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I have lived in my apartment unit for 8 years. I feel that i need my carpet replaced, as well as my walls painted. I am disabled in a wheelchair, so there are some tire tracks & marks that wont come out of the carpet, although I have paid 2 have it cleaned several times. […]
Because apartments have had a lot of previous owners, then nothing can ever be truly new once you move in – most of the time. Sometimes, the appliances could be broken and unusable. Who gets to fix or replace them would depend on what’s stated in your lease agreement. Most of the time, your landlord […]
I moved into this apartment about 3 months ago. I have 2 daughters which one started getting these bites which doctor said was budbugs. I notified the landlord but they brushed it off. Now apartment next door complained so they sent in bug people and sure enough they are so bad that you can see […]
Are ac went out and we asked them to come fix it they put a new air filter in and said it should start working give it a few hours. We did so and told them it still wasnt working theyt had a guy come out and look at it but he worked on the […]
We movwed in to an appartment and since then the appartments have changed owner now he wants to charge a deposit. Can he do this? Please help
Hello, Recently our duplex was sold to a new owner. His property managment wants us to complete a new credit check sign a new lease. Is this allowed? Our previous lease was month to month and we do not want to get into a lease as we will be buying a home in the next […]
I rented out a house with room mated that did not pay there portion, I went to court and paid owner my portion. He was happy and excepted the 2,579.00 check to owner. and said if i clean up home real good he would not put eviction on my credit . i did recieve half […]
Hi, i live in Lowell,ma. I was wondering, my kitchen counter is falling apart its splitting has a bow in it from water damage he never sealed around the sink. Is my landlord req by law to fix this issue? I call and call he tells me we will get to it tells me a […]
My 62 year old brother moved in with my 60 year old brother 2 years ago wheb my dad passed away. He has no stomach, has to cath (because of a bad bladder surgery) and last December he fell and tore tendons in his shoulder. The apartment they lived in has cockroaches, waterbugs and the […]
For the pet lovers like myself, let me ask you this: would you agree with me when I say that it is becoming very difficult to actually care for pets without getting punished by all those fees? The apartment I’m renting has agreeable terms when it comes to pet deposits. But because of work, I […]