We where supposed to buy a house that we found, we where approved for the house in Feb. but the mortgage company putting off the sign date, so we moved in on contract paying rent to the owners til we where able to sign well we found out in April that we where not in fact approved. The owners of the home said that we could paint the house if we wanted to even if we rented. So I painted the kitchen, and started the bathroom, and when we didn't get approved we decided to keep renting, well the owners wanted to charge us more for rent then before we decided that, we did not want to do that and we moved now the owners are suing us for holes in the wall which where not from me, the paint in the kitchen a door that was broken when I moved there a broken garbage disposal that I didn't even know I had and many other things does this sound like a strong case? They refinished the whole house and are charging us for things that did not need to be done to the house at all.
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1 Wild seed // May 14, 2008
Well, I sure hope you took pictures when you got there, and pictures when you left….
2 Hokie_Pokey // May 14, 2008
Big, big mistake moving in before the sale was finalized.
I don't know if they or you have any recourse. Do you have a signed contract/agreement with the leasing terms?
3 INSOMNIAC // May 14, 2008
If you did not have a contract and an agreement that would spell out the terms of the contract then they would have a strong case to pursue in court, talk to them and try to reach an agreement that would satisfy both parties.~ GOOD LUCK.
4 indianguy // May 14, 2008
There suing you for damages to the house, not for not getting approved. If you don't have proof that you didn't do all of the damage, they have a fair shot of winning if they have any kind of proof.
5 GoGo Girls // May 14, 2008
I cannot beleive the owners let you move in before the close. That is the number one no no advise you will get from a Real estate agent. Was there a lease? What their an agreement signed prior to letting you move in? What were the terms?
6 cinder a // May 14, 2008
One of the many pitfalls of moving into property without a lease or contract. And not having a signed paper of the condition of the property such as an inspection you sign to problems and condition.
If you were not approved they could keep the earnest money you put down when signing the agreement to purchase, that is all. However you have made yourself a tenant now by moving in. Your situation would fall under the States laws for tenants.
Your word against theirs at this point since you do not have any prior condition paperwork.
I would say that the amount you paid as rent and how it was paid, (by the month),by the week etc, would be the contract. If you pay by the month then they could give you notice by the month of a rent increase, or ask you to move.
In concern to damages, that will have to be proved by the owner and you will have to defend yourself, by proof, of witnesses, pictures etc.
You can look up the law online of your state, Tenant Landlord law of——state
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