Tenant Rights In Evictions

Christina

I have court on Monday and I will be self-representing myself against my property management company who has served me with a rule to vacate or show cause I sent in my answer to the court My complaint is they refused to fix the AC unit for 65 days therefore my roommate moved out because it was inhabitable and she is an older woman with health problems We were super uncomfortable but she was getting ill from the heat now I do not have a roommate I cannot afford rent I am also going to file a counter claim lawsuit that I will bring to court with me I need all the help I possibly can to word that the best I can advice on how to represent myself how to state my case the best way for the judge so that I win

South Carolina

I have the first request for AC repair on July 3rd That was done on the property management portal where I was told to report maintenance issues and then I have 43 days later I wrote back on there saying hey it's been 43 days why is it not fixed The landlord was more concerned with getting the home warranty to pay for the unit she wasn't going to come out of pocket for the cost to fix it immediately she had absolute disregard if we were hot or not and it was excrucially hot this summer. I also have pictures of my thermostat of it being you know set on * but the temperature in here was as hot as * at times. I have the medical records of my older roommate who started experiencing health issues therefore had to move out which left me unable to afford it, I also have text messages between me and the property management company me asking multiple times was taking so long then replying I don't have a date I don't know how long this is going to take It all depends on the home warranty company. I have evidence that it caused me harm because I work from home and that room was so hot that I had to move into the living room which was not as quiet and I started to experience issues with work getting emails from a supervisor asking you know why I wasn't performing as well and what was the background noise It cannot have that etc etc

Utopia Property Management management LLC

August *

I owe them rent that's the problem I am simply asking for the time for me to finish packing the house having movers come I have found somewhere else to go but I can't move in there until October 30th and I don't want to be homeless between the 16th which is the court date and the 30th so I'm basically pleading with the judge to allow me the time to move

Well there is a total on the *-day notice that is $*, * but if I go on the portal where I pay rent there has been a $* late fee charge added every single day they also have court filing fees coming to an astronomical total of almost *,* at this point

Sept 6th, * mind you this is also the second go at trying to evict me they're very first attempt the judge noticed that they did not serve me a proper *-day notice because it is not stated in their contracts correctly and the judge made them start completely over on the 6th by hand delivering the *-day notice to me that time

Little River Magistrate's Court

Oct *, * at *:* am

Gerald Whitley Jr

Yes I did sign a lease agreement

My former roommate is a family friend the only reason I had her move in was because my partner suddenly passed away and I was left being a single mom all of a sudden and she moved in to help me out because she cares about us but she couldn't live somewhere that was so hot I understand that

No she is only listed as an occupant that was allowed to be here

She did not but I have text messages of me communicating to Zachary the owner of Utopia property management stressing that she's older she has medical issues she's getting ill It's very hot in here and if you don't fix this ASAP she is going to leave and if she leaves I can't afford the rent and then we're going to have a problem

Yes he would write back I understand your frustration but I do not have a date yet of when DR Horton is going to okay the new unit because the one that was built with the house was too small It was for a * ft² house so it wasn't sufficing It needed a * and */* ton bigger unit This is * ft². He even wrote in text messages that his DR Horton house that he lives in has the same issue His solution to her health issues was to provide portable AC units which was a joke because they didn't work, they ran the electric bill up even more excessively than the two small of an AC unit that ran day and night and never shut off astronomical electric bills and you have to have your window unlocked to vent it out so that's a security issue

Yes when he messaged me the next day asking how were the portable air units working and I was like yeah not good and I told him my concerns about the security with the windows having to be unlocked and how much energy they use and how bad my electric bill had been since the excessive heat and the two small of an air unit that never shut off My son was having to sleep in my room on an air mattress on the floor because my room was a few degrees cooler It was ridiculous

I did I have text messages to prove all of these conversations and I have them printed out already to bring to court as exhibit A and B

An additional $*.* monthly

I'm really not concerned about trying to get any money out of them I just want to be granted the time to get out of here and move into my new place without having to be homeless on the streets with my son as a single mother and a recent widow

I did not write that in my answer and I regret that how do I fix that should I put that in my counter claim and just bring that to court on Monday

October 9th *

Nov 1st

It's a private landlord no property management company her name is Teresa

* Harvester Circle Myrtle Beach SC *

August 1st * I have lived here for over a year and a half Utopia property management took over in June * when my landlord fired the other property management company

Non-payment of rent which also they believe constitutes as breach of contract

*

I don't know I really think I should just ask for the time to move I already know I'm not going to get my security deposit back they're not going to give me any money I owe them rent money

Elaborate please

*

Give me a second to add that up but just by glancing at this I'm finding it very weird that there is multiple charges three times for each date $* for each one so instead of just charging me a $* a day fee they have been charging me $* a day three times a day what

Yes and it says $* a day not $* three separate charges a day and some dates there's three and then some dates there's two charges of $*

Yes I'm highlighting a printout This is current moment My total on there today has now skyrocketed to *,* and that that's crazy

Yes I have it on a very clear print out that says the date and the $* charge and you can see where it went through three times on some dates two times

The late fees start on September 6th I am only charged $* a day from September 6th until September 14th and then starting at September 15th is when the two or three $* a day charges start compiling

Yes

I'm still working on that total there's so many to calculate