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Hello, My name is Skylar Reyes and I recently moved out of Overlook at Lindbergh apartments. My dog damaged the carpet in my room which needed to be replaced but the rest of the apartment was fine. The apartment complex is charging me for the replacement of the entire carpet in the apartment. Are they […]
I am by no means complaining about my claim made with RPA. Under the circumstances I feel their hands were as tied as mine. My landlord made my life, well…as comfortable as a body cast to say the very least. Breaking in my home, calling the police several times for unreasonable things (that I might […]
The situation is a bit complicated, but I’ll do my best to explain: Last year (in October 2011) myself and two others moved into an apartment together. We split the rent 3 ways, paid on time every month, and never had any issues with the landlord. When the time came to renew the lease, the […]
I am about 3 months into a 2 year lease and found bed bugs about a month and a half ago at the condo I’m renting. The owner claims that the bed bugs were not there before we came, but we did not have bed bugs before we moved in so I think its difficult if not impossible to […]
Hello, This is a two part question!? 1) I’ve lived in the same Atlanta, Georgia Apartment now for 24 years (crazy right?) and I have never asked for carpet replacement before because quite frankly I have a lot of stuff in my apartment and moving it around while having the carpet replaced seemed too big […]
I went through a broker and was shown a "pet friendly" condo. While looking at the place for the first time I met a female neighbor with a large dog. We talked a bit. The broker showed me the condo and said that I the first tenant. She claimed it was brand new. I questioned […]
What are rights for tenants whose apartment complex is privately owned. There are problems with getting things fixed in a timely manner. There are problems with the water, many times we may go for a week withiut hotwater. Many times when problems are reported, false promises are made such as, "we’ll send someone right away" and that can […]
I am renting an apartment and have spent the last 5 weeks attenmpting to remove bedbugs, with no success. The landlord and owner have been great and covered many of the costs associated with the ordeal; however, the bugs are still there and we are looking to move out. Does anybody know if I have […]
on august 29, 2011 my apartments front door was kicked in and i was burglarized, when i arrived home i informed my landlord and they sent a maintance man over to secure the front door with a thin piece of plywood. i then took 4 hrs off of work the following day to get the […]
Hello. My family (my husband, two kids, and I) have been renting the top half of a duplex for 3 years now. Recently, our landlord has been complaining about the water bill. He pays for water. He said it was $1000 for three months. He seems to be only talking to us about it, not […]