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My landlord and I dntered intoa month to month verbal agreement in feb. I am now past due rent in april and soon to be may. 525 is the rent. She says she is moving in a new tenant on May 1..locking me out of my bedroom and putiing me and my stuff in the […]
Hi, I have been house shopping and had a landord tell me I have to pay first $1800, last $1800, deposit $1800. and pet deposit of $300. The $300 will NOT be returned to me if the hosue is in good condition, she will keep that no matter what. She said it is for flee removal […]
I am a renter in new york. I am having problems with my landlord because there are multiple issues. One of the problems we had (since winter is still around) they wouldnt turn on heating until someone came to one of the other apartments. The heat is controlled in the apartment next door and our […]
Our landlord sent us an email a month ago letting us know that our lease will be up at the end of june. So we sent in our 30 day notice of moving and found another place and put down a deposit to move in the 1st of July. During the packing process, we get […]
I’ve been living in a loft apartment for about 8 months now on a 1 year lease, I had a problem with a leak about 4 months ago. I called management and they said they would get maintenance out here as soon as they could, it took almost a week and they finally showed up […]
i just rented an apartment and found bed bugs a month in to living here from a whole in the rug that was already there when i moved in i spoke with the landlord and he exterminated but the bugs are still here there is two tenants in the building that have them and one […]
Woke up to a flooded house, Pipe under house broke,Landlord says Told you house was old, Should have moved when Heater broke Months ago. We have lived here since 1990, He never fixes anything right but have stayed because he never raises rent. We have fixed things ourselves in most cases but this is over […]
At the end of April, 2010 I inquired about an apartment for me and my 2 children as me and their father were seperating. As I walked through the final available apartment the caretaker said, "This apartment is right next to mine, not many people like to live next to me" I didnt at the […]
Our lease expires May 1st, 2010. We are looking at buying a home and are wondering if there are any options for getting out of the lease 2 months early. The landlord has placed the house on the market just in the past two weeks and just informed us that they are raising the rent […]
Hello, Here is the situation, I rent from a very nice landloard who lives out of state. She bought this townhouse, both sides, in the early 2000’s, but they were built in 1996. The carpeting is all stretched out and we had it professionally cleaned and the dirty areas and spots from pets do not come out. […]