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My mom lives in a senior citizen apartment and her neighbors toilet backed up and came through the pipe out into the carpet. My mom came to stay with me and a week after it happened I cleaned the carpet because the only thing they had done was unclogged the line. I took 6 gallons of water […]
Hello, we come from a really small community. We rented a house and had no problems for 3 years. Our current property manager became seriously ill, and stepped down. When the new property manager came to meet us, it was horryfying, he was a man whom my husband had testified against in in a criminal case […]
I’ve been living in my current apartment since 12/2011. Back in April and May my electric bill shot up from under $60 (all estimated Dec. to March) a month to just under $200 two months in a row. After opening the first bill for $192 (actual reading) my fiance and I began frantically investigating our […]
in the state of PA who is responsible to pay for treatment of bed bugs?
I am renting an Apartment in San Bernardino, California. My rent is late and I went to pay it and was told I have to pay an additional $650. for attorney’s fee, since there is an eviction proceedings being file against me. I requested a copy of the eviction notice with the fees to be […]
My landlord (huge apartment complex) paid for water when I first signed a lease, but with an increase in water cost they have shifted this cost to tenants. In the growing season they water the sizeable grounds, and I pay for this water too. Of course, I have no say in the amount they water, […]
hi i wanted to get some information pertaining to my situation. We have been tenants at our complex fro over 2 years now.our lease is on a month to month babis. we had an accident and damaged our carpet with bleach, we told our manager and she took pictures and had a carpet person come […]
Can a tenent be compensated if their landlord hires someone to do work and end up causing damage? The landlord hired a painter to come an paint the apartment above me. there was a water main break and the entire complex was without water. the painter turned the water on to use it, found out […]
My Landlord broke 2-Missouri laws. 1. He sent the "Itemized list" late by 2 days(32 days) and only because I called to ask where it was. 2. We were now offered to be there during the inspection(also MO law). We did do about $200 worth of damage to the apartment but not the $600 deposit […]
I work for the apartments that I live at. Last paycheck we were due for our bonuses and thats when I pay rent & late fees otherwise I wont have anything for other bills food or gas each month. I was just informed by my manager that if I dont pay rent by TOMORROW they […]