I was renting a house in Orlando, Florida. The lease began on April 1, 2012 and ended on December 31, 2012. My roommate and I had access to the entire house with the exception of the master bedroom which the landlord kept locked and used for storage. Our landlord was supposed to be out of […]

I have been living in a rental house for about 11 months and we left in January breaking our lease when we found out there was mold throughout the house. It was all over our furiture and had to be professionally cleaned for about $1000.00. Also we have to wash everything we own which costed […]

I am a current renter of a house by a privat owner. I signed a year’s lease starting on Oct. 2009. On June 25, 2010 my boyfriend and I found ut that we have bedbugs. The peole from Orkin came out andsaid that we have had the proble or a while and it was possible […]

We have a unique situation that I haven’t been able to find an answer to in other blogs or landlord/tenant laws. We have a landlord who claims he his allowed to store his stuff in our rental spaces (porch, garage, basement) because he is the landlord and there is no designated "landlord storage" in our […]

A year and a half ago, by family and I moved into an apartment under a one year lease agreement. Two months into the lease we were made aware of a bed bug infestation. When we reported this to the landlord she told us that the bugs were probably our fault, and therefore our responsibility to take […]

hi We moved into our apartment last january because of my sons school and paid full brokerage. We have had some minor heating issues whihc i have been talking to the management about that evemtually did get resolved after several follow up calls and letters. The super of the building is a puppet of the […]

My husband’s mother and step-father divorced over a year ago.  While they were beginning the divorce proceedings his step-father offered to sell us their home for what was owed.  Thinking this was a good deal my husband jumped at the offer and moved us into the home on October 29th, 2010.  This was against my […]

I have a 12 month lease, and about 4 half months to go till it is up, however a month after I moved in the apartment above me was rented out and I have been living in misery ever since. The noise is unreal, it is all hours of the day and night.  Sounds as […]

i’m renting a house in northeast nj for 2000 a month.  i talked my landlord down from 2200.  now, there are problems with the plumbing, the hot water in the shower doesn’t work.  the air conditioner can never achieve the temperature you set it at unless you stuff an extra ac unit with exhaust in […]

I have issues with the plumbing at the house I rent. Every 3-4 months the toilet stops working. I call the landlord to alert him, and he usually takes 3-7 days to get a plumber to the house for a temporary fix, meanwhile I can’t use my toilet!! He doesn’t return my phone calls, emails, […]