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My fiance and I just moved into an apartment about a month and half ago. When we first moved in we thought that we was being careful to ask all the right things to be sure and not inconveniece the neighbors. Well when the issue of parking came up, we were told that we could not park in front of the neighbors place, and we could not park in the little gravel parking space on our property because the neighbors made that themselves. Well mind you the neighbors only have 1 car, they park it on the street in front of their apartment, so that leaves their private space open, plus they have 2 garages that they can park in, and if they don't want to park in them, then they could atleast use the concrete slab infront of them for parking. All the landlord said we had for parking space was the little patch infront of our aprtment and then it's on the street so it's public. Well we were having trouble with the neighbors parking there all the time, so we called the landlord. Mind you their part of the apartment faces a different street, so there's no need to even park around the corner infront of us, plus they have alot of parking space that they don't use. Well after calling the landlord and asking for some common curtousy, nothing was done. Well last night the neighbors parked infront of our place again, it irritated me. So when I got in I slammed my door shut, it didn't take them but a minute and they were over here complaining. Well I talked ot them like a civil adult and we reached a compromise which was that we'll keep the noise down if they'll park else wear. Well then the neighbors son comes walking around the corner while we're still talking and he just starts cursing me up one side and down the other. I didn't stoop to his level and curse back, I said it was fine and that I would take it up with the landlord. Mind you the neighbor is in her late 50's early 60's, so her son was a grown man. I'm 24 and was home alone at the time. Anyways back on subject once the guy cursed me out and the neighbor left I called my fiance at work and informed him of what had happened. Well he came home about 20 minutes later. As he was pulling up the grown man came back over and tried to apologize to me, I told him that I would not accept his apology and that he had no right to curse me like he did when he did not know me and when I was having a civil conversation with his mother. I told him to get off my porch and that I was going to inform the landlord of the situation, well he didn't like that very well so I told my fiance that he was the one that cursed me out. Being upset about that my fiance yelled at him and asked why he talked to me like he did when for 1 he didnt know me and for 2 I had done nothing to him for him to act like that. My fiance also told him that no matter what he doesn't have the right to talk to a lady in that manner, well the guy pepper sprayed my fiance. I immediatly called the landlord and informed him of what happened, he said for me to call the police. So I did, we were going to press charges but the neighbors lied and said that my fiance threatened their lives so they acted in self defense. That's not true at all. So anyways we weren't able to press charges. But the cops did tell us that they have been dealing with this family for as long as 20 years and that they were nothiung but trash and trouble and they they knew we were telling thr truth, but because they're not judges they couldn't make an arrest without arresting my fiance too. Well about 20 minutes after the cops leave the landlord calls us back and talks to my fiance to see what all has happened. My fiance tells him and the landlord completely sides with the neighbors, so we told him that we wanted out of the lease because we refuse to live next to people that are always in trouble and that are clearly violent. The landlord got mad and said that if we try to get out of the lease then he'll make us pay the rest of the year anyways.
We've already decided that we're moving no matter what, we just have to wait until after our wedding which is on May31st. We are living with blackmold covering our basement walls and on damp days you can smell it in other parts of the apartment too. The landlord knew about it before we moved in and he should have taken care of it, but never. Now when we signed the lease we did know that there was a lil mold downstairs, but we didn't know how much and we didn';t know at the time that it was black mold. A friend of mine and her husband own there own contracting business and they told us what it was and how dangerous it is and can be. Until last night we were going to pay out of our own pockets to have it taken care of, but because the landlord is being a douchebag, we've decided to call our local health department and code office, and let them come in and do some testing....mind you they could condem the apartment...and I hope they do, maybe then the landlord wont take sides and will actually work to keep all tenants safe.

My only concern is that based on what I have explained, would we have grounds to fight for our money back or are we just completely out???? If anyone knows I would greatly appreciate the feed back.

Thanks in advance!!!!!!