Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Vermont

i dont know where i stand

hello, i have an issue with an old landlord, we moved out two weeks ago, and he posted no tresspassing signs up, know, we had not been able to clean the apartment due to the fact that i work nights and my husband works days and we only have one vehicle, now he is saying that we owe him back rent and damamges, now we lived there for five years, and always paid our rent, we had no lease, and paid him in cash, and stupid us we trusted him so we did not get reciepts. there are a few more issues that took place over the five years and i have people tell me that he does not have a leg to stand on, i did give him a security deposit,and all, now i need to know what i can do about the issue. like i said there are people telling me that i have nothing to worry about, that if he did take me to court that the judge would say that there was nothing done wrong, he did not even let us cleant he place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyways please help me!


Asked on 8/09/00, 11:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bernard Lewis Lewis & Baldwin, PLLC

Re: i dont know where i stand

Hi: Your landlord has 14 days after you move out to return your full deposit to you. If he does not return the deposit, he must, within the 14 days, provide you with a written itemization of what items he is claiming for damages as the amount withheld for each item. If he does not do this within the 14 days, you are entitled to all of your deposit back.

As for back rent, you should demand an accounting from your landlord of all rents paid and make sure that there is no possibility that you did not pay the rent for the months claimed.

You can obtain more information on renters' rights by contacting the State of Vermont and asking them to refer you to the renters' rights group nearest you.

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Answered on 9/14/00, 2:24 pm


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