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We will be moving out of state at the end of the month and I have heard on several occasions that people who have moved out of this apartment complex have received exaggerated charges going well beyond the security deposit, at times trying to claim more than $6000+. We have treated this apartment very well and have fixed […]
Last summer two friends (married to each other) and I decided we wanted to move together out to a little town where I had lived before several years ago. I called my old landlord, who remembered me, and made arrangements with him to rent one of his duplexes. It was a couple of months before […]
I lived in my apartment for over one year, the landlord charged me pet rent and a non refundable deposit. They said they replaced the carpets in Aug 2011 and now I have to pay to have them replaced again. By my calculations those carpets were 27 months old. Is this legal? Sally
Hello, We moved out of a home we had been renting for 3 years this September. We gave a 60 day notice and our landlord never once sent us a written notice informing us of our right to request an initial inspection. I asked for one (studied the laws since he has been very scary […]
I moved into my apartment last year (Meridian apartments in Austin Texas). I live on the 2nd floor. I’m pretty quiet and try to avoid making noise. I wear headphones, walk as softly as I can and am usually in bed if I am at home. Well over the past year my neighbor downstairs has been […]
We live in Honolulu, Hi. we recently gave our landlord a 30 day notice to vacate two months shy of our lease end date. The reason is the landlord allowed two potential renters to enter our residence without an escort after we asked them to not enter without the owner or a licensed property manager. […]
I have a friend who has lived in a apartment of a house for 4 years. She has always paid on time. There is no lease. She pays monthly. She was notified yesterday that she has 2 months to get out because the owner has a sister that is getting divorced and needs a place […]
i’m disabled & in a wheelchair my landlord has promised to replace my tub. which i cannot use with a shower for months! & has not done it yet. i’m getting ignored. is he responsible?
if someone kicks my door in to break into my apartment do I or the apt complex have to pay to fix it?
Hello, I rented the house i’m in August of 2011. I resigned the lease August of 2012. The furnance (more than 20yrs old) started acting up in October…I called the landlord, he told me the best thing he could do was send someone out to look at furnance , but he was not going to […]