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I started renting, at Prentiss Creek Apartments in Downers Grove,IL, in March of 2006, and have been nothing short of a perfect tenant. I have payed rent always on time and always in full. In July of 2008 a leak had formed in the roof over the bedroom causing water to run inside the wall, which […]
Unfortunately the company where i was working gave me lay Off and it is impossible for me to pay the rent. i went to my landlord’s office try to get a good solution for both, but he is charging me a very high fee to break the contract before the end. If I stay in […]
Can I kick my tenant out for non-payment?
Can the landlord keep the deposit check if we break the lease prior to the end?
hello my name is amy and i just rented a 2 bdrm home. when i moved into the home there were a few problems that needed to be resolved but i had to move into it in that condition because of the time factor. its been a week since i moved into the home. a […]
I rented an apt in November and started having serious headaches and sinus trouble. It would clear up when I went out for the day but become a major problem when i stayed in the apt all day long. My daughter supected mold, I notified the management and the resident manager and maintenance man came […]
I have been having a lot of problems with my landlord the past month. I have an oral lease with my landlord for a term of 1 year. She recently decided to move some family in with her and wants us out so she can move them in. We have only lived here for 4 […]
I am renting a condo and my landlord has never returned my calls and my refrig does not work
So this is one of those “hindsight is 20/20″ stories and I apologize for how long this is! Last Summer I took up a job about an hour and 20 minutes away from where I was living at the time. I had about two months left on my lease and I had told my then […]
Can a landlord legally charge past tenants "lost rent" in Washington State after a lease expires for the time it took after the lease ended to repair damages done by tenants?