[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by skudr248

Well story is, and ill try to make it short, I moved into an apartment on September 1st so I can be closer to school, payed $500 security deposit to my landlord (with whom I live with), unfortunately family things happened and I told my landlord I had to move back home and will have to leave by Nov 1st, on Oct 27th (I pay my months rent upfront always not at the end of month). I asked for my deposit back 2 days ago ... he didn't even mention giving me my deposit back at all before, and told me he would only give me $150 back because the new renter will be moving in today the 15th which is his brother and basically he did not even try to find a roommate at all before then which he told me. Now he wants to charge me half months rent (350) for no one living there? I told him that's bs as the law states you can't do this, he hasn't responded yet so I want to grab some info from someone who knows anything and if I should take this to small claims as I am a student and he's effing me over bad here. So far I have found this saying under any circumstance I am entitled to my deposit back, within 10 days, which it's already been over 2 weeks (and just fyi - I never broke anything, cleaned up all the time, barely actually stayed there because family things)

http://tenant.landlordandtenant.org/...it_return.aspx

Dude, he found a new renter within 2.5 weeks of you bailing on him. Seems to me he did a pretty good job of filling the vacancey as quickly as he could.

As for the second part....says the guy who gave someone 4 days notice that they'd be moving out.