We just moved out of an apartment that we used very lightly. During today’s move-out inspection the landlord claimed we would have to pay for new carpet and new paint…the carpet and paint are exactly as when we moved in except for 2 small carpet stains (on an old carpet that was not replaced when […]

Hello, I am confused on how to go about to gain my $1,000 deposit back from my landlord. We moved into this condo about 2 weeks ago and since then almost nothing has worked. No heat, No washer and Dryer, No dishwasher, Broken nets in windows, and things that we could have not possibly have […]

My husband and I have been renting for approximately 1-1/2 yrs.  Our lease has expired and we are currently renting month to month. Approximately one month ago, my husband was concerned about recent car break-ins in neighborhood and tried to park his work truck in the garage.  It didn’t clear, he caused minor cosmetic damage […]

I have an issue that I am trying to find out what responsibility my landlord/manager has in the below situation. My complex has detached garages with automatic garage doors, and no other way in. There is a safety pull cord attached to a kind of keyed lock in the door in case of a power […]

I’ve been living in a duplex built in the early 1900’s for the past 6 years. I’ve known our wiring is old. I can’t even have an air conditioner window unit because the wiring won’t support it. In the summer, I regularly blow a circuit and the breaker takes overnight to recover and cool down. […]

I’ve lived in the same apartment in the same complex for 14+ years now with my mother, beginning when I was a young child (about 12)… I never knew how horrible this place was – but now I’m really starting to see the big picture. They’ve never once updated or renovated our apartment, no matter […]

Can my previous landlord charge me for painting and carpet cleaning after I moved out? I was given a list of things that was to be done before vacating the apartment and complied with the list. Now I am being told that I have to pay, above the deposit and pet deposit, more because they […]

So here is the situation that I have just got into. Me and my wife have now lived at this new apt for about 5 months now and about 2 days ago the washer that the apt supplied busted a line flooding my bedroom hall bathroom and living room half way. They got a guy […]

The ceiling of my apartment fell in. My landlord was very quick to respond about fixing it, but in doing so evicted me from the apartment for 8 days. The place they offered us to stay was a dingy, basement apartment with a shower that didn’t work for the first 3 days; meanwhile, all our […]

We moved into a house in October to find out it had mold growing in the bathroom, our bedroom and probably other places.  My husband, kids and myself all became very sick right after moving in.  My husband was really sick, seeing a dr. almost once a week and I ended up in the ER.  […]