and uses this as proof that there were never any trees there. I have tried speaking with him several times to no avail. These trees were covered in vines and gave us great privacy in our yard. We can now see every house around us. There is no way to replace what was cut, but what are my options?

Abandoned property

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Hello,

I am wondering what the legalities and time limits are on property that a tenant has left behind for an extended period of time. I ask this because I am scheduled to move into a house in about 10 days. The prior tenant removed all of his possessions from the house, but still has the detached garage full of his stuff. The tenant was evicted over 3 months ago and has refused to answer or return phone calls from the landlord to come get his stuff. Within the last week, someone got a message to him that the property was going to be rented and his stuff would be sold unless he got rid of it asap. Since then there are signs that he has been there and has made it look as if he is going to be moving things out but nothing has been moved yet.

So, I guess my questions are, what if he hasn’t gotten everything out of there by the time we take possession? I don’t want to have to deal with this guy moving out once we are there.

And secondly, is there a certain amount of time following an eviction that the tenant forfeits his right of ownership and the landlord can dispose of the property left behind?

Any advice would be appreciated and thank you in advance.

Landlord will not let me read my meters…

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I have an issue with property manager of my apartment complex which has arisen over the past couple days. As some may know, we had a week of snowstorms here and, consequently, anyone who’s electric and gas meters were scheduled to be read over the past two weeks had their usage estimated.

We moved into this apartment on January 2nd, at which time the utilities were put in our names. Our estimated usage for Jan 2nd to Feb 9th came out to nearly FOUR TIMES the kWh that we used per month in our old, larger apt. I was absolutely astounded that the electric bill for a 1-bedroom place could be so much money, and I called the utility to sort it out. They told me that if I wanted to read the meters myself I could call the readings in to them. They told me to get my landlord to show me where the meters are.

I spoke to the property manager today who said that their policy is to not allow tenants access to the meters, and that I should ask the utility to send someone out who could escort me to that area. He also said that he didn’t believe the utility would accept my own personal reading, and that whoever I talked to from them must have been trying to get me off the phone.

After returning home I called the utility again, and they reiterated that they were accepting readings over the phone from all customers who had their meters estimated. They also said that the only time they will read the meter is during their next scheduled visit. The person I spoke to was surprised that I was not allowed to see my meters, and said she’s never heard of a policy like that.

My question is, do I have a legal right to read my electricity and gas meters?

Wildcard Exemption question

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As I read it, there is a wildcard exemption of $5,000 of unused homestead or burial exemption, plus $500 of any personal property.
Now the amount of the homestead exemption is $18,500 since I am filing jointly and both the wife and I “own” the home. The house is currently worth $132,000 with the mortgage being $140,000. So with having -$8,000 in equity, I do not need to use the homestead exemption. Does this mean that I can apply the total wildcard of $5,000 towards whatever I want?

Edit. Just to let you know what I am doing. I have purchased Nolo Press,”How To File For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy”. I am going over the Property Exemption Worksheet right now. I am a bit confused though.
How much detail do I need to go into regarding my property? For instance, regarding clothes, do I have to list all my clothes? Or do I just say “clothes” and give a value. Should I break down clothes by individual? Self, wife, kids, with values for each. What happens if I don’t list my blender or something stupid like that. Can they take it to sell? How would they even know I had one. Do they come to your house and look everything over?

Must my landlord enforce carpet requirement?

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My upstairs neighbors refuse to put in carpets, as required by their lease. I’ve complained to the property managers, but they won’t enforce the carpet requirement until I’ve got building security to confirm three instances of ‘excessive noise.’ Is it true that management doesn’t have to enforce the lease until then? My problems with this are: (1) unless security sits in my apartment all evening they won’t hear the frequent but sporadic dropping of objects, slamming of toilet seats, etc.; (2) this noise isn’t ‘excessive’ as a loud party would be, for example, but someone dropping what sounds like keys right over my head late at night does ruin my sleep.

Any advice?

Thanks.