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Hello, I posted a review of the management company that I rent from on Yelp that was negative. He responded by commenting "Rebecca R. = Rebecca Renfro" Is this legal? I live in Berkeley, CA. Thanks!
Hi, okay here’s the thing. My husband and I with our daughter r on holiday and we decided to rent an apartment for 2 months (60 days). we approached an apartment community and they agreed they would be able to give us a short term lease cos we are visitors and due to immigration purposes […]
My family and I have moved in our apartment June 2010. We have been having problems since day one. The maintenance man has been very kind but the main things are getting done. We have fixed fixtures, we trimmed the tub, window ceils, counter tops and certain areas in closets. We have also had to […]
I live in an apartment with 3 other females in an older building. Our landlord owns the business on the first floor of the building, and we occupy the 2nd and 3rd floor. Over 2 weeks ago, while 3 of us were already sleeping, one roommate blew a fuse, and we came to the realization […]
Tearina My dog had puppies, and I tried to not let the landlord know about them, because I am getting rid of them as soon as they are old enough. I ws told there is a time limit given to renters, to get rid of the puppies, before the landlord cna make them pay a […]
I requested the leasing office to have the apartment inspected for bedbugs. Pest Inspector said that the insects were not bedbugs but beetles, and offer no resolution to this pest problem (he said they were normal). I was charged $65.00 for the "bedbugs inspection" is this legal? the lease contract does not mention anything regarding […]
What do I do when my landlord becomes physically and verbally abusive to a member of my household?
i live in an house which landlord has 2 aptments an upstairs and down stairs. We teants n landlord pays the water bill and sewage bill. We each pay a 1/3,but there is only one meter to the house and the upstairs neighbors are the 3rd teants who reside there since i moved in 13 […]
Today my landlord asked my husband to get a P.O. Box for our mail as the city has complaint about the two mailboxed in the property as this rental is a duplex. He assured my husband that this property is registered as a duplex, but how come we need to remove our mail box? Our […]
I received a notice in the mail that the property i rent is in foreclosure and due to be auctioned on Jan 18. It states the owner has not made a payment since April. My lease is up at the end of March in 2011. The realtor still wants me to pay december and January […]