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In my rental agreement it clearly states that the landlord "agrees to make repair and do what is necessary to keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition as specified in South Carolina Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. The Landlord further agrees to maintain in reasonably good and safe working condition, all electrical… supplied […]
We were charged a deposit and extra rent per month for 5 months due to an error on my husbands credit report. At the time we moved in, there was a special of "No deposit". I provided the manager a police report, copy of old and updated credit report and proof that the false item […]
I moved out on 6/5/2009. I lived there since 2/28/2006. On 7/16/2009 I received a statement (not dated, date is on envelope) that I owe $1400.00 besides the $880.00 deposit I paid upon moving in. The statement disclosed over $700 in carpet replacement, which I thought was ridicules. So I sent a certified letter requesting […]
heres the thing november 1st i moved in i dont have any furniture just my cloths and appliances and i discovered that there are bed bugs in the apartment now i let the office know and it took a week before they got someone out to treat them so me and my child had to […]
daugthter lives in apt. with black mold manager/landlord wont fix it, wants to pain t over it want to do next
I am renting a room within a condo. Landlord lives in condo. I signed lease for longer than a year – till May 2013. Well, had I know she was crazy I never would have done it. She loves the condo freezing cold(I pay half the utilities). She has rules about not flushing the toilet […]
My girlfriend and I lived in a rental house in Macon, GA. Her parents were the landlords. We signed a lease agreement. The lease agreement stated that they were only allowed to enter the property with limited notification and under emergency circumstances only. We had previously borrowed some yard games from a friend. We were […]
I moved into a rental trailer and signed a lease. Then I found out none of the windows open. I told the manaager and she said nothing would be done about it and if I didn’t like it I could move. Is this legal?
In the past few weeks my septic tank went out and started flooding the front yard every time we washed clothes, toilet usage and tub and kitchen sink use. Is the landlord responsible to clean the septic tank if I rent the home?
Our 6 month lease expired and we are on a month to month. However one day our landlord was outside in our yard without notice staking the yard for a mobile home. We went to our local town hall to ask if it was possible for him to move one in that close to another […]