Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia

My mother is disabled and lives with me so that I can help to take care of her. We live on family owned land and have been given until July 28, 2014 to move, because our family is selling the land. I found a house for rent, just down the street from where we live now. After speaking with the property owner and being shown the house, both myself and my mother filled out the rental application and paid the $20 non-refundable app. fee. This was 2 weeks ago. The man has since said that he has drawn up the contract for us to move in, but that the air conditioning unit needed to be fixed before we moved in and that he would contact us when he knew something. After not hearing from him for a couple of days, I called him yesterday (7/3/14) and asked if he had heard anything, because we are on a very tight time-limit and time is almost up. He then said that he had told us that he would get in touch with us when he knew something and that he was getting aggravated and that he would mail us our $20 back and we could find somewhere else to live. Now that he has taken his time and wasted two weeks that we needed to be using to move, we are literally almost out of time before we must move off of the land where we currently reside. Is there anything we can do to still get into this house, as he made a verbal agreement with the two of us, and has already drawn up the paperwork, even though we have not signed anything?

Asked on 7/04/14, 5:25 pm

Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

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It would take more time and money chasing a (most likely) losing battle, and why would you want him as a landlord anyway? Look for another place.

Answered on 7/04/14, 5:30 pm

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