We found a place to move back in August, and negotiated with one of the owners the rental price and to move in for September. This was about the 24th of August. We gave them a $200 check to hold the apartment and to show we are interested. They cashed it the very next day. […]
Recently we discovered we have a mold problem in our ducts which is causing mold spores to be blown out with our AC and heat. My husband has been quite sick, (asthma, congestion, coughing, lethargy, itchy eyes, head aches etc.) so we investigated and found really nasty mold looking black and green stuff all throughout […]
I live at a motel that also has apartments available. I rented one of the one bedroom apartments but was told I had to clean it first….not a problem. I do that regardless of whether or not it looks clean. So I cleaned everything including the carpets because I was told that previous tenants were […]
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 […]
Date: Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 8:31 pm Category: Tenant Problems
I just received a call from my tenant in a duplex unit I own. He claims he and his girlfriend have been suffering bed bug bites, and is insisting on erradication. That unit, which I have owned for nearly 10 years has never had any infestation of any kind. My thinking is they have had […]
Landlord’s fault house fire!! rented a room in our landlords 2 br house. had seperate entrance and questionable wiring at best. On july 5th, 2011 woke up to house on fire, it completely burned to the ground and fire marshall claims it started in landlords part of house due to faulty wiring. We lost everything […]
I rent a home through a rental management company. At the time of renewal they send me a new lease which has following clause. "Tenant will be responsible for, and will pay for, any damage done by rain, wind, or hail caused by leaving windows open; overflow of water or stoppage of waste pipes, breakage […]
I just spoke to the manager of an apt my daughter is renting in Charleston, SC. She had complained to him re: cockroach problem as did I when he didn’t respond and we were both told ‘not his problem, the apt was recently renovated/treated so they were probably brought in the boxes when they’d moved […]
I can’t even get into the amount of problems we’re having with our landlord right now…but my biggest question is, can he advertise my house for rent if I’m living in it, signed lease and all?