Meadow Creek Professional Center

*** *** was a tenant of Meadow Creek Business Center over years and it is disappointing… *** *** was a tenant of Meadow Creek Business Center over years and it is disappointing that our business relationship is ending on contentious termsHer disputes seem to be because of
ignorance of or purposefully choosing to ignore the terms of her leaseHere is my position: On April 18, 2017, *** sent me an email announcing that her company would be vacating their space and added, "Let me know if there's anything I can do to be helpful in supporting your re-leasing the spaceIf you're able to find a tenant earlier, that would be great for us as we would love to avoid paying rent when we won't actually be in the space." In addition to ***'s specific request, and in an effort to mitigate her liability for the remaining term, I inspected the premises later that month to confirm it was vacant and included the Unit in the list of available officesIncidentally, *** had approached me in late and asked that I try to re-let one of the three offices she was leasing at the timeI agreed and was able to do so in a very short period of time While I had other units available I rented hers instead and for less per month than what she was paying As an act of good faith toward a valued tenant I also forgave the difference in rents I received for the remainder of her lease term Obviously, that was a futile gestureWith regards to the office in question, it took three months to obtain and move in a replacement tenant which was this past June*** already paid for the month of June so the account was reconciled in the August billing I accounted for the new tenant payment by crediting her the rent received from the new tenant for the month I did not collect from her and the tenant as she claims*** stated in her April 18th email, that her company would be completely moved out by the end of the following week and again I confirmed it was vacantI sought a replacement tenant as she had asked me to do and succeeded which reduced her personal liability Even so, in a June 19th email she stated her company was in the middle of moving when they saw the office was occupied and wondered how this could be without their permissionI am at a loss to understand why she would ignore her own written request to re-let the space and claim they were still moving out*** initially demanded that she be reimbursed for the entire time since her office was vacated, then stated from the time she last entered the office and finally from the time the new tenant took occupancy of the office*** was given full credit for payments made by the new tenant for the month she had paid for weeks before the new tenant moved inCompensation for three months of marketing her space was deducted (which is provided for in the lease and standard in the industry) resulting in $savings to her Moreover, I again leased her space even though I had alternate space available making my cost of re-letting her space much greater than what was deductedWith regards to her security deposit, ***'s lease provides for deductions for repair and cleaning beyond that needed for use*** was charged less than half the average price of patching and painting an office and cleaning the carpetI needed to patch holes in the walls from anchors and toggle bolts and remove a large spot in the carpetPerhaps she is upset because I did not charge for the other offices eight offices she has occupied in the past that required similar repairs I don't think my past generosity should become her right to demand that no cleaning and repair charges be applied to her account*** has been unequivocal in her demand for payment of the full amount of her security deposit and all payments from the new tenant without any deductions as provided for in the leaseIn addition, she has made repeated threats to harm my business if I don't meet her demandsI view this as a form of extortion She will simply assassinate my character in social media if I don't pay her off I am a reasonable person and do my best to support the businesses that occupy our offices and utilize the services I provide I even try to assist tenants by hosting networking events among the tenants However, I will not be bullied and coerced into doing something that isn't rightThe lack of integrity exhibited by *** during this period is incredibly disappointing, mean and vicious She is ignoring her own request, ignoring the terms of her lease and attempting to maximize her personal gain through threats and intimidationI have been told taking a stand on principle is noble but often economically not the best course to takeI trust that people will not be fooled into turning away from Meadow Creek Business Center because of her social media attacks I have owned and operated Meadow Creek Business Center since and have never experienced a problem like this before Best regards, *** G*** Meadow Creek Business Center SE 64th Place Issaquah, WA

My position on the re-letting of the client’s office is that I acted in the client’s best interest, in accordance with the lease and per the client’s requestAs far as any expenses charged against the security deposit, they were also in accordance with the lease, fair and reasonable I will respond in greater detail to ***’s response in the order in which they appear “we asked for days notice” *** had officesPrior to the last office that this complaint refers to, she had and asked me to help get her out of the lease on other officesThe first office was re-let quicklyThe second office was still being used by *** and she asked for 10-day notice so they could remove their belongings if I found another renterI found another renter, but they wanted to move in quicklyI informed *** of this and she agreed to move her things so she could get out of the paymentsIn both cases, I had other offices that I could have put the tenants in The office in question had been vacated and per the lease abandonedGiven it was vacant, there was no need for advanced noticeBelow is the lease language regarding abandonment 10. Defaults and remedies. (a)The Lessee shall not allow the rent and payment for services provided to be in arrears more than five (5) days after written notice of such delinquency, or abandon or vacate the Premises or cease to operate for business therein or remain in default under any other covenant or condition of this lease for a period of ten (10) days after written notice. In the event of any such breach, Lessor may re-enter and take possession of the said premises and remove all persons and property therefrom, as well as disconnect any telephone lines installed for the benefit of Lessee, without being deemed to have committed any manner of trespass, and re-let the premises or any part thereof, for all or any part of the remainder of said term, to a party satisfactory to Lessor, at a monthly rental as Lessor may, with reasonable diligence, be able to secure. Should Lessor be unable to re-let after reasonable effort to do so, or should such monthly rental be less than the rental Lessee was obligated to pay under this lease, or any renewal thereof, plus the expenses of re-letting, the Lessee shall pay the amount of such deficiency to Lessor upon demand. Lessor shall have the right to assess late fees and reimbursement for any fees, legal or otherwise, required to collect amounts owed from the Lessee In addition, an April 14, email from *** to me states: Our lease at Meadow Creek concludes at the end of June and at this time we do not have plans to renewRecently a space opened closer to our clients in Sammamish and we have decided that it makes sense to be more central to where our employees are teaching and clients live and work *** put the official notice in the mail today, but I wanted to give you a head’s up so you have more time to show the room to prospectsOur plan right now is to move most of our supplies out over the next weekWe should be completely out by late next week*** mentioned that the desks and some bookshelves belong to Meadow Creek, so we’ll be leaving those behind of courseLet me know if there’s anything I can do to be helpful in supporting your re-leasing the spaceIf you’re able to find a tenant earlier, that would be great for us as we would love to avoid paying rent when we won’t actually be in the space All my best, *** I am at a loss to explain *** citing not being given 10-day notice when it is clear that I had the contractual right to do so and her blessing to do so We told Dick we wanted to do a walk-through We told Dick that we assumed we were getting the full security deposit back… *** was aware that a new tenant was already in the office when she made the requestThe necessary repairs had already been made soon after she vacated to make the office more marketableThere was no sense in having a walk-throughThis statement was made to reinforce her insistence that she should receive her entire security deposit back The lease does not provide for a walk-through 7. Receipt of Security Deposit. Lessee as of this day deposited with Lessor the sum of $ xxx the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by Lessor, as security for the full performance by the Lessee of the aforementioned terms, conditions and covenants of this lease to be performed and kept as well as for the cost of any repair or collection of damage in excess of wear and tear (the “Security Deposit”). If the Lessor determines that any loss, damage or injury chargeable to the Lessee hereunder exceeds the Security Deposit, the Lessor, at his option, may retain said sum as liquidated damages or may apply the sum against any actual loss, damage or injury and the balance thereof will be the responsibility of the Lessee. It is further understood and agreed that the Security Deposit is not to be considered the last rent payment under this lease In addition, *** never received permission to hang things from her walls per the rules and regulations that are a part of the leaseThis permission is routinely given with the provision that I will retain a portion of the security deposit to repair any damage*** used plastic anchors and toggle bolts to attach things to the walls requiring significant patching in most if not all of the offices she occupied over the years RULES AND REGULATIONS (2) Lessee will not affix anything to the walls of the office premises without the prior written consent of the Lessor Other comments from her response: “Not knowing he was busy applying unjustified charges against our rent relief and security deposit, …” From my first response to this complaint: “With regards to her security deposit, ***'s lease provides for deductions for repair and cleaning beyond that needed for use*** was charged less than half the average price of patching and painting an office and cleaning the carpetI needed to patch holes in the walls from anchors and toggle bolts and remove a large spot in the carpetPerhaps she is upset because I did not charge for the other eight offices she has occupied in the past that required similar repairs I don't think my past generosity should become her right to demand that no cleaning and repair charges be applied to her account.” As far as the marketing cost are concerned, our standard abandonment charge is the entire security depositIn addition to showing the office, web site changes and the potential for foregoing additional rent by re-letting space already covered be a lease, broker commissions are typically the first month’s rentLike the above, I don’t think my past generosity should become her right to demand no marketing expense as provided for in the Defaults and Remedies portion of the lease “holding the keys hostage” June 15th email from ***, ***’s office manager, states: 6/15/ Good Afternoon ***, I would like to set up a time the week of June 26th to come in and do a walkthrough of the office space we will be releasing at the end of the month We have a cleaning deposit that should be returned to us and I also have some keys to hand back. Please let me know what works for you and I will make it work for me Thank you, *** June 19th email from *** states” ***, I find it curious that you are saying all this now, at your convenienceThere is no AbandonmentRent was fully paid, we were in and out of the office, and we were in the middle of moving until June 8thWe gave you registered mail notice of our intent to leave Meadow Creek and we were about to give the keys back early when we saw that you had moved someone inAgain, we don’t mind that at all, since they are ostensibly paying our rent, although notification would have been appreciatedI’m sure your new tenants wouldn’t appreciate knowing we have a full set of keys to “their office” and we didn’t walking into the space to find it occupied without our knowledge If you felt that any of our offices were left in a state above and beyond wear and tear, then you should have documented and let us know at that timeYou had my contact information and yet we never heard from you about any issues you might have had with the state of the office when we left themYou therefore gave us no opportunity to address any concerns you might have had or to make any fixes you felt were necessaryWe did not leave any damage beyond wear and tear and have taken offices from you that were not even clean when we moved inWe went above and beyond cleaning and preparing the room that Mary took over, because we are courteous and conscientious renters Also, your assertion of having to deal with furniture is incorrectAny furniture left behind belonged to Meadow Creek or previous tenants and was not ours The lease from January stated we still had the full security deposit amountSince you have moved someone into the office without our express knowledge or permission, and before the two of us had a chance to look over and discuss the state of the office, you forfeited the ability to do a “walk through” on this final officeI expect the full security deposit to be returned, in the amount of $ I also expect our rent to be returned for the days the new tenant was allowed into our spaceI will expect a rent return beginning on Monday of last week, as you stated you rented the room last week I hope our last interaction can be a courteous and respectful one that does not spill into legal or social media spheres *** June 21st email from ***: Hi ***, Would you like to prepare our rent refund check and security deposit return check and do a key handoff at the same time? I have time this Friday to stop by and do an exchange! Since the office is occupied by someone else, I’m sure they’d prefer a bunch of extra keys not be floating around Let us knowThanks, *** Given the comments above, I stand by my assertion that the keys were being used as a bargaining chip “Dick has called me names throughout the process” I have not called her namesI have said her actions are irrational and hysterical (the definition is showing extreme or unrestrained emotion, not misogynistic) ***’s communications have been persistent demands for her entire security deposit backShe has yet to cite any portion of her lease agreement that has been violated although she has made up some of her ownOn the other hand, I have cited her lease, I have explained why the deductions were made and how they were relatively minimalI have also pointed out my past generosity in helping *** get through some unfortunate business issuesGiven her intransigence, communication with her was not a priority If there has been any name calling, it has been in ***’s social media attacks on me and my business Excerpt from an email from *** mail dated August 14th: The amount owed to me*** *** *** is $Once you pay the monies owed my business, then I will take down the 1-start reviews on Google, Facebook and YelpI will also not follow through on my plans to report you to the Revdex.comI look forward to hearing from you. In the absence of any justification of her demands based on the lease, this looks like extortion to me

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I am rejecting this response because:I very much appreciate seeing an actual and detailed answer from Dick G[redacted] as he was reluctant (or refused) to provide any during our move-out process. The personal attacks are not as appreciated. The facts are:1.     We let Dick know with plenty of notice that we were planning on moving out. Because we weren’t sure when that would be, we asked for 10 days notice if he found someone who was interested in our space. That was ignored. 2.     We told Dick we wanted to do a walk-through. That was ignored.  3.     We told Dick that we assumed we were getting the full security deposit back since he did not perform a walk-through with us. He ignored that, too. Not knowing he was busy applying unjustified charges against our rent relief and security deposit, I offered to stop by and pick up the money owed to me and also to bring the keys back to him. Instead of replying to me with any sort of sense or logic, he accused me of holding his keys hostage (the keys I was offering to bring back early, I might add). So, it's great that Dick found a tenant, but not great that his utter lack of communication left us in the dark and my business out a significant amount of money. I cannot fathom how he justifies acting like the injured party when his behavior has been abominable. Dick has called me names throughout this process. My reasonable requests for explanation and communication were met with “irrational,” and the misogynistic “hysterical”… all the way to “threatening.” This bullying has not dissuaded me from asking questions, asking them again, asking them a third time, etc… When I let him know that I would be leaving reviews for him on Yelp and other sites, he responded to this as “threatening.” I’m afraid he has no idea what that word means. Threatening, in my view, is a commercial landlord who withholds funds with no explanation, and when that explanation finally comes, it doesn’t match up with what really happened. I find that quite threatening. I do not accept being charged for repairs we can't verify were needed (and if they were needed, we would have taken care of them ourselves for free), and then also being charged for marketing the room when Dick is in a constant state of marketing the entire building. We shouldn't be responsible for what he would have already done, but at the very least we would have appreciated some communication about this matter. It took him about 45 days of almost zero communication (except to personally attack me via email, which apparently he has time for) to finally send us a check for a portion of what we believe is owed.  Bottom line - Dick has not justified the amounts he deducted from our security deposit and rent relief. He forfeited his right to our security deposit when he skipped the walk-through. And considering he never even told us he was moving a new tenant in (while we were still paying rent AND had keys to the space – extremely unprofessional!), I do not accept being forced to pay $450 for marketing efforts without any detail or any precedent. We had a few different offices in that building over our 6 -year tenure and not once were we ever charged marketing costs. We feel strongly that we are owed the remainder of our deposit and rent relief, in the amount of $683.21.[redacted]