u/sandwich_x

I moved from a house after 10 years April 30th.

My original landlord went into a coma last fall and me and my neighbor ( whose house is also owned by the same guy) could not reach anyone. Around March we got word his son in law was taking over.

The houses were falling apart and for the 10 years I lived there nothing was fixed. My gas stove started leaking 6 years ago and I had no where to cook. The floors were falling in, we had severe rat infestations that the landlord would drop off poison and tell us it was part of the charm of living in an old house.

I put up with it because the rent was cheap and a great location.

I decided to buy my own house and did so in April. My neighbor just moved to a better rental.

Upon move out the don in law gave my neighbor his full deposit back. He had lived there 4 years. I expected the same.

The house was literally falling apart. Floors caving in/ceilings dropping dry rot all over. Both houses were in this condition. They did no maintenance not even tree trims and would not sign off for use to hire pest control.

The son in law started coming in before I even moved out “ getting it ready” for the next renter. He had never stepped foot in the house until I was moving out.

He never sent me a list for deductions. He ignored my certified letter. So after 57 days I filed a small claims case against the family trust the house is owned by.

2 days later I got a check in the mail for the full amount of the deposit. I sent a message that I had already filed a suit and would like if they would reimburse me for the filing fees and I would drop the suit.

I deposited the check and went to amend the case I had file due to getting part of the deposit back.

I went up pay my fee and my card was declined. I look at my account and they put a stop pay on the check. So now I’m negative 700 in my account and won’t get paid for 10 days.

My question is why the heck would they do a stop pay? I’m now worried they may try and sue ME.

The house has sat vacant since I moved out with the SIL doing diy repairs and got dinged by the city for multiple code violations that I reported. I know they are mad at me for that.

I have donated and been to her website but I cannot find a way to request one. I know there are events I can pick one up but that’s not convenient for me.