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The apartment that I am living in has a smell of strong gas outside when I leave in the morning it is very strong and in the evening. I called Consumer energy about this but first I called my apartment office in which there lazy maitance people came out and said there was not a […]
My husband and I moved in this apartment complex 8 months ago. My aunt lives across the hall from us. Our lease states that no one is allowed on the premises that has anything other than a speeding ticket, no smoking, and a clause about destruction of property. My aunt was here before the landlord […]
My wife and three children are renting a single home in NJ and our landlord stopped paying mortgage 2 months after we moved in. He was arrested for embezeling money from his employer and is currently in jail. I’ve been in contact with his wife who is not on the lease or on the title […]
My neighbour uptairs is a continuous noise nuissance and the apartment complex management.. is in process of filing lease violations etc against them. In the meanwhile, I cannot continue to live with the problem and they have agreed to move me to a different building- should the apartment complex not bear my moving expenses?
I have been living in this new apartment for the last two months. The manager and the incepection found out that my apartment has the bedbugs. I was not aware about bedbugs and manager has asked me to move out verbally. There is no written notice. I have never gone through this problem before and manager […]
From Dec 22, 2011, when I take a shower, hot water becomes cold after 5-10 minutes. It is happening again and again and I requested maintenance staff to fix the problem but the problem has not been fixed yet. They say they replaced water heater and when they inspect the problem it’s fine. Because I’m […]
Should I tunr my thermostate off in the day time and back on at night when it cool off
My landlord has made many different excuses for about a year for not making repairs that are code violations. I plan to have a code inspector document my rental house’s condition. If I plan to move out anyway, should I file a complaint or just make a report. Also, which option would be best in […]
My friend just moved into an apartment that smells very mildewy and moldy carpet. There is also visible mold in all of the windowsills. The landlord had shampooed the carpets before my friend moved in, and there was no ventilation and OR is a wet state. I’m not sure if that is why the mold […]
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