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We moved into our place 7 months ago, it is a converted garage. It is a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom downstairs. My living room and 1 of the bedrooms is located under the upstairs neighbors deck. Our neighbor gets up in the morning ands starts dismantling stuff on the deck ie; fridges,stoves,etc for recycling. It […]
I live in Utah, weber county if it makes a difference. I want to terminate my lease but I am extremely nervous about it. Late winter just before spring actually the landlord had some insulation put in because the gas and power here is outragous and it didn’t have much insulation, well he wanted the […]
Our family of 7 resides in a large country home. In our lease, the landlords state they are responsible for pumping out the septic every three months and everything before or after that is our responsibility. The tank fills up in two months. According to a sanitation worker who comes out to pump, there is […]
We are renting a 1 bedroom apartment in California.Back early 2011, we notice water leaks from our bathroom to common area, so we told Owner’s son who used to live below unit from us, and he took quick look at the bathroom and he told us, we(owner) need some fix. Sometime in last summer, again […]
Hey I have a question I have bed bugs in my apartment I want to go to my landlord but I know that they would not do any thing about it and I don’t know where to go for help
On April 27th, 2011, a tornado come through Al.(More info here) During this tornado, a tree limb fell on the roof of my apartment and punctured the roof. Since then, we have had water damage in our upstairs master bedroom. We reported it immediately and have had the maintenace person come look at it two different […]
My landlord absolutely refuses to fix the fireplace in your duplex unit. He owns and lives on the bigger half of this duplex property and my husband and I rent the smaller "mother-in-law" unit. We have tried to have a fire in the fireplace twice and both times the place filled up with smoke, I […]
I live in Indiana. I asked my property manager about the rumor of a bed bug infestation. She admitted there was an infestation in the apartments, but in the back, no where close to me. A couple days later I discovered the little blood suckers. I showed them to her and she said that I […]
Loud noise from broken AC compressor on the roof of my bedroom has made it impossible for me to sleep. I’ve been sleeping on the couch. They said they would fix it but I have seen no progress for over 1 week. Everyday I call, they say they will fix it that day and nothing […]
My apartment roof is leaking, leaked into my television, my xbox, and all into the carpet. There is leakage in the walls. If I wasnt at home this week, there could have been serious damage, even electrical fire. Can I be reimbursed even though I dont have renters insurance?