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Hello, Our Landlord gave us back our security deposit in full and said the home was immaculate. It was cleaned from top to bottom. 2+ months later, he says the carpet smells of our pets and he wants to charge us for a brand new carpet. We had it professionally cleaned and we lived there […]
I am absolutley fed up with renting this house that I am in. We rented this house in March of this year (2009). Nice big 3 br, 2 ba, house with partial basement and bonus room. 750/mo. rent. Granted, it is a really old house so some problems are to be expected. When we viewed the […]
Our landlord has been giving us problems for a while now. It started in January when he dropped off a notice saying we had two days to decide whether we would renew our lease or not. If not, they would begin showing the house immediatley. Though that seemed like a bit short notice we elected […]
I have been living in the same apartment for 28 years. Recently my landlord’s nephew and his wife took over the property and live above me. The wife is constantly screaming, swearing and complaining. Oddly enough ,she complains about noise in the neighborhood, but it used to be quiet until she moved in. She says […]
"We moved into a house paid first months rent, and deposit total of $2600 then after being there 28 days was told he didn’t want to rent to us and was asked to move with no reason given and no money returned. Is this legal?"
I am a college student that just moved in to my apartment this past fall. I renewed my lease in order for a cheaper rent the next fall, but now I realise I can find somewhere cheaper… how does sub-leasing work? Can I get out of my lease renewal? I just do not want to […]
1st time landlord here. what are the qualities i should be looking for? please share! gracias!
I paid $300 deposit to reserve an apartment. The manager told me the prices were locked so I put in my application and paid the deposit. About 2 months later, he told me the price went up (almost $100 more). So I told him that i would not want to live there if they change […]
Greetings and thanks for stopping by, I am renting a property. It is a 3/2 with a 2 car garage. In the Garage there was left two(2) boat engines, gallons upon gallons of motor oil for them, random knick knacks, tables, book shelves, a grand father clock, and random junk. It takes up both walls […]
Greetings and thanks for stopping by, I am renting a property. It is a 3/2 with a 2 car garage. In the Garage there was left two(2) boat engines, gallons upon gallons of motor oil for them, random knick knacks, tables, book shelves, a grand father clock, and random junk. It takes up both walls […]