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Our landlords are claiming we didn’t pay rent And are now trying to evict us. We’ve lived here for a year and a half without any problem. We’ve always paid rent in cash.. Handing them the money personally and having them count it in front of us. We have asked for receipts a few times […]
my roomate subleased the house we both live in I am the subrenter she moved into the house we share. I have not signed a lease agreement twith the landlord who actually rents the house. she knows I rent the house along with my roomate. now my roomate is sayi.g she will evict me in […]
I lived on the top floor of my building. 3 months after I moved in, the ceiling under the roof began to leak in my apartment, damaging many of my items. The landlord had the issue repaired, however told me that he is not responsible for my items getting damaged. After the first time, I […]
I have a hole in my living room floor from a board breaking under my couch, i have told my landlord about it many times and still no one has come to fix it. I am afraid my son or I are going to hurt ourselves if we step on that spot or the hole […]
I moved into into a new apartment right before getting married and soon discovered there were bed bugs. When I first told my landlord about the problem he tried to blame me for the problem but did not say that I would have to pay for it. My landlord has called in an exterminator to […]
my previous landlord wanted to remodel, and asked all tenants to vacate. I moved into a shared living house (8 guys and a landlord who comes in and goes as he pleases) where the living room alone had 4 TVs, 3 couches, 5 chairs a box spring, 2 bedframes, a broken table and several other […]
Details : Found a home that was for sale by owner(s). Primary Owner stated terms (120 monthly pymts of 850 and 3000 cash upfront) and then they deed the house over even stated that they would pay the closing cost. Simple or so I thought. we signed contract with the primary owner expecting to get […]
I subleased a room in a townhouse in May of last year. The lease was month to month. I physically stopped living at the premises in March of this year however I still paid the rent of the months of April May and June. I turned in my 30 day notice on May 31 and I had until July 1 […]
Hello everyone, I have a problem with my apartment’s maintenance people. I’d like to start off with I have a dog with seperation anxiety, who is terrified of men (and some women) especially when my boyfriend, who is his owner, isn’t around. The dog’s name is Shadow. So yesterday, on 6/11/13, my apartment’s AC started […]