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I rented a property from Capital Property Management or Capital Property Service or whatever other name they operate under. They misrepresented the property and claimed it had more parking that it did, lied about CCRs, failed to clean before move in, failed to repair major appliances, then tried to claim damages for preexisting damages to […]
My son rents an apartment in which the water heater broke and flooded his apartment (along with 5 others). He was not home at the time and the flood in his apartment casued quite a bit of damage to his property. Does he have any recourse to get help with the damages caused by the […]
can a landlord charge a renewing tenant more than market rent (the amount that a new person moving in) just because you renewed your lease?
So in South Carolina a landlord/maintenance member is allowed to enter the apartment is 24 hours notice is given. Yesterday my husband and I received notice on our door that maintenance would be coming in to change the air filters some time today. The air filter is located outside in a shed on the balcony […]
I have been living in my small 2-bedroom apartment for over 4 years. My husband and I decided to move. We found the perfect place for our daughter to have some play space. We found a condo that meet our needs and budget. I checked out the condo and found out the condo went into […]
My student moved out at end of April and received a bill over the security deposit. Which was $225.00 and they also took a deposit (non-fundable) for $250.00 We were told the carpet, paint and cleaning were beyond normal wear and tear. The apartment was clean but not up to there standards, they said it […]
I filed a complaint (#20-1354) and initially there was some activity from the landlord, however, the problem was not ultimately resolved. Eventually the RPA closed the case after there was no response from the Landlord. Is it true that if a landlord completely ignores the RPA, there’s nothing they can do about it? If so, […]
On 9-2-2010 our landlord of 11 yrs, good years being told how happy everyone was to have us there and other more family like conditions and so on, leaves a message on our phone stating that we had to be out by the end of sept.. We live in the country in a "big ole […]
Howdo I handle the situation?
I moved out the last day of 1 year lease and gave forwarding address to my landlord on the 4th of following month stating where to send the security deposit and that property was vacated. it has been 35 days and I got no information to refund or letter stating why deposit is being kept. […]