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My fiance, 3 month old twins and I moved into a house mid-December. At the time we moved in the landlord had promised to replace the ac/heat unit within the week and it’s now been over a month. I have also told him that there is a bed bug infestation in the home and he […]
I need help.. I have a friend whos in laws rent slums but they think they are very nice homes.. My husband and I went to look at one of the homes for rent.. When we got there the electricity was shut off so we had to view this place by flash light.. well of […]
I live on the sixth/top floor of an apartment building in the city. A month ago, my roof began leaking a brown substance. I inormed the maintenence department of our apartment day of, and the problem was never repaired. Ants began appearing in the room of the leak and their presence has steadily increased over […]
Hello, My husband and I have lived in our 2 story 5 bedroom home for about 3yrs. We rent from a management company. When we 1st moved in we had a different management company than what we have now and they barely fixed anything. In January of 2010 we got a new management company and […]
I have currently lived in my home for almost five years. The landlord is short saleing the house because he is about to lose it. I have refused to use the lock box, and because of this have been very accomidating to people that want to show the home. The house has been for sale […]
I called the leasing agent to obtain the total move-in cost prior to signing the lease. The agent informed me that after providing requested information on settling a previous apartment issue on credit record they would waive the $250.00 deposit. I arrived with the pro-rated payment for first months rent and signed the paperwork. I […]
I have a friend and his landlord shows up out of the blue and takes his stuff in a storage shed bye the garrage and moves all his stuff out!That happens to be part of what he is renting!Then she takes his dogs which is also in the lease to have outside dogs to the […]
My son damaged my landlord’s property with his BB gun earlier this summer. I was presented with a bill from my landlord to repay her for the repairs. She did not provide receipts for the ‘alleged’ damages and demanded the money be paid within 2 weeks. ($463). I politely informed her that I did not […]
I have been renting this apartment for over a year now. When I first moved in (Nov. 2009), the central heating/cooling unit leaked water into my hallway. It took about 3 days before they sent somebody to "suck up the water" with a shop vac. This past year it did the same thing and it […]
Hi, ive lived at my apartment for about a year. When i moved in (i have section 8) i was moved into a place infested with roaches, after waiting for ever to get into the place. Then it took a month to be moved to another unit because (i believe) of a personal issue the […]