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I made a rental agreement. I gave a deposit check and a rental check to the management.I had money in my account to cover the cost. By the time they had deposited the checks I irresponsibly had spent the money.It is almost the second month where I would be able to cover […]
My family and I rented a home in september. There was a few things wrong that needed fixing so my landlord was pretty good about getting the things fixed. Now here we are 6 months later and my hall bathroom facuet pours water and she dont want to fix it because she would have to […]
I moved into an apartment in Clifton Park, New York about a year ago. Had some trouble–mold in the bathroom, but nothing too serious. About a month ago I started getting bites. Spent way over $100 going to the doctor because I was allergic to whatever was biting me. At first we thought it was […]
For the past 2 years my landlord has been charging me $50/month for washing maching charge, it is in my lease. In addition, I pay for water which is billed by a 3rd party, the landlord started using a Ratio Billing Method 3 years ago. I just recieved my renewal lease and the washing maching […]
I have been living in my apartment for 15 months and have positivley confirmed that this unit has bed bugs and carpet beetles. I had speculation for around 7-8 months. When informing my landlord of the matter that something was biting me and my 4 yr old daughter, he was quick to not give […]
landlord illegally rented apartments.no certificate of habitability. City forced displacement because of this and 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 […]
I am renting an apartment and had a uninvited person enter my apartment and begin to threaten me and destroy some of my possesions…..the cops were called when I protected my self with revealing a weapon (gun). I have now received an eviction notice and held responsible for the disturbance. What are my rights. The cops […]
I have a few rental properties where the owners plan to leave a childrens’ play/swing set. What happens if a tenant’s child gets hurt? Should I put something in the lease stating play at own risk? Thank you!
Ok so when i moved into my apartments, i had to leave the lights in there name until i paid my deposit. Well after i got the light switched into my name, they hit me with a bill of 166.95 for a week. Well come to find out in my lease it says they can […]
Lanlord of place I want to move in to wants to collect 1st month’s rent 45 days prior to actual move in date. It is in the contract, but is that legal?