House Went into Foreclosure and Now I am Not Getting Security Deposit for False Reasons!

By LexieK

So we found out that the house we were renting was going under foreclosure.  We were going to renew but since this was the case, we decided to leave at the end of our lease.  The landlord started to get really harrassing about the whole situation and made our lives such living hell that we decided to move out early (still paying the rest of the rent early).  The relationship had gotten so sour that we didn’t even want to see him for a walk through, just moved out.

Well, we are now finding out that the house he was living in is also being foreclosed on so now we are worried that we won’t get our security deposit back at all.  Well I take that back, I expect NOT to get it back (not because we caused ANY damages but because if he is in that bad of shape, I suspect he didn’t stash that money away).  But I am worried that we will get a bill for additional damages that we didn’t cause on top of the security deposit.  I know that he has to provide documentation for the repairs but the more complicating part is that he is a contractor so he could claim he did the bogus repairs and document it to the point where he could say we owe him even more than the deposit!

We still haven’t heard from him yet, so I have no real evidence yet but I am curious what my options might be and if he could do this.  I would love to get my $1250 back but I am truly not expecting it.  But I really don’t want to pay him any more or take him to court over the whole thing.  Any suggestions of what my rights are?

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