Hi, I am a renter in LA and filed a maintenance request more than 2 months ago. There are some issues with my apartment plumbing.   The hot water works fine in my kitchen, and is clean. But in my bathroom, every time I turn on the shower or sink, the water comes out brown-orange […]

 Deductions for cleaning can only be made if the cleaning is necessary to return it to the condition in which you got the place. If you leave it as clean as you got it, no deduction for cleaning is allowed, and the landlord has the burden to prove the difference. Even if the landlord spent […]

I am renting a condo from private landlords. A year ago there were issues with the hot water heater and I would find myself without any hot water to shower with a few times a week. HOA had promised to work on it and as the weather got warmer so did the water.  Now it’s […]

i rented for one year and 10 months..all that time my landlord stored her stuff in the garage..can i take her to court for storage fees

i just moved out  of a bad place with my 4 kids and my old land lord keeped coming in my house when i wasnt there i move now she sueing me for alot of different stuff the house was not in living condecion when we was there and it had no ext. door but […]

              Hello there,     I am looking for a starting point of who/where to get advice from for the following issues—I have been sending similar emails since I moved in mid March 2013—most of these things were to be done before move in—the cat thing I discovered shortly after moving in. I am in the […]

I used to be in a very bad situation because I couldn’t handle my finances very well.  The issue is not just because I skipped rent payments but it’s actually worse than that.  I had to file for bankruptcy.  I just couldn’t take the stress anymore so I had to admit that I didn’t have […]

Hi. My husbad and I are renting a condo. We recwently found out that my parents have fallen ill and need to be cared for. We have to move to New Jersey to care for them. We are leaving 7 months before our lease is up. I contacted my lanlord let him know the situation. […]

We have an enclosed porch at the back of our home.  In December I reported to my landlord that it was sinking.  He came and looked at it and told me that he would fix it soon.    I had told him that it had sunk so much, that the door to the outside would not […]

can my landlord charge me a fine if my  dog is lose  with out leash  if he has warned me before