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I am trying to figure out if my landlord has any way to make us stay in our house we are renting. We are currently living in Indiana. We signed a lease (written lease) starting September 1, 2009 to October 1, 2010. On May 13, 2010 I called my landlord and told her we were […]
We looked at a house Nov 4th to rent due to the fact that the house we were renting is being forclosed on. We looked a property and told him we definately wanted the property. He was evicting the tenant there for non-payment of rent. Nov 15th we were served to vacate the property we were […]
My roommate and I rented a home for an annual lease. We signed the rental application and supplied the first, last and security deposit to the landlord. She approved the application however never had us sign anything further ie. lease. Since then the house was going into foreclosure and then sold as a short sale. […]
During Thanksgiving I noticed that I had a few bites on my arms. I chalked it up to other scenarios other than bed bugs. After I started to get more bites and after actually seeing one on my mattress I knew what the problem was. I notified the apartment complex immediately and without any questioning […]
Is is legal for my landlord to present me with their sanitation bill and expect me to pay it monthly? Also, is it legal for my landlord to rent is due on the 1st before 6:30 and put a $50 late fee if it is late (on the same day)? Plus a $35 per day […]
I just need to know how to drop a formal complaint that I previoulsy filed against my landlord? After filing the complaint they seemed to work with me on the issue and asked me if I could drop the complaint. How do I go about doing that?
I am having some concerns about my apt. When we first rented from this property, the walls under the sink were covered in black mold. When I complained about it, The manager told me to wipe it down with bleach. Yeah, right. We moved into a different unit and this time the counters in the […]
We lived in a really nice house for about 7 months and our landlord sold it. We were aware that this could happen, but the problem is that we had a tear in the carpet that we knew would need to be replaced. We were moved to another property with the same landlord and we […]
I lost my job in 10/01/09,was receiving unemployment never late, Unemployment ended in June,untill I can get an extension as well as my Lease June 1st 2010. Manager excepted the fact I was going to local agencies to get help, but as most agencies require you to have a valid lease. She refused too resign me,untill the […]
I have 2 kids one 7 year old old and the other 2 year old(son). we received too much harassment from our neighbour. we informed this to our landlord and kept him posted on every single thing. we also informed this to the local police. When the harassment was turned to some sort of threat(our […]