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I am a renter in an apartment complex that was receently taken over by a new management company. I have been having problems with my heat since Nov 2010. I usually get too much heat and have to open a window or use a fan to cool off. Sometimes I don’t get enough heat. The heat […]
Hi guys, We are renting and when we first viewed this house we were told by the agent the owner is very fragile, going through a divorce, to leave our kids in the car so as not to make him feel uncomfortable etc so we were rushed round, the owner showing us, we didnt see […]
friend moved out but won`t take his name off lease. Says he can still come into my house anytime he wants to, when I got a couch (he took all furniture) he just comes in and takes it. Says he can take anything I buy. Came in the other day, son was home, heard someone […]
Hey, there. I’ll try to shorten this to something as manageable as possible. My landlady and I have been on uneasy ground for awhile, but since April of this year she has become extremely irrational and uncooperative. In April, I sent our rent out to her on March 30. The latest it could get in […]
I have been with my apartment complex in Albuquerque, NM since May. We signed an 8 month lease and it ends as of January 31st. However, I do not want to stay that long. I don’t feel secure in staying for a few more months. Several times we have placed work orders for maintenance to […]
Hello everyone, so my family and I just moved into a house 2-3 weeks ago. We signed the contract before doing a walk-through (biggest mistake ever…we were moving from out of state and desperate for a place). The day we moved in, the house was horribly dirty…roach feces everywhere with 2 dead roaches in the […]
I’ve been late 4 times on my rent, we have "promise to pay" in which we sign an agreement to pay rent in a specific date. My landlord is now telling me since i have been late they are increasing ny rent. Being that it is late because i can’t pay everything at once, why […]
My husband and I have been renting our home for 5 years now. Our carpets are disgusting. It’s mostly our fault. We have pets and have had some potty training issues. I just found out that I’m pregnant and am really concerned about our carpets. Our landlords said that they could have the carpets cleaned […]
hello well what to do rent a home and first mont backed up toliets flood in basement well all my towels and some blankets ruiend they snaked it. Up stairs bathroom always smells Then i remembered Land Lord said you should get renters insurance Well we did now basement flooded ruined about 2,500 worth of […]
Our Landlord did not renew our lease when it ran out back in April 2014 and we have been renting month to month adhering to the old lease agreement. He suddenly turned up on our doorstop one evening at 8:30pm and asked us to sign a new lease which we said we would consider when […]