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any one know Michigan law about rent payment for not having use of a septic field for over 7 weeks?
I have lived in my rented town house for two years. i have a section 8 Voucher . i cleaned my place before i moved in for half off my security deposit. landlord told me any repairs needed done she would do but i could go ahead and move in .(needed to be moved fast). […]
I live in an apartment dwelling in Farmington Hills, MI since 2/2008. Our apartment building houses 6 units. My landlord notified us in the first week of August 2011 that they have detected bed bugs in our building and arranged for an inspection of all the apartments. The family next door moved out in July 2011 […]
Landlords will usually run a check on you. In most cases I think this be true for the tenant running a check on the landlord too. We’ve been having problems with our landlord for several months. The other day the landlord came here and started yelling at me for 10-15 min. Honestly this was 2 […]
basically after some investigation, i found out that someone has also been using my electricity, now at first my landlord tried denying this until i called my electric company and got to the bottom of things, my issue is i want this guy off my meter ( or w.e im on that determines power for […]
I moved into a unit in a 6 unit building a week ago. Upon moving in I cleaned the apartment from top to bottom. It was obvious that previous tenants were smokers, washing floors and walls elimanted most of the lingering odor. On the 2nd night we were here, whenever our heat came on we were hit […]
In the state of Utah, are landlords required to paint rented premises between occupancies? I rent a bedroom in the upper floor of a home that the landlord owns. The other bedroom in the upper floor is rented by another tenant, and we share the bathroom, kitchen, living room, and utility room. The landlord lives […]
Landlord illegally rented apartments.no certificate of habitability. City forced my displacement because of this . I had to stay in motel starting THAT AFTERNOON, after I paid 2 months rent. City granted temporary certificate of habitability only to the 2 units occupied after stove and heat provided. Building is still not certified. When I returned I […]
hi i have been living in my apartment for 32yrs and i have had the same down stairs neighbors all my life and my next door neighbors for about 15yrs. Last friday i had a family gathering and was playing some music at a decent volume next thing i know the property manager knocked on […]
Hi,I have recently rented my apartment, which is a prewar walk-up in NY, with no manager or doorman. My tenants did a roast last weekend and the fire alarm went off. They called the fire department which detected the levels of carbon monoxide slightly high; then they called me saying that there was a problem […]