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Renting a house asked to leave?

Thisis a long but true story. Please give honest and intelligent answers. We were living in a trailer (myself and two young sons) The trailer was older and kind of falling apart. We asked our church family for posible help with roof repairs. A memeber of our church called a few times and asked if we wanted to rent a home he had for sale. The deal was he did not think the home would sell soon and we could stay there till it sold and would be given two months or so after the sale. I was not sure but he did call a few times and kept asking about it. He knew we had no money to speak of and we could not put down a deposit and he knew I was a single mom with two boys. We eventually agreed to the deal and moved into the house along with our older black lab. We were there for two years and six months never ever was late on the rent! We tried to maintain it and keep it clean. My boys, I will admit left there bikes in the yard and did minor damage to their screen window.(in their room). We always mowed the lawn but when thegas prices spiked a while ago we could not mow the lawn as much we used to. He called us out of the blue one day and said we were not mantaining his propertyand we had two months to get out. It was almost the end of the month so we had three days to get out so we could put deposit money and rent on a new place. He knew i did not have a pot to pee in. The home is not sold and I felt like great behaviour for a christian in our church. after, I found out he sold his own home and his whole intent was to move into our smaller place after his sold his other place. His wife is part of a very small bible study group that I used to attend. I feel humiliated because after we left she claims we caused $1,000 of dollars worth of damage to the home. Not true. We could not afford steam clean carpets and that sort of thing but we cleaned the best we could and left before the beginning of the month rent was paid up!! I'm I wrong feeling kind of mad and betrayed...... Yes I am grateful for the time we had The reason I said we had a few days was because we had to pay deposit and rent on a new place as opposed to paying on where we were at could not afford both Yes looking into a new church

Public Comments

1. Shame on the wife for being a gossip. True or untrue it's not very Christian of her. Sadly for you, the property was his and he lived up to his end of the deal you made. While you may feel badly about the gossip of his wife, you should be thankful to him for helping you and your family out for such a long time.
2. I can understand you unhappiness.. BUT you said he said you had two months to move out , then you go on the say cause it was almost the end of the month, meaning you only had 3 days to move.. Im confused... Not much you can do about it... find a new place to live..
3. Never move into anyone's home you know personally for this reason, plus, this is the sort of Christian I question, he could have given you six months notice which would have given you plenty of time. Now you know, and if I were you I would go to a different Church.
4. Let's see.... you weren't mowing the grass, your kids left their bikes laying around, they broke the screen, the carpets were a dingy mess, and probably a bunch of other stuff you aren't telling us. If you can't afford a house you should live in an apartment.... and let me tell you if you made a mess of an apartment like you did of the house they would sue you too. Good for the owner.
5. Perhaps not the most diplomatic of ways to ask you to find another place, but he did give you two months as was the agreed upon time and two months mean sixty days, you didn't have to move out within three days, but I can understand you wanting to. As for the $1000.00 in damages, as long as you didn't sign anything stating the condition of the house when you moved in and didn't have a contract you aren't liable for anything and don't have to pay them. You are right to feel angry at the situation. Unfortunately, calling one's self a Christian doesn't mean they are one and regardless of religion it's a callous way to treat people the way they've treated you.
6. You did what you had to do and it's OK. Don't worry about the normal wear & tear. Landlords are taking people's deposits constantly for normal wear & tear even though they are not allowed to.
7. May be your church leader can help you out
8. i am sorry for this answer but, don't make the additional details so long. it's so boring to read.