Can Landlords Justify Keeping Man’s Deposit_ _ Part 3-(720p)

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00:00Tell me how you were harassed.

00:01He comes into my room at three o'clock in the morning.

00:04I'm sleeping naked.

00:05A tenant bears all about his landlord.

00:07He said you have to leave by the end of January

00:09and I'll prorate the days that you've paid.

00:11I never made that statement.

00:12I honestly didn't think they would lie under oath.

00:15Now, they say he played dirty.

00:17That's it?

00:18The cleaning ladies had a very difficult time.

00:22Oh my goodness.

00:23Judge Judy.

00:25You're Mr. Himmelstern?

00:26I am.

00:27Mr. Himmelstern, describe the premises

00:29that you own where you rent out rooms.

00:32It is a townhouse style apartment, two levels.

00:35There is one bedroom upstairs

00:38where the kitchen and the common area is.

00:40We rent that room.

00:41And then downstairs, there's the master bedroom

00:44and an additional room, which we also rent.

00:47How long have you owned the townhouse?

00:48My wife, Julie, owns the townhouse.

00:50I've owned it for about 10 years.

00:51Have you always rented rooms in it?

00:54Only recently.

00:55And you do that for income?

00:56Yes, yes.

00:57And you're happy to have good tenants?

01:00Of course, yes.

01:01Because if you have good, stable tenants,

01:03they pay the rent.

01:04That's what you're renting the room for

01:06and giving up your privacy for.

01:08Correct.

01:08Right?

01:09Correct.

01:10If you have a tenant that was a good tenant,

01:12you would do, you're not crazy, are you?

01:14I mean, you're not on any psychotropic medication?

01:16No, no.

01:18If you had a good tenant who was paying rent

01:20and followed all the house rules,

01:22you wouldn't throw them out?

01:23Correct, yes.

01:25Now, what room did you rent to Mr. Seligman?

01:29The room we rented to Mr. Seligman was the room downstairs.

01:33Okay.

01:34That was on the same level as your master bedroom?

01:36Correct.

01:37And what was the rent?

01:38The rent was $1595.

01:41And when Mr. Seligman saw the room downstairs,

01:45was there a tenant in the upstairs bedroom?

01:47Yes, there was.

01:48How long had that tenant been there?

01:50I believe about eight months.

01:52Did that tenant change after Mr. Seligman?

01:56Not one bit.

01:57Is he still there?

01:57No.

01:58When did he leave?

01:59Oh, she says he's still there.

02:01No, no, Robert.

02:01I'm sorry, I apologize.

02:03Oh, I don't remember the exact date, Your Honor,

02:06but he left during the summer,

02:10maybe a couple months after Mr. Seligman moved in,

02:13which was May 1.

02:14Is that room rented now?

02:15Yes, it is.

02:16And what about the room on the same level

02:18as the master bedroom?

02:20Is that rented now?

02:20Yes, it is.

02:21Mr. Seligman, you have a whole laundry list

02:23of causes of action.

02:25Money owed for being forced out of a lease,

02:27the balance of deposit, harassment, and lost wages.

02:30Yes, Your Honor.

02:31When did you take the room, the master bedroom?

02:34I moved into the room on May 1st of 2018.

02:38And when did you move out?

02:38Ma'am, it wasn't the master bedroom that he took.

02:41Hmm?

02:41He didn't take the master bedroom.

02:43No, the room on the master bedroom floor.

02:45Yeah.

02:45When did you move out?

02:46I moved out on the 27th of January, 2019.

02:52And how long was the lease that you had?

02:54It was month to month.

02:55So the first cause of action is money owed

02:59for being forced out of a lease.

03:01Yeah.

03:02You didn't have a lease.

03:03I gave 30-day notice.

03:05It doesn't matter.

03:06You didn't have a lease.

03:07We had a lease agreement.

03:09No, you didn't.

03:09You had a month-to-month tenancy.

03:11Okay, now, when you moved in, you gave him a deposit.

03:15Yes.

03:15Because that's what we're on to,

03:16the next cause of action.

03:18Balance for the deposit.

03:19How much of a deposit did you give him?

03:21Gave him $1,595 deposit plus $150

03:26for the garage clicker and the key.

03:28Several keys.

03:29Okay, now, when you moved out on January 27th,

03:33did Mr. Hammerstern and Ms. Tseng

03:36give you back any of the deposit?

03:38They did give me back some of the deposit.

03:40How much did they give you back?

03:42They gave me back $1,410.

03:45So they kept $185.

03:48Yes, plus the $150 for the garage clicker

03:52and key that I had also returned.

03:54Okay, did he return the clicker?

03:56Yes, he did.

03:57Yes, he did.

03:58And did he return the key?

03:58Yes, he did.

03:59Well, what did you keep the $150 for?

04:01To rent a late fees that he owed.

04:04Where does your, do you have a written lease

04:06that provides for late fees?

04:07Yes, we do.

04:08I'd like to take a look at it.

04:15It's paragraph four.

04:16Okay, in what month do you allege

04:20he was late in his rent?

04:21In the month of November and in the month of January.

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