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I am moving out of my apartment and when reading the terms, am a little confused if the landlord has any right to hold me to the "60 day notice" if the year long lease has already expired and am now month to month. also i am in New York State. Here is the exact […]
new people bought the two family house i live in. i am on the second floor. their kids run and yell late into the night, at times i have heard them after one in the morning. they hve wood floors and a long hallway. the kids yell and run up and down the hall like […]
My landlord has not refunded my $1200 security deposit in NYC. I moved out on July 1 and have repeatedly requested it. Do I have any recourse or is there an agency that will help me? Does he have a certain amount of time to withold my money? Do i need to go to court. I […]
After explicitly informing us on the day of our move-out that our $2400 security deposit would be refunded in full, our landlord has (three weeks later) decided to withhold over $1000 for a series of charges that we view as bogus as best, and legally indefensible at worst. The charges are (from least expensive to most […]
Hello, I’m deeply, deeply concerned about my animals and their safety. I own four rabbits, all are caged and not let out without supervision and they’re usually in a puppy cage if they’re let out so they can’t sneak off. I’ve owned rabbits for eleven years now. I recently moved in with a relative(Great Aunt), […]
I have a next door neighbor who constantly plays loud rap music throughout the day and late at night and i mean late sometimes at 12 am,i’ve made several complaints to my apartment manager and he says everytime i’ll talk to them well yesterday i was so fed up i called the cops and they […]
Our landlord has charged us for carpet replacement to the tune of $1200 for 3 bedrooms when we moved out after 2 years. The cheapest white contractor grade carpet was intalled prior to our rental. When we moved out, we didn’t get the carpet professionally cleaned because it didn’t seem to need it- just normal wear […]
We moved out of the house we had rented from an individual through a property management company after 2 years of tenancy. We accepted the premises as-is when we moved in, despite the fact that there was lots of missing trim around doors, drywall tape was lifted on some of the ceiling seams, and the […]
Hi! Due to unforeseen circumstances, I need to get out of my lease by March 1. I told the landlord (verbally) that I was considering breaking lease. He told me that he would charge me a $2,600 realtor fee but would attempt to find a new tenant. I just found out today that he has […]
We’ve been in our 2nd floor apartment for almost a year now. We have a 2-year-old and an infant, but we’ve never had to worry about making too much noise because the apartment below was an unoccupied show-model. Then one morning a few weeks ago, I go out to my car to see that someone […]