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I have lived in my apartment for 4 years now and for the last 5 months the neighbors across the hall have been loud and direspectful after 10:30 3 times a week. I have called the landlord, the super and the cops along with other neighbors calling also…And I have contacted the cops for the […]
My neighbor smokes ciggeretts and it comes into my apt. Its really bad. He is handicapped in a wheel chair and I am also handicapped but not in wheelchair. The landlord has done everything he can to get rid of the smoke that comes into my apt. its a little better but I can still […]
I am renting an apartment in a duplex and have done so with the same landlords for 15 years. In november of 2011 the downstairs was rented to a person with a "checkered past". We only found out after neighbors who successfully rallied to get this person out of the neighborhood years ago told us […]
The house that I rent has central heat and air in it. In December 2010, my electricity Bill was 387 dollars compared to the previous month when it was $128.00. I went to my landlord and told him this and he told me it was due to climent changes. I asked if he would still […]
I was renting apartment in San Jose, CA. My Landlord charged me $2400 (which is one month rent for the apartment) extra for the bed bug treatment on move-out. Am I responsible to pay extra on month rent for their treatment.? They also charged me $1500 (Cleanig + bed bug treatment), which I’m willing to […]
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I recently found bedbugs in my apartment. I have been living here for years and never had any issue. I recently renewed the lease and the bedbug issue happened soon after this. The landlord sent the pest control promptly and its been a week now and the apartment seems relatively free of bugs. However they […]
I have been renting a house for 6 months and have had several problems already such as roots growing through pipes and backing up causing overflowing of sinks toilets and bath tubs. This same problem has happened about 4 times and every time she seems to put a bandaid on the problem. We now have […]
I still have 4 months left on my lease agreement. I’ve a huge opening in my roof apartment where all my heat escapes and now I’ve a family of squirls leaving with me, my heating bill is running me about 300/month. I’ve spoke with landlord in October he told me he was going to fix […]
I moved into my appartment one year ago. About a month ago some new neighbors moved into the appartment below me. They were concerned about their electric bill, and it was found out that our electric meters were wired wrong. Now the electic company says that I owe them over 700 dollars. Is it my […]