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Hello, I am currently renting a home in Ca. for under 1 year and was given a 30 day notice via email the last week in April. I replied stating I had just had a medical procedure and would not be able to do any packing, etc for several weeks. The landlord agreed.In that time […]
Landlord hired contractor to blow insulation in bldg. from exterior that resulted in insulation thru-out my apt. My husband was in the process of remolding the bathroom with full knowledge and consent of landlord so part of drywall was off interior wall( landlord had prior seen drywall off) which is where insulation enter apt. Neither landlord […]
I am not sure if this is a legal issue or not- we started renting a townhome three years ago, that was advertised to us as "finished basement". A few months ago the basement flooded, because of a malfunctioning sumpt pump- right before we moved in there was a flood in the basement and we […]
Hello, About 1 month ago I discovered I had "Bed Bugs" in my apartment after the 1st treatment I was told I would be charged 300.00 for 2 treatments, the treatments were done and I still have Bugs, I was told that the infestation was my fault that is why I am being charged. I have lived in […]
Ok I just started renting a small house in Minn. and I’m having a few issues. When I first moved in I was told that the landlord would hook up my dryer right away, didn’t happen. I asked him to hook it up starting in June when I moved in and ever tme i gave […]
My husband and I have been living in a rented home since July and the last couple of months we’ve noticed mold growing in the window sills. The windows are new and the landlord did not put trim around the outside of the windows as they were gonna re-side the house. So without the trim, […]
I took over a friend’s lease in an NY Rent Stabilized apartment (informal sublet) on June 2009. My friend informed the landlord that I was moving in and he agreed to continue paying the rent (I paid the rent to my friend). The lease came for renewal in Jan 2010. My friend and I wrote to the […]
we are currently renting a house and have been for the past 4 1/2 years. we’ve been signing just a year to year lease and when it was up in may 2010 we never received a new one. so we’ve been paying month to month since then. we have been having financial trouble for the […]
I have been without heat since December 29, 2010. The management sent out manintenance who then had to call the HVAC company as they could not fix the problem. I left for work before they were done. When I arrived I found an old, beatup electric heater. No one called me or stopped by during […]
My roommate and I have been living in an apartment complex for a year now. We just switched into a different building in the same property that had upgraded appliances, etc. We found bugs in the bathroom area the night we were given the keys. In the morning we called the apartment manager and informed […]