Hi everyone,
I just recently was affected by a reorg in my company and had to relocate from NYC to Europe. I gave notice to my landlord back in July that I will be moving out 09/30. My lease was just renewed this June. When I approached my landlord through the representative on site (the super) I was let to believe that if we can find a new tenant to rent the apartment I will receive my security deposit back. I vacated the apartment 10 days early so that it could be prepared for the new tenant who was identified to take over the leave in October. The super assessed the apartment and everything was in good order. I subsequently send numerous mails to the management company which all were not responded to. Initially I was asking if they can kindly electronically transfer the money into my account, as time passed I got suspicious wondering if there was something else at play. I just finally managed to speak to someone at the management company and he basically was "offering" to pay a portion back as he pointed out they would be entitled to the whole deposit since I broke the lease.
This doesnt seem right at all. We have been great tenant and always paid our lease on time throughout September. Since I perceived the management company as reliable and we had such a great record I didnt even think about stop paying rent in August. There is quite a bit of money involved here. The rep stated that he needs to go back to speak to the landlord as whether they will give me my deposit back. I dont want to sit on my hands and hope that someone here can point me to relative case law and or resources. If it gets worse and they really don't pay me back I would even consider legal counsel.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
Thanks