My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California
We moved into a house in March 2002. We paid first & last, plus security & a pet deposit upon move in. The rent at that time was $1395. It has since increased to $1540.80. We will be giving a 30 day notice at the end of May. Do we need to pay the difference of the rent increase when we give notice?
We were only on a lease for 1 year. Since then, we have been month to month. Also, the property was originally managed by an outside agency. The owners have since taken over the property management themselves. We cannot find our original rental agreement & some of the details we don't remember (how much security deposit/pet deposit). I don't expect to get that back after 8 years anyway but we believe we paid cash when we moved in & cannot find the receipts.
One last detail: the owners destroyed my grandfathers workbench when they were renovating the garage. She said they thought is was theirs & never bothered to ask. She said they would replace it, but have yet to do so. Should I ask for it (or it's value) to be replaced before we move? Or can it's value be used as a bargaining chip in case they try to charge us for any damage? Note: we did no damage to the place, but we have been here 8 years & there has been wear & tear.
Thanks

