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UI moved from 1st floor to 3rd floor when the 1st floor flat owner wanted to sell his flat. I came to know from contacts within society that the 3rd floor flat was being vacated; I contacted the owner through then tenant and occupied the flat on 01May2023. As I didn’t have any option then, I was not very particular about the existing issues and had to move into the unpainted flat, which was painted in the first month while I sent my family to my hometown and kept the household items in one room – paid full rent. As the owner was known to be super busy, I didn’t bother him with these issues and got them fixed one by one as much as I could once I occupied the flat. I don’t have all pics of existing damages but I do have around 50% of them.
2BHK Flat Condition:
The flat was in really bad shape so I’ve asked the owner for paint work, which he got it done after I occupied the flat. I kept my household items in the master bedroom, locked it and sent my family to my hometown (600km away, another state) during May month as I felt it was not safe for kids to be around during paint work. The master bedroom and bathroom was painted in the early June when we returned. The electrical switches and plugs, and kitchen trollys were in bad shape, which I got them to working condition one by one after I returned from my hometown in June – I have 50% photos of existing damages.
Unresponsive Owner suddenly Woke up:
The previous tenant clearly told me that owner doesn’t respond to calls and messages as he’s always busy. Even the owner mentioned verbally that the flat will be handed over as is without any repairs done. Except paint work, there’s no evidence of repairs done either by previous tenant or the owner. As I vacated the flat exactly after 3 years (29APR), the owner has now visited the flat on 01May and is making me responsible for all the damages from previous occupants because I didn’t compain about them (given his busy status) and silently brought most of them to working condition without informing them. Except a few patches on walls that I’m responsible for, everything else is now in a better condition after three years. The owner who claims to have visited the flat on 01May is NOW withholding my 40K Advance and getting the flat repairs done against all the damages from a decade. The twist is, the owner is claiming that he called the previous tenant and told me that he was also shocked looking at the switch boards and all, which were certainly in a better condition (I do have some photos of these) – these are blatant lies by the previous tenant who stayed in the flat for 6-8 years and is close to the owner. Now that the new tenant is moving in newly married, he highlighted all these issues to the owner to get them fixed, which prompted the owner to visit the flat and made a laundry list of all issues. The owner, previous tenant and new tenant all belong to same state, I’m the only outsider who already left the state a few days ago.
New Tenant Search:
I went out of my way to show the flat to atleast 15 visitors over several weeks to ensure the continuity of rent for the owner. We were really busy with shifting and related preparations but we prioritised showing the flat to prospective tenant(s), out of which one got finalized.
Evidence and Legal Help:
I have around 50% of photos of all the existing damages. Please advise the options I can explore to avoid the hefty extortion. After confronting in the morning, I have sent some photos of existing damages and asked for the photos and videos from the owner for the “perfect” condition of the flat he and previous tenant are claiming – the owner is selectively ignoring my messages and keeps forwarding the photos of the same repairs currently being done one after another. Please help.
TL;DR: Same as the title. Unresponsive Owner suddenly Woke up after a decade and forcing me pay for the previous damages. Have around 50% evidence in the form of photos. He’s selectively ignoring my messages/photos of existing damages and keeps forwarding the repair work photos to indicate that I get almost nothing from the 40K advance. What options do I have to avoid the extortion? Please help!
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