A tenant overpays 11,000 euros to her landlord and is fighting a “hell of battle” to get it back

La locataire a saisi le juge avec un avocat pour récupérer son argent (photo d'illustration). Christin Hume – UNSPLASH

Une locataire vient d’attaquer son ancien propriétaire devant le juge des contentieux de la protection. Elle entend récupérer 11 000 euros de trop-perçu.

She was happy to have found a 38 m2 apartment in the Marais, in Paris. A young 24-year-old apprentice shares the 1 230 euros monthly rent, utilities included, with a roommate, reports Le Parisien.< /p>

Never "in writing"

Radiator unusable, "electrocutions while washing dishes due to electrical fault…" Some time later, the young woman realizes that exchanges with the owner, particularly when reporting problems, are only done by telephone, never "in writing&quot ; which alerts him.

18 m2 and not 38

When she decided to leave the accommodation, two years later, she contacted the rent control service of the City of Paris. The City then informed him that it had overpaid 11,000 euros over two years to its owner.

Not to mention that the apartment ultimately only measured 18m2, and not 38, according to the surface area certificate carried out by an architect at the request of the young woman.

Battle

A formal notice is sent and the tenant approaches the judge with a lawyer. "I know that the owner is not going to want to reimburse me so easily… […] It’s sure that it’s a hell of a battle to fight, cite Le Parisien.