431 Fairmount Associates

We stayed here for just over a year and could not get out soon enough. One of our bedrooms was in the basement, which was insanely humid during the summer months. Our clothes and sheets were damp, as the humidity was over 70%. Part of our lease included a locker, which was not available to us for the first 2 months.
During heavy rainstorms the walls would leak leaving disgusting discoloration, which took the landlord over a month to paint. When his maintenance crew finally did come, they painted some of our things that were in the area and did not use a drop cloth. There was drywall dust on our computers, books and files.
We negotiated a month to month lease upon the termination of our initial 12 month lease. The new terms clearly stated 45 days notice prior to end of the next month to terminate. We provided 47 days notice and were deducted half of a months rent from our security deposit for what he claims is owed for not properly notifying him. What’s worse is that he was unresponsive in emails confirming that we were ending our term, moving out, and then the emails that confirmed we have moved out. It was not until a month after we moved out that this was dropped on us and in his email it was clear that his intentions were that of ‘trickery and deceit.
We are now paying to go to mediation over this money.