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I was served eviction papers on a monday and on thursday the building manager walked in opened the locked door with his key to tell me that I am being evicted My question.is this action of manager illegal under the privacy act and harassment of tenant act and can i stop eviction on these grounds […]
I’ll keep it short as possible. My neighbors at our apartment complex are big fans of leaving their trash out for days at a time. Not just one bag, but several (as of this morning, 4 bags). We live in Texas and are currently experiencing a heat wave. More than 20 days of 100+ temperatures. […]
We paid our deposit & 1st month rent in advance but need to back out because the place had bed bugs and we were told they were eradicated. However after signing the lease the realtor mentioned that the bugs had come back shortly after the first tretment and had to be exterminated again. Now that […]
I am on a month to month lease. I gave notice on June 20th after finding out our property managers are changing on July 1. The owner’s daughter and her husband will now be managing. They have been unresponsive to issues in the past that have required their approval. I was told that due to […]
My landlord is selling his house, but I am currently living in his basement apartment. He has guaranteed us 24 h notice prior to entry by those looking at the house; however, there has been illegal entry into our apartment 4 times to our knowledge and possibly more. My roommate and I feel like this […]
hello. i was renting a flat with my friend through the agency. We payed a deposite 850 pound for a month. we lived there 3 and a half month. One day come people and just evict us, becouse we didnt payed the rent. I was giving my friend all the money for the rent and […]
On April 5,2011 I transferred to new unit on the same building. I move in, the bathroom,tolilet,facet and shower not working properly and damaged blinds..Then my dog was constantly leaking her pows and scratching & so does the other two pets were full of fleas. I was removing twenty-fleas -a-day from my dog. I was […]
I moved into a garage aparatment in late December of 2010 and signed a one year lease. In early January I was bitten by a brown recluse spider in my bed! I was very ill for several weeks. Recently I saw more brown recluse spiders so I reported this to my landlord and I brought […]
hi can i rent an apartment up over my house leagaly with out insurance?
Our Lease is until June 3, 2011. Our landlord has informed us (3 days ago) that they will be moving forward with a short-sale and renegotiated (through email) a lower rent while we must deal with letting people view the house. Can our landlord all of a sudden just tell us we are now month-to-month […]