Linda

City: 
Vallejo
Residence Type: 
3 or 4 units
Landlord Type: 
Private Landlord -- No Rent Control

30 days after reporting extensive damage to our unit the Property manager finally came by to.inspect our damage @which time they determined our unit was not safe to ocuppy and gave us verbal move it to a hotel now...they did return 1/2 our rent for that 30 day period and all remaining rent to Oct. 1st. We were told to.use our Insurance for the hotel and check out the other properties they had listed in our price range or we could move into the one bedroom downstairs of the same house.We are a family of three: Gramma Daughter and an Autistic grandson.
After seeing the other house we decided we couldnt live there...the rent was higher
and the house was terrible...We were racing thru our money... the hotel was 87.00 each night and we were eating out three meals a day...plus we had spent money for a storage unit ..guys to move us and a moving truck...our three bedroom house was reduced to a 12x9 storage unit we gave away and donated so much of our stuff!!
We were again contacted and told the owners did not want to lose our tenancy andxwould like us to commit to moving back in after the repairs. Still they did not give us back our $1900 DEPOSITS...realizing our money was running out we asked about the one bedroom downstairs as a last resort...we were told it was being marketed and they couldnt guarentee we could get it!!! After 2days of phoning the property manager owner stepped in and offered us the one bedroom on the bottom floor again for $825.00 ...our Rent fof the two bedroom that we had msde into 3 bedrooms was 995...not a great savings...Without hsving the money to properly clean the upstairs unit we finally decided to tske the one bedroom in the same house...
We feel oppressed and victimized and we have nothing in writing anout any if this except a letter they provided to my renters ins saying when we had to leave and gorcwhat orriod of time...All of this has transpired betwwen 9/26 the day we were told to leave @4:50 pm untilvwdxsigned the lease for the one bedroom on 10/2 we moved in yesterday and today...We still have stuff upstairs and in stroage...We are broke!!!

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