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 have lived and have been paying rent in this house for 3 months. There are several issues that were addressed when we first moved in. First and foremost, the old tenants had not fully moved out yet. WE had 14 bags of garbage, huge amount of flys, a love seat, and a car in […]
I am looking for rules and regulations regarding use of propane tank powered stoves in the rental property. As well as info regarding fire alarm codes in the rental area. Is there any type of regulation regarding the rental space (footage) and amount of $$$ the landlord can charge? please let me know or point […]
Date: Monday, September 12th, 2011 8:45 pm Category: Renter Q & A
I just moved into a new house and immediatly began having throat and respiratory problems. Other people in the house, speciffically in the basement have had similar complaints but I don’t know if my problem is just coincidence. Apparently someone has been out to inspect for mold and found the house to be safe, so […]
Date: Saturday, September 10th, 2011 9:24 am Category: Renter Q & A
I have lived in my current triple wide home in Oregon for 10 months with my fiance and daughter. Last month there was a sewage back up, my fiance is a maintance man that can fix just about everything, but he was not about to touch the sewer line because he knew that would take a […]
Two weeks ago I moved in with my mother and her boyfriend. The deal was that I was going to stay there for no longer than 6 months to save for a down payment on a house. I had offered to pay some rent but the insisted I don’t because they currently were not paying […]
Date: Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 9:02 am Category: Renter Q & A
I am renting this house and it is missing a cooking stove (range). Landlord told me I need to get one myself. Is that legal? What if I cannot pay my rent at any given time and have to move out. Don’t all apartments (houses) come with cooking stoves? What will I do with the […]
Date: Sunday, September 4th, 2011 6:09 pm Category: Renter Q & A
Me and my husband rented this house closer to his work in NC. We have a month to month lease and pay $1100 in rent every month plus the utilities. We recently had a hurricane come through here and it flooded all the way to the bottome of the doors and then went down rapidly. […]
My son was evicted for not paying 2 months rent. The landlord threw all of his belongings in and around the Dumpster, including his checkbook, car title and social security card as well as bills with personal information. While the eviction was bad enough and all of his belongings were looted, can a landlord legally […]
I’ve been having problems as far having a few things that need to be fixed in my aparatment and I have been telling my landlord to fix them since I moved in which was on March 2, 2011. Am I still obligated to pay him rent if he still hasn’t fixed anything?
