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Review: I entered into a lease with this Landlord/Company and was told that some repairs/upgrades were being made and would be completed in 2 weeks and I was moving in in 3 weeks. When I went to move in these said repairs had not all be completed and she said the her loan did not go through with [redacted] to make these upgrades. I asked why she didn't call me and she said she was embarrassed. She would not be able to make these repairs/upgrades for another year or so, but that is how she had sold me the condo. She also told me she was trying to refinance the condo. Little warning flags said that if she didnt get the [redacted] loan how was she going to get the refinance loan. I couldn't move in with the repairs not done and knowing that I may have to leave if her loan gets foreclosed on. So I asked for my deposit back because she had lied to me and not made the repairs/upgrades. She said that according to the lease I signed there were no verbal agreements. So she outright lied to me to get me to rent the condo. And my fault for not reading all the fine print of the lease. So does that mean that I am out my deposit because I didn't read the fine print? We did go back and forth in a few letters and out of the $1500 deposit she has sent me a $100, and $360 for a total of $460, should I just be happy with that and drop the complaint?Desired Settlement: I asked for a $1093.80 which was a week of rent that she had to keep it for me. But she said it was off market for 2 weeks, because she didn't do the things she was suppose to do, so she refunded only $460. I was willing to settle for less of the $1500 deposit, even though she lied to me. I have all the correspondance to this point if you want.

Business

Response:

June 13, 2013

Revdex.com of San Diego

4747 Viewridge Avenue, Suite 200

San Diego, CA. 92123

RE: Complaint by [redacted]. #[redacted], San Diego, CA 92119

There are many misrepresentations in

the complaint letter sent to the Revdex.com by Ms. [redacted]. The

first is that I am a business-I am

not-- I am an individual property owner. The second is that I

made verbal agreements with her, which

I did not. She inspected the property on two separate

occasions and again before meeting to

sign the lease. When she met to pick up the keys (the

fourth time she inspected the townhome),

her son wouldn't come in after originally wanting to

move there. It was obvious at that

meeting; she was trying to think of reasons to void the

lease. I told her the town home had

been held for her and that she was responsible for the days

it was not being shown at the rent

rate she had signed for on the lease. She wanted the total

deposit of $1,500 back at that time.

The print in the lease is all the same

size (no fine print) and she initialed individual pages of the

lease. Please note two paragraphs of

the lease: Item #12:

Condition of the Premises (Initialed

by the tenant) and: Item #34: Entire Agreement (signed by

tenant). There is no agreement for

a door (which is under the control of

the HOA) or cabinet refacing, or a folding door.

I have tried to settle this matter by

explaining the position in which she had placed me-no

other tenant and no rent for 23 days, but did agree to only charge her

for 17 days and sent her

a total of $460. I even adjusted the

rent rate for her initially to fit her budget-from $1,995 to

$1,850 a month on which the 17 days of rent was based.

Thank you for hearing my side.

6372 CAMINO LARGO

SAN DIEGO, CA. 92120

Enclosures

Consumer

Response:

I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID [redacted], and have determined that this proposed action would not resolve my complaint. For your reference, details of the offer I reviewed appear below.

I am so disappointed in the lies made by [redacted]. I can't believe that she is lying to me or you this way. The whole premise on me renting her Condo was the new cabinets etc. that she was installing and then her loan with Home Depot didn't go through. What lies, lies, lies that she is telling. Anyway, she has her way of lying to get people to rent, and then tells more lies to get her out of not returning the deposits. I am not able to keep her from telling lies, but to file a complaint against her this way is the only way I could maybe at least save another tenant the same problems in the future. Obviously she is not going to give me any more of my deposit back and the way she is lying it doesn't help me to take her to small claims court either. So I will thank you for your time and end this.

Regards,