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Sun Cove Realty
We filed a complaint against Sun Cove Realty in reference to our security deposit on a house we were renting in Land O Lakes FL. We rented the home and moved in the beginning of January 2008. When our lease was up for renewal in January 2009, we signed an agreement for another year. A few weeks later, we were informed by Sun Cove Realty that the home owner would not be signing the lease renewal, but we could continue to rent on a month to month basis.
The house was in short sale, so we had no choice but to move. On 07/08/2009, we notified Sun Cove Realty that we would be out of the house in 60 days. We turned in the keys and garage door remotes on on 09/04/2009, and signed the paperwork that showed Sun Cove Realty received the items they required. On 10/06/2009 we received a notice that a certified letter was at the post office from Sun Cove Realty. I picked it up on 10/07/2009, and they sent a check for $546 (the deposit was $1050) with a notice of intention to impose claim on security deposit for "damages". As per the claim, I filed my objection in writing within 15 days, including the fact that Florida Statute 83.49(3)(a) states:
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83.49 Deposit money or advance rent; duty of landlord and tenant.—
(3)(a) Upon the vacating of the premises for termination of the lease, if the landlord does not intend to impose a claim on the security deposit, the landlord shall have 15 days to return the security deposit together with interest if otherwise required, or the landlord shall have 30 days to give the tenant written notice by certified mail to the tenant’s last known mailing address of his or her intention to impose a claim on the deposit and the reason for imposing the claim.
If the landlord fails to give the required notice within the 30-day period, he or she forfeits the right to impose a claim upon the security deposit.
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The notice came 33 days after we moved out, thus I requested the whole deposit back, with our objections to what they were claiming. They never responded. . Also, the house was professionally cleaned and exterminated before we moved (at a cost of about $300+)per Sun Cove Realty's requiments:
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Since then, we have had an attorney in contact with Sun Cove Realty with no results. We next contacted the Hillsborough County BOCC, Consumer Protection Agency. We were informed by an investigator, that he had been unsuccessful in getting in contact with the previous owner of the property. The person he spoke with at Sun Cove Realty took over the position from the person we had been working with, and she said that they no longer have the check that was originally sent to us that we returned per the lawyers suggestion. Mr. White was told that he needed to contact the owner of the house to get the deposit money.
And finally, I found this page reviewing Sun Cove Realty - not very flattering:
www.propertymanagementreviews.org/tampa/sun-cove-realty-inc/
I never dealt with the owner of the house, just Sun Cove, so for them to state that I have to find the original owner is ludicrous.
Sun Cove Realty
We filed a complaint against Sun Cove Realty in reference to our security deposit on a house we were renting in Land O Lakes FL. We rented the home and moved in the beginning of January 2008. When our lease was up for renewal in January 2009, we signed an agreement for another year. A few weeks later, we were informed by Sun Cove Realty that the home owner would not be signing the lease renewal, but we could continue to rent on a month to month basis.
The house was in short sale, so we had no choice but to move. On 07/08/2009, we notified Sun Cove Realty that we would be out of the house in 60 days. We turned in the keys and garage door remotes on on 09/04/2009, and signed the paperwork that showed Sun Cove Realty received the items they required. On 10/06/2009 we received a notice that a certified letter was at the post office from Sun Cove Realty. I picked it up on 10/07/2009, and they sent a check for $546 (the deposit was $1050) with a notice of intention to impose claim on security deposit for "damages". As per the claim, I filed my objection in writing within 15 days, including the fact that Florida Statute 83.49(3)(a) states:
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83.49 Deposit money or advance rent; duty of landlord and tenant.—
(3)(a) Upon the vacating of the premises for termination of the lease, if the landlord does not intend to impose a claim on the security deposit, the landlord shall have 15 days to return the security deposit together with interest if otherwise required, or the landlord shall have 30 days to give the tenant written notice by certified mail to the tenant’s last known mailing address of his or her intention to impose a claim on the deposit and the reason for imposing the claim.
If the landlord fails to give the required notice within the 30-day period, he or she forfeits the right to impose a claim upon the security deposit.
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The notice came 33 days after we moved out, thus I requested the whole deposit back, with our objections to what they were claiming. They never responded. . Also, the house was professionally cleaned and exterminated before we moved (at a cost of about $300+)per Sun Cove Realty's requiments:
farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5747055791_b55361db12_o.jpg
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Since then, we have had an attorney in contact with Sun Cove Realty with no results. We next contacted the Hillsborough County BOCC, Consumer Protection Agency. We were informed by an investigator, that he had been unsuccessful in getting in contact with the previous owner of the property. The person he spoke with at Sun Cove Realty took over the position from the person we had been working with, and she said that they no longer have the check that was originally sent to us that we returned per the lawyers suggestion. Mr. White was told that he needed to contact the owner of the house to get the deposit money.
And finally, I found this page reviewing Sun Cove Realty - not very flattering:
www.propertymanagementreviews.org/tampa/sun-cove-realty-inc/
I never dealt with the owner of the house, just Sun Cove, so for them to state that I have to find the original owner is ludicrous.