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I currently live in Texas on the second floor of an apartment with my own stair case that leads directly to my door. The stairs have shook a little for the past few months. But of the past few weeks it has gotten worse. The railing also is coming off the wall at the top […]
Who pays for bed bug treatment? Tenant or property?
We moved in August 2009. In December we thought we heard the squirrels. Now, in August 2010, our electricals are going haywire – fans turning on automatiaclly, lights not turning on at all. Our power bill is out of control. While we are on vacation for the entire month, and nothing was turned on, our power […]
The noise in my apartment is very is a high pitch ringing. It is worst at evening sometimes it resenates a kind of harmonic modulation or pulsation. It is not music like or a base from speakers. Yes my neighbers are sometimes loud. Living in a large apartment complex I dont mind the community […]
I just moved out of a apartment and I cleaned all the carpet as required by the landlord. In one room there was a bleach stan and the carpet needed to be replaced. The Landlord wants to charge me to replace carpet in the entire house because they said they can’t match up the carpet […]
On Monday October 10.2011 i came home during lunch hour, i noticed a leak in my restroom, toilet was over flowing, i went into the office and informed them about it, i was told some one will be out there. i left. i came back home about five thirty and my entire apt was flooded. the […]
We’ve had a roach problem in our apartment since we moved in. We’ve called our landlord four times in less than a year to take care of it. Each time they have sent out their exterminator (who makes it so you have to call them more than once to get any kind of result); this has […]
The apartment is a townhouse in a building with 8 units in Georgia. There are 4 units on my side and 4 units on the back side. On my side, 3 of the units are vacant and the unit on my left is a burn unit! The apartment has broken windows, a boarded up window, […]
I rented out an apartment in a duplex w/ my girlfriend. When we talked to the landlord before we rented he said no kids no pets was his policy. He also states that our neighbors are two young women who are quiet. Two weeks after we move in the girls move out and he rents […]
I am a tenant in NJ and for the past three years have been paying my own sewage. I have learnt from my neighbours that this is the responsibility of the landlord. Is this correct?