Renters

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Last year my ex father in law purchased another house. We worked for several months to repair it so it could be rented. We had several people interested in renting but my ex mother in law kept finding some excuse not to rent to them. She had made up her mind that every potential renter would not pay their rent or would tear the house up. In January a couple who had been interested in the house last year and repeatedly kept calling and begging to rent this house called again wanting to rent it. We told these people that we did not even knopw if the water pipes needed repair as the house was bought as is and the water had never been turned on. The people still insisted and said that if there were any problems they would take care of it. Well she rented it to them. This was on the 19th of January. They moved in a few days later only to find out that the main water line was busted outside. We worked from daylight till dark in order to fix it. The man started complaining about dirt being tracked on the floor which could not be helped as my husband had to go under the house in order to find and fix the lines. He kept calling and complaining not about the water but about people walking on the floor. Just a plain old worn floor. The man told my husband that he was not allowed in the house because he kept tracking on the floor. In the meantime we dug up the waterline outside and found the problem and fixed it. This took 5 days and would have only taken four had the man not complained about dirt. To make a long story shot the man never paid his rent on the 19th of the next month stating that he did not move in until the first. He then cut the electrical ground rod to the house without permission and then refused to pay for the extra 11 days that he owed. He never paid the rent at all and was given a 30 day notice to move. He then had the never to call up and say that he would be out by friday if we would give him his 250 dollar deposit back. He was told no. He also ran up a 198 dollar water bill of which he did not pay and my ex father in law also gave him 200 dollars in which to pay the water bill and for his inconvenience. Now the man is threatening to sue them. Whjat would you do if you had a renter likie this one?