My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: New Jersey
Hi all.
I would really appreciate some feedbacks.
My rental is a Owner-Occupied property
He does not put my deposit in an account under my name but spend it on his personal expenses(lease requires him to put my money in trust or similar under my name,with interest)
I live in the property for 3 years
The lease states in appendix 1 as of security deposit
The lease ends 7/31/2016 but with oral agreement of renewing every year.
I orally notice to move out at 5/15/2018 and moved out 7/31/2018(landlord lives in the same building and i have witness for the notice that is not my relative).
He is not willing to return my deposit citing he has to renovate the whole house(by renovate i mean upgrade every fixtures, using my security deposit of course and the next guy's),i left the place spot clean but i do not have photo evidence but has at least two witness that is not my relative can attest.
No "itemized damage report" is being delivered to my address, i sent the demand letter for security deposit with certified letter. No reply
He does not paint the wall nor clean the carpet or do anything before we move in( again i have witness)
My question is. How big of a chance i can win small court with the attendance of two unrelated witnesses and the copy of the lease and the photo of his "new renovated house" and my "before renovate pictures"
And in case i won the case, how high the chances are i can recover the 2850$ security deposit from my landlord( He is unemployed, Owns the rental property,no mortgage, collecting rent from two tenants, has a known bank account # from my check images). Am my only way of executing the judgement is put a property lien on his house? because any reasonable deadbeat will properly close that bank account and withdraw any money after they lose a judgement to avoid a bank account levy. Is there a way sheriff will work with me to garnish the rent payment from his new tenants and transfer it to settle the judgement?
I would really appreciate your input.
appendix 1
Hi all.
I would really appreciate some feedbacks.
My rental is a Owner-Occupied property
He does not put my deposit in an account under my name but spend it on his personal expenses(lease requires him to put my money in trust or similar under my name,with interest)
I live in the property for 3 years
The lease states in appendix 1 as of security deposit
The lease ends 7/31/2016 but with oral agreement of renewing every year.
I orally notice to move out at 5/15/2018 and moved out 7/31/2018(landlord lives in the same building and i have witness for the notice that is not my relative).
He is not willing to return my deposit citing he has to renovate the whole house(by renovate i mean upgrade every fixtures, using my security deposit of course and the next guy's),i left the place spot clean but i do not have photo evidence but has at least two witness that is not my relative can attest.
No "itemized damage report" is being delivered to my address, i sent the demand letter for security deposit with certified letter. No reply
He does not paint the wall nor clean the carpet or do anything before we move in( again i have witness)
My question is. How big of a chance i can win small court with the attendance of two unrelated witnesses and the copy of the lease and the photo of his "new renovated house" and my "before renovate pictures"
And in case i won the case, how high the chances are i can recover the 2850$ security deposit from my landlord( He is unemployed, Owns the rental property,no mortgage, collecting rent from two tenants, has a known bank account # from my check images). Am my only way of executing the judgement is put a property lien on his house? because any reasonable deadbeat will properly close that bank account and withdraw any money after they lose a judgement to avoid a bank account levy. Is there a way sheriff will work with me to garnish the rent payment from his new tenants and transfer it to settle the judgement?
I would really appreciate your input.
appendix 1
Security Deposits: Landlord Refuse to Return Security Deposit
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