Land lord issues

thehuman said:
What is stopping you to pay the outstanding amount for services and deduct from month end rent payment?
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Not legal either. You're not allowed to withhold rent without the landlords consent
 
You can also consult the Housing tribunal in your province. I used the Gauteng housing Tribunal to get my deposit back few years back. It took very long to sort out, BUT there is no lawyer fees, or any other fees associated.
 
Gentlemen.

So this afternoon the lights were finally restored.

What's going to happen now is we're moving out and my wife decided to let them keep the deposit (something about shame they're missing out on a month's rent or something like that). The land lord's wife works with my wife. Co-worker, not boss. I didn't like that decision, but so be it.

Now the land lord is going to come over and discuss terms of departure and to check the place out, particularly the spare room carpet. My mother in law (check my mother in law thread in this same sub-forum) when she moved in tore a hole roughly the size of a R5 coin in the carpet.

I'm guessing (and i hope I'm wrong) what he's planning is to make me pay for the carpet in addition to keeping my deposit. Can he do that?
 
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Arksun said:
Gentlemen.

So this afternoon the lights were finally restored.

What's going to happen now is we're moving out and my wife decided to let them keep the deposit (something about shame they're missing out on a month's rent or something like that). The land lord's wife works with my wife. Co-worker, not boss. I didn't like that decision, but so be it.

Now the land lord is going to come over and discuss terms of departure and to check the place out, particularly the spare room carpet. My mother in law (check my mother in law thread in this same sub-forum) when she moved in tore a hole roughly the size of a R5 coin in the carpet.

I'm guessing (and i hope I'm wrong) what he's planning is to make me pay for the carpet in addition to keeping my deposit. Can he do that?
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Yes he can


And never do business with family or friends :)
 
He was in breach of contract tell him deposit is for carpet (you already written that off)
 
Tell him to get fscked if he tries to charge you for the carpet... that is what he gets to keep the deposit for.

You also need to tell your wife to harden up somewhat... he doesn't deserve that rent money and he breached contract.
 
Arksun said:
I'm ready to rip someone's head off.
Background story: previous tenant was a dead-beat. Paid his accounts late. Left utility bills in arrears. He got booted, I moved in.

The water and electricity account's arrears was never settled and the municipality has cut my electricity off for the second time now, even though I've been paying in an orderly fashion. Last time this happened, the land lord only paid enough to get it reconnected, but still left an outstanding amount. This was two or three months ago. Now its off again.

I'm gatvol and I want to move. Now.

Legally, what are my options?
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:erm:

Pay the full outstanding debt, remove it from the rent you pay every month in small chunks the landlord agrees to. How hard can that be?
 
if he doesn't have money to pay he has no money to come after you... just a thought....

Find out how much it will cost to replace the carpet.
 
Well, the guy was here today and it turns out I was right. This guy is a total arsehole.

Wants me to pay for the carpet in addition to keeping the deposit.

I'm contacting the housing tribunal tomorrow.
 
I had a case where my place's electricity was off for a couple of days. It was due to a fault on the municipality's side of the DB, so not something I had much control over. My tenant threatened to move into a guesthouse on my cost, as the place I rented to her was untenable(no electricity). I consulted a lawyer who agreed that she could do that. Luckily for me, she spent a couple of days with a friend, until the electricity was fixed.

The law protects the tenant - if for some reason the place becomes untenable, the landlord has to provide similar alternate housing, or be in breach of contract.
 
Seems like some people are just born without the "don't be a ****ing arsehole" gene. I hope the tribunal actually does something.
 
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