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So here is the situation that I have just got into. Me and my wife have now lived at this new apt for about 5 months now and about 2 days ago the washer that the apt supplied busted a line flooding my bedroom hall bathroom and living room half way. They got a guy […]
The ceiling of my apartment fell in. My landlord was very quick to respond about fixing it, but in doing so evicted me from the apartment for 8 days. The place they offered us to stay was a dingy, basement apartment with a shower that didn’t work for the first 3 days; meanwhile, all our […]
Hello. I am currently on my third year renting a house. The bathroon, in particular, the shower stall, has been rotten and falling apart for sometime. I have copies of written notices to the landord regarding the state of the bathroom and that it was in need of repair. This is no suprise to anyone. […]
I moved in my new apartment a few months ago with a year’s lease and a Section 8 Housing Voucher. After dealing with having food thrown at me from the third floor apartment on a regular basis, an explosion and fire at a neighboring apartment, countless police activity and a pitbull that is allowed to […]
My landlord has just taken all my deposit. Back in June I was cooking a stir fry and set off the fire alarm, no big deal and hardly any smoke. The fire truck shows up, everyone laughs and life goes on. She is claiming I caused smoke damage to the apartment from my small cooking […]
We moved into a house in October to find out it had mold growing in the bathroom, our bedroom and probably other places. My husband, kids and myself all became very sick right after moving in. My husband was really sick, seeing a dr. almost once a week and I ended up in the ER. […]
I and another tenant have been living in the same building for 19 years. A new owner bought the property four years ago and twice now, the building has gone into foreclosure and auction. He re-aquired it once, but this time, he has moved out of state and filed bankruptcy. The exterior of the building […]
I recently found bed bugs problem in my trailer i moved in 2 months ago. I have asked the landlord to pay for the cost of getting it treated. He found a place to do it for $300 and expects me to pay the full amount. So i told him i want to leave before […]
I live in a co-op and the bldg is infested with cockroaches. All over the hallways, lobby, laundry room. I’ve been greeted with roaches in the morning when I open the door one too many times. The bldg mgmt knows about the problem but whatever they’re doing is not working. Those darn roaches goes into […]
Property manager, owes a greater duty to my 19 year old son, Basem Istanbouli, who signed a lease agreement for the apartment Philadelphia, PA 19121, while undercostruction and remodling for him to be able to move in as of November 1st, 2012. Which is stated in the lease agreement, and that was not abided by […]