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I I’m wondering if my landlord has to notify me if he rents the apartment below me to a lifetime registered sex offender. I live in a two story house, in the upper apartment. I have a child at home. I only found out two days ago that he is a sexual predator. I also […]
I am the longest renter at new complex. Prior, I had single renter utilitity rates – monthly bill use to itemize (water, sewer and trash). Besides working full time – traveling allot – I am frugal with expenses. Itemized bill and $4.37 montly service bill usually brought my utility rate to about $23-26.00. Then, new […]
I moved out of my last place July 15th or so, along with 2 other people. Our lease was not up until July 30. I wasn’t sure if the landlord had a forwarding address, so the last day that we were all in the house, I left a note on the counter with our forwarding […]
I’ve been living in the same apartment with my brother for almost two years now. We haven’t really had any issues with the complex until recently. A few weeks ago we found our first bed bug. Last week we found another. We let the landlord know as soon as possible. She sent some exterminators up […]
I understand the concern of my management company. They are acting on behalf of the owner of the home that we have been renting for over 20 years. It seems that our world is currently challenged right now. I lost my over $80K job in September of ’09. Luckily, I am a CA state retiree […]
We are renting in Pennsylvania and have a lease for this house that goes until the end of April 2011. Nothing in our lease agreement says anything about the owner/landlord selling the property during our lease period. But, the landlord has put the property up for sale and there is a lockbox on the house. […]
Hi, I just got this letter from my landlord about excess noise coming from my apartment. I have two cats and as a pet owner you know they are going to make some noise. Cats are allowed in the apartment I live in. The letter states that the noise is coming from my walls, floors […]
On the 18th of September I filed a complaint through the RPA website, about my unit having bed bugs. They\’ve been here the entire time I\’ve lived here, but originally I had them confused with ticks, since only spotting them a couple times on our walls. I\’ve gotten bit every night since living here, but […]
Hello! I just signed the lease for my apartment for the 4th year in a row. Same apartment, same landlord. Every year, the landlord suggests a very steep rent increase and he and I spend several phone calls negotiating. This year, he asked for an increase of $250/month and said he wanted to redo the […]
When I recently moved out of my appartment I received a final bill in the mail stating that in addition to my $400 deposit that was being kept I owed $150. They charged me for recarpeting the whole appartment ($400+), cleaning ($50), and final utility bill. I left the appartment almost spotless aside from the […]