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I have bedbugs in a single bedroom apt. and the cost to get rid of them is $1500. My landlord is pretty much sticking me with the bill. After reading up about this, I found out that it is the landlords responsibility to provide safe living conditions and that bedbugs are a parasite which they […]
I recently notified my Landlord of Bed Bugs and asked him to please fumigate my apartment. He is very adament about not paying. I not only was lucky enough to capture one in a plastic bag but have documentation of lesions on my body. A pest control technician came out searched my apartment to determine […]
I own a two-family apartment building. One tenant has been smoking marijuana and the smoke/smell transcends the rest of the building. It is offensive to the other tenant, but they are afraid to say anything for fear of creating bad relationships, retaliation, etc. How should I handle this situation?
hears a good one!I paie up on my rent ,had no problem coming up w/$. but as soon as i wanted to pay, she moved in some drug dealers in behind me. they deal drugs from my front yard all day and night. the poliece cant catch them and i refused to pay rent until […]
keep my deposited after 30 days and then take it for fleas program after the 30 days I move out?
Is it legal for a landlord to write in a lease that they will not be held responsible for any repairs and that the rental property is "as is"? This is exactly what my landlords lease says. It also says that the plumbing is in working order. I noticed the day that I moved in […]
Yesterday was the third time my apartment has flooded. I got home from work to find my toilet and tub overflowing with water. It has been flooding for hours. All of the carpet was wet in every room. I reported it and they called the people to come fix my drain. Then the carpet guy […]
can a landlord evict a disabled person in new York for bogus non payment claims
My sister in law is in an apartment in n.y. state she has some mental problems. The landlord has moved her from an upstairs apt. to a down stairs apt. She has no refrigerator or electricity in the bathroom this is going on three weeks. We are going out there and wish to know what […]
Hi, We lived in a community apartment. moved out due to roaches in the apartment. The landlord did 3 rounds of pest control which almost got rid of all the roaches. After the third pest control the landlord suddenly complains we had bed bugs in our apartment. We are moved out of the apartment and […]