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We recently moved into a "condo" which was a single family home converted to a condo. The house was advertized as 8 rooms but we can’t seem to find 2 of them. Also it was advertized as a 3 Bedroom but there is no real closet in one of the rooms. There is a narrow […]
I signed a one year lease with another person. Approximately 4 to 5 months into our lease, we were not getting along – she was allowing family members to live in the one bedroom apartment and they did not contribute to any of the bills. I move out for a few days to figure out […]
A family member of mine identified bedbugs in her apartments. She called me freaking out right after she contact her building manager for which they said they would send someone down to inspect the problem to see if it was indeed bedbugs. I went over with my all natural sprays and we went on spraying […]
I found a 3 bedroom house to rent. Loved it and filled out the rental application. The Landlord wanted a $3000 cashiers check for November. I wanted to the house so I complied. The landlord said I passed the background check and credit check. So she gave me the lease to look over. I was […]
I MOVED IN THIS APARTMENT WITH MY EX BOYFRIEND THESE APARTMENTS ARE BASED ON YOUR INCOME THE ONLY REASON I WAS APPROVED FOR THIS APARTMENT WAS BECAUSE MY EX BOYFRIEND HAD NO INCOME AFTER WE BROKE UP I WANTED TO TAKE HIS NAME OFF THE LEASE I RECENTLY GOT MARRIED TO MY CHILD’S FATHER HE […]
I was renting at a place almost 2 years ago that I tried to work with in order not to break my lease. The living conditions were unbearable. I had mold growing in my bathroom which they said they took care of but kept painting over it only to be uncovered several times. I became […]
About two weeks ago, I moved from a 3 bed into a smaller more economic friendly 2 bed apartment within the same apartment complex in dallas pennsylvania. The landlord said she had the carpets shampoo’d twice and professionally steam cleaned once. When I walked into the new place, I felt the carpets were still not […]
I’m looking for advice. I have been renting for just under a year and we had 8 feet of water in our basement which resulted in loss of power. Then we had mold everywhere. And now we got the results back from our well water and it is contaminated with e coli. The landlord promised […]
We moved into a 2 bedroom 2 full bathroom apartment in May or 2009 the 2 bedrooms hall way and living/dinning room have carpeting. We are moving out in Nov of this year. What is considered "normal wear and tear" with VERY cheap carpeting? Can they charge me to replace the carpeting if there is […]
Hi, The person living above me, when he walks he makes a lot of noise, my ceiling vibrates when he walks. The problem is that he has odd hours or maybe some sleep issues because of which it late at night when that noise is troubling i.e 11:30 pm or even 12… It is not […]