Please help…

By Tania

Hello! My roommate and I had to quickly find a new house because I had a new job in Michigan (we were in Ohio) and our lease was up. We found a small 2 bedroom house and moved.The landlords seemed really down to earth and friendly. The rent was a bit excessive but we hadn’t found anything else we liked.We noticed a few things were wrong with the house (no storm door on back door, screen missing from front storm door), but we were assured it would be promptly fixed. After moving in, we started noticing other issues.One of the window panes in the downstairs bedroom was broken out,no screen on the kitchen window,unstable front steps, a huge pile of wood in our driveway (was supposed to be removed before we moved in),some of the previous tenants’ stuff still in the shed, etc. We also moved in under the premise that we had a working stove and refrigerator. The fridge door wouldn’t shut completely so our food was spoiling and the oven didn’t work. The landlords didn’t offer to fix or repair so we had to replace at our own cost. We also had an infestation of moths and slugs in the house which they took no responsibility for and we had to bug bomb it. Now the bugs are back. We were also left a window a/c unit to use in the upstairs bedroom. The first night we used it, the plug caught on fire in the outlet and caused my roommate to have carbon monoxide poisoning. Again, the landlord accepted no responsibility for what happened. To top it off, we have never received a copy of the lease and we never signed any type of waiver for the lead paint disclosure nor did we ever receive a lead paint pamphlet. We have asked to be let out of the lease and have our deposit returned but they are not really wanting to let us out. I really just want to get an "outside" opinion from others. I know that I could really do some damage to them because not providing us the lead paint disclosure and pamphlet is a $10,000 fine but I’d rather try to find a different route. Thank you for reading!

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