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month to month lease I own my home, had a verbal agreement with a roommate (&…

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month to month lease
I own my home, had a verbal agreement with a roommate (& $550 security; she moved in 4/1/06) that she pay the cleaning lady every 6 weeks and give me 30 days notice before vacating. Late November she told me she’d be moving out over the month of December. On 11/29/06 I reminded her that it was her turn to pay the cleaning lady and she sent me several emails that day saying that she was not paying the cleaning lady again and would be moving out ASAP. (She already paid December’s rent). She moved out on 12/1/06, locked the bedroom door and refuses to return the keys to the bedroom and the house. She left me a note and voice mail messages, stating that she won’t return the keys until I returned her security and December’s rent. I left her voicemails stating that I can’t return any money until I get the keys.

Now she’s suing me for December’s rent $550, her security $550, filing fees and items (a shower curtain, I’m assuming) left at the house for a total of $1,224.

She still has NOT returned the keys.

Can I counter sue her for January’s rent?

Can I deduct the $50 cleaning fee of November 29 & the price of a locksmith?

Thank you; I appreciate your time and assistance. My phone number is 609-731-3987

Rental agreement I co-signed a month to month rental agreement.

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Rental agreement
I co-signed a month to month rental agreement. In the first month I got a job offer overseas and told the landlords that I’d be leaving at the end of the month, and asked to have my name removed from the agreement. Then they told me that they originally did not run a credit report for the other person since my credit was good enough. When they ran a credit report for the other party and found it unsatisfactory, they decided to keep my name on the agreement. I was not able to pursue the matter until it is resolved as the landlords went on a vacation and I moved out of the country. Now I have learned that the co-tenant received a 30-day notice and the matter might end in an eviction. I wrote to the landlords and asked to have my name removed and that I could not be held liable for any of the proceedings in writing. They responded by saying that they would not remove my name from the rental agreement. What are the legal implications of having my name on the rental agreement should it go into eviction? Would it affect my credit standing if the former co-tenant is evicted? Thank you.

Prorated first month’s rent my first month’s rent was prorated back in Oct.

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Prorated first month’s rent
my first month’s rent was prorated back in Oct. 2005. Due to a tree problem in the yard. So I paid $1300 in security not including my last month rent. Now two years later my landlord wants to take $650 from my security for the first month’s prorated rent. Can that be legally done? By the way it has always been a month to month lease.

I’m 17 and I live with my Aunt and Uncle, they are my legal guardians.

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I’m 17 and I live with my Aunt and Uncle, they are my legal guardians.
Recent events however have lead to a distrust between me and them and they have asked me to pay rent. I signed a lease August 18th, but the lease was on a month to month basis and they have failed to ask me to resign a lease for September or October, am I still legally obligated to pay? And they are only Guardians of my well-being, legally my father is still my financial guardian.
I cannot afford to pay rent and I do not turn 18 until the 28th so I have no alternative to staying with my Aunt and Uncle, but if the failure for them to provide me with a lease for the past two months gives me a legal reason to ask for my money back and not pay for this month so I can actually save the little bit of money I make to go to school and move out.

Taking Landlord to court for return of deposit We rented a house for 8 years.

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Taking Landlord to court for return of deposit
We rented a house for 8 years. After the first year we continued on month to month. When we moved out, we had tried to contact landlord and/or agent for a walk thru which we never received. After 90 days, we requested return of deposit in writing since we had heard nothing from landlord. He returned a response with all sorts of outrageous charges that he can’t possibly support. We have filed in district court, filed our Bill of Particulars and received Grounds of Defense. (He has retained a lawyer, I can’t really afford one but may have to get one.) They named a number of defenses, but I can only see a problem with one. This is where question is. They list Failure to Name all the Parties. I only listed one name of a husband and wife. Both are listed on lease, but I never received signed copy and was instructed by agent to make checks out to him and deposit to his account by agent. Since I never made a check out to any other than the one party, will this hurt my case?