That's good to hear.. Seems long ago when we were renting we always go
the short end of the stick so to speak. Well, at least most times we
get the security back but I do remember having to make a fuss with the landlord over it.
I have never had a problem getting my deposit back... I often think that they gave it back to get rid of me. But, I usually move out of a place and it's in much better condition than before I moved into it.
The ONLY exception was when I terminated a lease early and I even got that one back after I took them to court. I had a nightmare of a neighbor across the hall. Constant parties every night even on the weekdays and they would steal my light bulbs I put in the porch light. I even went so far as to buy them a box of light bulbs and gift wrap them. They would steal the light bulb and from the porch light and the one in the hallway every time without fail.
The landlord was an "absentee" landlord and I reported this to him daily on their answering machine. I came home from work (this was before I worked for corrections I was an EMT then) to find Metro Narcotics raiding the building. They had a warrant to search the entire premises and they ransacked my apartment too. It was a duplex town home so we each had an upstairs and a downstairs.
I came home, after work and grocery shopping, to find strand people going in
an out of my apartment only to be thrown to the ground, my groceries smashed I don't know if you were here then but because I was the NC/NEC of 2320 the
net's echomail was down for two weeks as they ripped the computer apart even searched in it's case. The hard drive was salvageable... Benny from SEC Computers rebuilt it for me no charge.
All of my belongings were dumped on the floor and no care was taken to make sure my poor kitty was secure. Thankfully the old lady across the street rescued her. I moved that weekend as I did not feel safe there. I got no apology from the landlord... the police did make things right as my furniture was damaged, when I moved they did buy me new furniture and pay for the
damages they did. I never was so embarrassed or felt so violated. It was my first apartment and I was so proud of it. I learned how to sue the crap out
of a landlord from this experience. I had to pay two months rent in advance plus a damage deposit they tried to keep every penny. The police had some
sort of fund that helped me move (in exchanged for testimony in court) and
they had an attorney that helped me move. It was so bad they insisted I move across town far from my parents as it would be unsafe for me to stay in that area.
I also learned after that that a GOOD apartment that doesn't screw you over pets is hard to find... and I never trusted anyone in apartments after that.
It got better after I became a correction's officer... which leads to another nightmare story.
All was good until September 11, 2001. I was working day shift at the jail downtown as a corrections officer and I picked up a 4 hour part time gig as an EMT/Firefighter with PRP Fire department. (I had the trifecta of emergency services as tone time I was a licensed EMT / Firefighter and Law Enforcement officer... I actually carried 3 badges at same time) I had to drop my part
time job as so many people were called up to active duty with the reserves
that it caused manditory 12 hour shifts at the jail which every other night we were manditoried an additional 4 hours because of critical staffing lows... with 1 or 2 days off. And by the time I got a day off I was exhausted and
they were just figuring out then I had Lupus on top of everything else.
I had a crabby old man and woman who lived below me who complained about me stomping around at 1am... they complained that I ran water excessively...
after working 16 hours at a jail the hot shower was the highlight of the
night. To stay fresh I had to change uniforms sometimes once or twice a shift (inmates like to throw food and literally poop at you at times) so I would
come home and immediately do laundry you don't let that stuff sit.
I get a letter eventually from the apartment manager telling me to cease and desist my "nighttime activities" not to "run water after 11pm" and blah blah blah. This went on almost daily for weeks and the last straw was a letter
that threatened eviction.
I took that to work and thankfully at that time I served as the arraignment court officer / bailiff to the judge and etc. Needless to say I showed the letter to one of the county prosecutors who made a copy and gave it to his
wife (reputed to be one of the meanest attorneys in the state). She told me to disregard and sent them a letter.
We were immediately served by the Apartment community's lawyer with an
eviction notice and a copy of my lease with the caption highlighted NO WASHING CLOTHES IN THE COMMON AREAS DURING HOURS OF 9PM to 9AM. Where they messed up was I paid an additional $50 a month for the "Deluxe" apartment with washer/dryer hookups and a dishwasher.
Katherine, my attorney, said let it go to court... I had to show up to court
in my uniform as I took a break away from work to go (courthouse attached to the jail thankfully no biggie) was in front of a judge all of ten minutes
after Katherine explained the overtime situation and etc and pointed out that
I had been harassed by neighbors below and I had no choice to my shift. The nail in the coffin was when the judge ruled that if the washer was inside my apartment it was not a common area and I was free to wash to my heart's
desire. I was awareded 3 months rent, my damage deposit and moving expenses.
I was given up to 45 days to move on top of that rent free and the two old farts below me were given a no contact/harassment order with me.
That was in 2002 and I moved to the 800 building... that's when the Derby City Livewire went down after continuous operation starting on an old Atari 800 first call taken April 1 1986 with a 300 baud modem and BBS Express.
The livewire resurfaced again when I bough my home in 2007 but due to a fire
it went down again in 2011 (you were my feed then) my health was failing and that ordeal about killed me. I'm retired now and hopefully back for the long haul now.
Now back on topic since 1986 I've had 12 wonderful kitties in and out of my life and now having Jade, my jet black green eyed troublemaker and Annie, my black and white dwarf kitty with me currently. I miss Tasha, Becky, Nannie, Callie, Bubby, Mickey, Monica, Tess, Elvis and Priscilla.
I've always had two at any given time.
Allen
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