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hello on september 5th we had a flood in my neighborhood, the house that i am renting was flooded very bad i notified the landlord the next day as soon as we could get in the house but i am sure that she heard it on the news. i called sears to come out and […]
Hi, i and my friend(A) signed a lease for an apartment in California(Bay Area) on last April. When we signed the lease, we clearly told the broker of the apartment that there will be three people living in the apt and also asked him if the third person(B) also needed to sign the lease. He […]
The toilet in my apartment overflowed and it was fixed promptly and quickly (within 1 hour) but the apartment downstairs complained about the ceiling damage and had it repaired. The apartment manager notified me that it was my responsibility to pay for the expenses. However, I do not believe that it is my responsibility because […]
my landlord is in rehab, his sister notified me that she is taking over his duties. Im behind on rent payments, CAP office was willing to help with rent, all they needed was a form filled out by landlord to process payment. I notified landlords sister, she emailed me stating their is a representative for […]
It has been 10 days since I reported the growth of mold underneath my kitchen sink to date the landlord has not responded. What action can I take? Can I withhold rent until they make repairs?
Hi, I live in an apartment complex in Olathe kansas. I told my apt complex leasing office that I have bed bugs. They jumped on it right away and got the first round of treatment done. Then after a few days I get a letter I am supposed to pay $1000. I was not informed […]
Hi, I just found asbestos wrapping the pipes in basement. It is crumbling and dusty. I sent a sample to a testing lab and it came back >70% asbestos. We don’t have forced air, and there isn’t much communication between the basement and the living area so we’re not in any immediate danger AFAIK. I […]
We have lived in our apartment for over a year, we have been accused by the manager, of having a dog and letting it defficate in the grassy area in front of our building several times thence we moved in. We didn’t have a dog, and when we asked the manager to stop blaiming the […]
I have lived in this new apartment for 2 months and we have bedbugs, we have been getting bites since the first night we moved in here. they started treating 2 weeks ago and just not told us we have to pay for it. what can we do? we have never had them before and […]
What should and what shouldn’t I do?