You might remember that we moved back in November and had
some issues getting our deposits back in a timely fashion.
Windermere tried to break the deposit into two payments, with a letter that basically said "you'll get more, later, but we don't know how much" Well, they can't do that under WA state law.
Eventually, they sent another check, but by that time, I'd already hired an attorney. I didn't get my second check till after he'd contacted them. 77 days after we moved out. His fees would have had to come out of that check, eating a lot of it up.
They were also charging for cleaning, etc, that was never done. See other thread. I wasn't going to stand for that, so I persisted.
A while back, my attorney sent them an offer, which included his fees, which they never responded to. Turns out, the management company ignored their attorney. I waited.
Called yesterday for an update.
Mine called theirs and got the ball rolling again.
They accepted the offer.
Initially, if they had accepted, his fees would have been only $600, and they would have had to return the $1600 still owed to me.
Instead? They're paying his fees of
$4933 plus, they're returning my costs for the lawsuit filing fees.
One really crappy thing was that after all this, the owners put the house up for sale. It's sold. They completely replaced all carpeting, and a new hardwood floor. I spent a a good amount cleaning carpets and flooring when we moved out...
It's also a slight bummer to me that it didn't go to court, because I was really looking forward to taking it class action once we'd won. The "two-part" deposit settlement is standard practice for that company.