OT: Low chem yard - rental house help

[Guest guest]

One of the families in our WA group has asked me to get recommendations and

advise.

The house they have been faithfully making rental payments on, turns out the

owner has not been making the mortgage payment & it is now in foreclosure

requiring them to move. The family has made GREAT progress in biomedically

recovering their ASD son and has worked hard at keeping the toxins levels down

including special clean diets & eco-friendly household chemicals. The landlord

is now being very difficult in trying to retain their substantial security

deposit & is saying they will not get it back because of the amount of clover in

the lawn (landlord wants them to use chemicals on the lawn). I know this family,

they are clean good people & we feel the landlord is obviously trying to capture

as much $'s as possible from the property in nit-picking to retain the deposit.

As with most of us, their limited funds go to biomedical....Does anyone happen

to have any recommendations on this very stressful situation for this family?

Thanks!

Rita

[Guest guest]

If they are renters, unless it's otherwise specified in the lease, it is the LANDLORD'S obligation to care for the property. Not the renters.A renter, I believe, can only be held accountable for keeping the property clean and neat and repairing or replacing anything they broke or ruined.I don't believe they can be held acountable for natural wear (faded carpets, dingy paint, aging wood that has splintered......). There's somebody I can ask who might know....Tammy To: mb12valtrex Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:42 PM Subject: OT: Low chem yard - rental house help

One of the families in our WA group has asked me to get recommendations and advise.

The house they have been faithfully making rental payments on, turns out the owner has not been making the mortgage payment & it is now in foreclosure requiring them to move. The family has made GREAT progress in biomedically recovering their ASD son and has worked hard at keeping the toxins levels down including special clean diets & eco-friendly household chemicals. The landlord is now being very difficult in trying to retain their substantial security deposit & is saying they will not get it back because of the amount of clover in the lawn (landlord wants them to use chemicals on the lawn). I know this family, they are clean good people & we feel the landlord is obviously trying to capture as much $'s as possible from the property in nit-picking to retain the deposit.

As with most of us, their limited funds go to biomedical....Does anyone happen to have any recommendations on this very stressful situation for this family?

Thanks!

Rita

[Guest guest]

If they are renters, unless it's otherwise specified in the lease, it is the LANDLORD'S obligation to care for the property. Not the renters.A renter, I believe, can only be held accountable for keeping the property clean and neat and repairing or replacing anything they broke or ruined.I don't believe they can be held acountable for natural wear (faded carpets, dingy paint, aging wood that has splintered......). There's somebody I can ask who might know....Tammy To: mb12valtrex Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:42 PM Subject: OT: Low chem yard - rental house help

One of the families in our WA group has asked me to get recommendations and advise.

The house they have been faithfully making rental payments on, turns out the owner has not been making the mortgage payment & it is now in foreclosure requiring them to move. The family has made GREAT progress in biomedically recovering their ASD son and has worked hard at keeping the toxins levels down including special clean diets & eco-friendly household chemicals. The landlord is now being very difficult in trying to retain their substantial security deposit & is saying they will not get it back because of the amount of clover in the lawn (landlord wants them to use chemicals on the lawn). I know this family, they are clean good people & we feel the landlord is obviously trying to capture as much $'s as possible from the property in nit-picking to retain the deposit.

As with most of us, their limited funds go to biomedical....Does anyone happen to have any recommendations on this very stressful situation for this family?

Thanks!

Rita

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Tammy, Cathy (great link!), & Liam for your

responses/ideas. I have passed the thoughts & the link to this family. Liam,

they are not in Seattle but are in So King Co.

We fully believe the landlord is being like this to try to keep as much of their

deposit as she can...the stress this puts on them as we are packing to move

them...rrrr! At least they found a house in the same school as their school

placements are working for them right now....we are counting this as a blessing!

Thanks as always for all your help!!!

Rita

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> Does this person live in the city of Seattle?

> We do and I have dealt with landlord issues such as this. Seattle provides

tenants with many rights. Let me know if I can help.

>

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> Liam's Mom

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Tammy, Cathy (great link!), & Liam for your

responses/ideas. I have passed the thoughts & the link to this family. Liam,

they are not in Seattle but are in So King Co.

We fully believe the landlord is being like this to try to keep as much of their

deposit as she can...the stress this puts on them as we are packing to move

them...rrrr! At least they found a house in the same school as their school

placements are working for them right now....we are counting this as a blessing!

Thanks as always for all your help!!!

Rita

>

> Does this person live in the city of Seattle?

> We do and I have dealt with landlord issues such as this. Seattle provides

tenants with many rights. Let me know if I can help.

>

>

> Liam's Mom

>