Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
You ARE in violation of the lease if you have pets and have not paid a pet deposit as they require. I would pay the $300 and be glad they aren't saying something like, "NO SNAKES ALLOWED" and forcing you to choose between getting rid of the snakes or being evicted.

The violation of privacy is an entirely different issue and I'm honestly not sure how to pursue that. Maybe you can pay the $300 deposit...then demand a $300 compensation for the violation of privacy? It certainly seems like SOMEone was poking their nose where it had no business being. Maybe he went through your underwear drawer and read your private journal, too? Creepy...and worthy of a serious complaint. But I don't think you'd have a leg to stand on if you try to mix the two issues into one.
Thats exactly my point. Who knows what else they were into. Now i wasn't trying to get out of the $300. I didn't think snakes would be covered under "pets" cuz it states "cats and dogs" not reptiles.

But my point is they were going through my stuff. What if he had left the tub open? I come home and my snake is gone? Then what? What if it bit him?

I don't know how to approach telling her the fact they broke the law and i'm not to happy about it. Because i'm at the point where I will tell everyone in the surrounding apartments the fact that theres a rouge maintenance man going through peoples stuff during "watch leak checks"