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I took the place on a brief walk-through because I was desperate to get out of my old place, which was a smoking building even though I was told it was not. (This is a health issue for me). I asked about any issues I should consider, and was told the the pipes bang occasionally, and […]
I moved into my apt 11/09 and moved out 11/11. During this time starting 1/10 my living room ceiling formed a water pocket everytime it rained. I contacted the landlord he said put a small hole in it and drain the water out. ok so I did. As months went by and the rainy days […]
In my lease agreement, it states that I have to have the septic tank pumped out prior to vacating. I am vacating next week, and my landlord told me that the tank caps are somewhere in this 10 square foot area, “he thinks”. Being a good guy, I dug a three foot deep hole that […]
we complained about bedbugs,called the building code complaince officer and requested to a file a complaint…..she refused stated she has the entire town to do……..i told her we were contacting the rental protection agency then …that same night we got a 5 day notice to vacate and terminstion of our lease due to having a […]
I moved into a house a year ago and upon moving in the carpet had stains and was not anywhere near perfect, in fact it is probably 10 year old carpet as stated by the owner. We somehow made a couple of stains from living there, about 3 smaller ones all of which can not […]
we complained about bedbugs,called the building code complaince officer and requested to a file a complaint…..she refused stated she has the entire town to do……..i told her we were contacting the rental protection agency then …that same night we got a 5 day notice to vacate and terminstion of our lease due to having a […]
My land lord told me I could get a pool. So I got one! Two days later he came and said no I couldn’t have it. By then it was already up and filled with water. If I take it down I will be out almost $1000. He should at least my my water bill. […]
In August of this year my sister spent the night with me and was attack by bed bugs and had to go to hospital and be placed on medication for allergic reaction to the bug bite. we found bed bugs in my apartment. I reported the bug problem to my landlord and it took 2 weeks […]
Our property management company is the sellers agent for the home we have rented for the last 3 years. They are threatening that they will issue a 30 notice to vacate if we do not sign a earnest money agreement. We have went to get pre aproved for a home loan and got a agent […]
I work for a property management firm/real estate office. My boss is what one might call a slumlord-he collects the money and does not make the approptiate repairs. These people are HUMANS TOO! He does not want us to call them back, tell them what we are going to do(which is typically NOTHING) We have […]