When you’re dealing with landlords, leases, roommates and neighbors there is a good chance you will come across a situation where you think: “Is this legal?” At Apartments.com, we try to help you through these tough situations. Below you’ll find some common legal questions answered by our experts. If you have any additional legal questions, leave them in the comments below!
Dear Apartments.com,
I just moved into a new apartment and I share my yard with the residents of the two other floors in the building. I was sitting at the table in back when three terrifying dogs came running at me and I feared they were going to attack me. I was able to get away but I soon realized that this was going to be an ongoing issue when they came charging at me again as I was leaving for work in the morning. At night, they can bark for hours on end. I have confronted their owner but she said she has lived here for years and so have her dogs. The dogs weren’t around when I signed the lease and I wasn’t warned about them by my landlord. Is there anything I can do to at least get the dogs on a leash? Can I move out because of this?
Thanks,
Attacked in Anchorage, Alaska
Dear Attacked,
You can try to speak to your landlord but if the resident has lived there for years it is unlikely that you will get any help. Unless you are actually attacked by the dogs, you’re going to have a hard time moving out without breaking your lease and incurring fines for doing so. The next time the dogs are running loose, call your local animal control and report the issue. They can help determine if the dogs are dangerous and help convince the owner to keep them on a leash. Depending on the laws in your city, your neighbor could be fined for allowing the dogs to bark for long periods of time. There might even be a leash law that your neighbor is not following. When the dogs create problems again, call the police non-emergency number. If your neighbor gets a ticket for a noise violation, or failure to control the animals, it may inspire her to keep a closer eye on her dogs.
Dear Apartments.com,
I am about to move across the city from one apartment to the other. In the past I have always been able to move in a day early since one lease usually ends on the last day of the month and the next lease starts on the first day of the month, leaving one night in between. This time, neither landlord is willing to compromise. My current landlord said that if I am not out by midnight on the last day of the month, I will be charged the rent for the next month. The new landlord said that I can’t move in until their office opens on the first. That means I have nowhere to put my things (or myself) for the night. Are the landlords allowed to do this?
Yours truly,
Stuck in Shreveport, Louisiana
Dear Stuck,
Unfortunately, this does happen to many renters. Landlords can give a “verbal agreement” stating that you’ll be able to stay an extra day in your old apartment or move in a day early to your new one and then might back out. If you don’t have anything in writing then there is very little you can do. You should try to be out by midnight, as it is legal in some states to charge you the next month’s rent or keep your security deposit if you don’t move out on time. I would suggest renting a truck to store your belongings overnight. If you need the help of movers, you can hire them to move your items into the truck on the 31st and then into your new place on the 1st. Find a hotel to stay in and relax—you deserve it.
Dear Apartments.com,
I decided to renew my lease for a second year but I want to make a few changes. For one, I want my landlord to give my pet deposit back since I no longer have my dog (he’s with my boyfriend). I also think that the carpets should be cleaned as well as a few other routine maintenance things that would normally be done when a new resident moves in. Does the landlord need to take care of these things or can she pass the responsibility on to me?
Sincerely,
Renewing in Roxbury, Connecticut
Dear Renewing,
You have the option of “renewing” but this means you are keeping the same lease for another term. It sounds like you would prefer to sign a new lease in the same apartment. You do have the right to negotiate points in your lease but your landlord can refuse to re-sign your lease as well. If maintenance issues are not in the written lease, you have no legal right to require your landlord to fix anything other than those problems that are a health or safety concern. Negotiate what you want done and get it in writing before you sign a new lease.
Dear Apartments.com,
One of the reasons I chose my apartment is because it has laundry facilities right next to my unit. But since I’ve moved in I’ve only been able to use the washer and dryer once because it’s always occupied. I tried to do laundry one night and even skipped my workout to start early. Even though I started at 7 p.m., I wasn’t done until midnight because I had to keep waiting for machines. I think this is unfair because the use of the facilities is included in my lease. Is there anything I can do?
Thanks,
Waiting in Webb City, Missouri
Dear Waiting,
This is a very frustrating problem indeed. Your lease may guarantee you the right to use the laundry facilities but probably does not specify how much time you are guaranteed with the machines. Your best solution is to ask your landlord to post a laundry policy that specifies how may machines may be used and for how long. You may not be able to get everyone to comply but this will encourage some residents to be more courteous in the laundry room.
This post was updated April 2, 2013.
I moved into an apartment very quickly and was not informed that dogs were not allowed… I notified them 4 days after I moved in that i had a dog and this was a problem. Do i have any rights to get out of this lease without penalties?
Unfortunately, it is your responsibility to read through your lease before you sign it exactly for this reason. Sadly, you probably don’t have any legal recourse, unless there’s a section in your lease that states you may break it within a certain period of time after move in. Take a look at your lease again and read it very carefully. Odds are, you’re going to have a very difficult decision, to keep your pet, or keep your lease.
I moved into a beautifully landscaped place a few hundred cheaper than where I was living. It has taken a month to realize my unit has a unit underneath it that is infested with roaches. Of course, I am being affected. The site manager is working with me — but I am facing something major…I witnessed evidence and so these creatures are not going to evaporate…I signed a lease for a year…It’s been several days since I had a visit from pest control. Please advise my long-term actions and my legal rigts…
I recently signed a lease at a new luxury apartment complex that I really like. I looked at different floorplans and apartments on three different occasions, but the apartment that was assigned to me is infested with roaches and I am unable to move in because of it what can I do.
I lived in another state and because of an emergency situation I was forced to leave my lease was not up but the property mgmt terminated my lease is there any leans or legal recourses I should be worried about
Hi. As I know, read first, but I didn’t. I have just found out that my Landlord ends his leases on the 15th of the month. My new place is not open until the 1st. Now I am having to pay for storage for my stuff and an motel room until the 1st. Just a note to warn everyone to really read those leases! Whoda thought a lease could end in the middle of the month?!
I’m living in an apartment complex that has an out of state water company. Well a lot of the residents are really behind on their bill (including myself). The water cannot be shut off because it is tied in together with other apartments in the same bldg. The management has now sent out notices that our rent money will be applied to our over due water bills. Is this legal, since tenants pay their rent on time, and now it’s going to be applied to the water and not rent. What happens if the money is taken and applied to the water, now the rent becomes deliquent. Please advise.
my daughter is interested in a rent in
conneticut and the landlord asked her for 15.00 for a credit check. can she do that. thanks
I rented an apartment two months ago and signed a one year lease. Now I have lost my job and have no way to pay the rent. Is there any way I can get out of this lease? My landlord says no.
I know I will be evicted if I don’t pay my rent will this also go on my credit report?
I was living in an apartment in the Minneapolis area 7 months into a 13 month lease (one month free) when I got a new job in South Dakota. I tried working with my landlord to help getting it rented and my rent was paid up a month and a half in advance with the promise of being contacted if it would get rented or if not then I would be obligated to continue paying the rent. However I just received a bill for the remainder of my lease with penalties of my free month and other discounts saying that I am past due with my rent. Is this right or legal considering they have made no effort to contact me that the apartment has not been rented and since I now live over 4 hours away are they taking advantage of me since I can’t go and check to see if it rented or not? I am willing to pay for the rent due but feel it is unfair to penalize me considering I have made every effort to stay under the lease terms.
I signed a lease for one year, but now I want to move out 3 months before. I did not find any terms about ending the lease early in my contract with the landlord, except I “should notify her one month before I move”. I am a co-tenant, the other two will not move out. Do you think I should paid any damage? If so, how much should I pay for?
A question about another matter. I was residing at the apartment for five years . in the middle of my lease the landlord sold the property. A landlord’s it took upon the property. Gave me a new lease. And my deposit from the first lease carried over. Doing a time as I resided at his apartment. I had several complaints and problems. About mold, water damage, leaky roof, an assortment of problems. Once I gave him the complaint. A week later he gave me a new lease. Raising the rent $100. Not fixing anything. A week later after that. The apartment as well as a whole building was condemned. And I was asked to move. I had 24-hour period , unless all my things in the apartment and I went to stay with my brother. I’ve been with my brother for more than six or seven months. And I still have not received my things to my apartment. My rent was paid and I was not behind. I did not receive my deposit back. As well all my things are a bad condition due to the situation. I really don’t know my rights are. And no one seems to care. I have pictures of the damage I just don’t know what to do. Please help me in some way. Sincerely yours Mark Little
Dear apartments.com:
I am currently living in a one bedroom apartment which is part of a large complex. I have lived there for several years. My fiancee and I are hoping to move in together in the next month or two. My dilemma is that I am worried that I will not be able to move out of my apartment without paying a large penalty. However, I never signed the lease that they sent me. My lease would have been from Sept. 2006 to Sept. 2007. However, in August 2006 there was a near-fatal attack in my apartment building, and after that happened the apartment complex did very little about it. I did actually make several attempts to contact the apartment manager to see what my options would be (month-to-month lease, paying a penalty, etc), since I knew I would be most likely wanting to move out. The manager never got back to me, and therefore I never signed the lease they had sent me. In my prior lease, it stated that if the lease was unsigned it would automatically renew for one year, but that managment would charge an extra fee per month, which they have not been charging me.
Recently I spoke with the apartment manager; he stated that it didn’t matter that I never signed the lease and that I would have to give two months notice, and pay a two month penalty.
Can you give me your opinion on this matter? Do I have a case for being on a month-to-month lease since I never signed one?
I recently signed a new lease agreement on a new apartment I have been in over 16 months. The new agreement is set to start in April 2007. I am still under my old lease agreement as of Jan 2007. I just recently found out I could be transferred back to Louisiana. Is the new agreement my resposibility if I get transferred and still give 30-60-day notice on the lease I am under now?
dear apartments.com, I would like to ask where can i find if the place i am renting is on the legal list in Rental Board, if it is legal for renting units.because everytime i paid my rent,my landlord wants CASH not a check and no receipt.I hope you can answer my question,I’m worried for the future I might get problems.because i don’t have any proof.Thanks,OTANER
I am trying to get out of a lease. I have been through so much hell in this apartment and just want out! The girl who was going to sublet fell through. What will happen to me if I just take all my stuff and leave? Will they come after me for the money? How will my credit be effected?
I have been going through some issues’,dealing with the new Manager,that had (just), arrived,4 mos.,ago.This lady Manager,has violated my rights as a tenant,by:1.INVADING ONES PRIVACY,ASKING APARTMENT RESIDENCES’,GUESTS’,WHO THEy aRe’,THERE TO SEE,(or),TELLS OUR’ VISITORS’,THAT THE are NOT TO BE ON OUR PROPERTy AND FOR THEM TO LEAVE.3 (ONE DAY),last month,(12/1/06),This new Manager, has been involved in MAKING UP, HER’ OWN RULES NOT PROPERTIES’ RULES’,NOT FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL HOUSE RULES’.LIVING with all these and more things’,she’s doing,isn’t okay.This woman,is:a RETIRED,SOCIAL WORKER,and was a SOCIAL WORKER for 30yrs’,then,4mos’,ago,Our’,management,which is: XX APARTMENTS/(AND), XXX, XXX PROPERTIES’,INC.,hired this lady after she (just),started her’ retirement,What,by being Our’ new manager!I don’t get why THE MANAGEMENT had transfered Our’ old manager, to Hayward,(and),hired this woman as Our’, new manager,(in-TRAINinG)!?It dosen’t,make any sense! ITS NOT RIGHT THAT SHES’,BEEN INVaDING OUR’ PRIVACYS’! 7 (ALSO),SHE HAD CALLED THE AUTHORITIES,SAYING THAT SHE HADN’T SEEN MY” DAUGHTER OR I,SO SHE ACTED LIKE SHE WAS CONCERNED
I am on a month to month lease with a roommate. I have chosen to move out, and have already moved. They have chosen to stay. “We” have both signed the paperwork to release me from the lease, but it is not valid until the roommate requalifies on their own. Therefore I am still on the lease and can’t get off. Recently the roommate has started using illegal substances in “our” apartment. I just want off the lease, and away from getting in trouble. But I cannot force them to fullfil their part in getting me off the lease. I there anything I can do at this point to get off the lease and keep myself out of this trouble???? Please help!!!!
I want to move into a place of my own. I am 26 years old I have two kids and I just got married to my school sweetheart.We have been living in the house with his mother. We want to move out because it would be cheaper to just get a place of our own then try to help his mother fix everything.We can’t find any that will rent to us because we don’t have any credit or a co-signer.we have the money, and we can pay the rent,or
even buy a fixer upper we just need someone to give us a chance. we want to have another reason to be working other than our children.
I live in a basement unit, but i think it is illegal, because the utility people says there is no 5th unit just 4. Plus its one way in and no windows.
is it an illegal apartment
I have a question. What are the landlords rights on entering you residence. Are they allowed to enter at anytime they feel? Or do they HAVE to notify you before they may enter at anytime?
Thanks,
Carol
I am moving and i want to tell my landlord. she said that even though im moving out in the middle of the month i have to pay for the full month, my lease is up. can they do this? thanks
I have 3 pending felonies. I have a 6 yr old daughter i need to move no later 13th. I want to keep her in dadid douglas school district! Knowone will rent to me. What do I do?
My daughter stored her belonging, furniture, dishes, clothes, Etc (including my 9 month old grandson’s crib!). at a friend’s apartment while she and my grandbaby lived in a homeless shelter for 6 weeks. Her friend was evicted, but was allowed to get only her things. My daughters’ things were not given back. She now has an apartment through the local housing authority, but can’t get her stuff back. The landlord told her when she asked him about it that he would burn it or give it away before she would get it back. What can she do? She can’t afford an attorney.
Thanks,
Kim YOung
I’ve been living in an apartment for 6 months I signed a lease for two years. The landlord was sent to a nursing home and the property was sold. The new owner is demanding more rent and a deposit is this legal? Also he claims he can give us a 15 day notice to vacate even though he accepted our rent for this month… can he do this? If my new landlord doesn’t accept my normal amount I’ve been paying all this time on the first of next month what is the eviction process. I thought it was three day notice then seven days then 30 days.
i just resigned my lease in Dec. and now I’m taking a job out of state what can i do to get out of lease? Is there any law that can help me?
My boyfriend and I have lived in our current apartment for almost a year (the amount of time in my lease) and we have had several problems since living here. In the beginning we gave them plenty of notice that we were looking for a two bedroom townhouse by the beginning of March of last year. And our lease from our previous apartment was about to be up. We had to stay in our old apartment longer than expected and when the time came to move into our new apartment, they didn’t have the two bedroom townhouse available anymore. They offered us a three bedroom apartment for a hundred dollars off our rent. We thought that was a great deal so we took it. But since living here we have had several maintenance problems that have never been fixed. We have only 1 smoke alarm in this two story apartment and we have complained about it from day one. The tiles in our bath tub have fallen down and there is mold. Our sink has been clogged three times since living here and everytime we tell management to fix it, they never do and they threaten to charge us for fixing it. We have no weather stripping on our doors or windows and our electric bill keeps getting higher and higher. Again we have mentioned all of these things several times and nothing is ever done about it. We are so fed up that when our lease is up in March of this year we are going to find a way to move. Is there anything I can do to be compensated for any of these problems even though I am moving soon? And how can they rent to people with so many violations? There are apartments out here that have no carpet and one actually doesn’t even have a door to the oven!! How can they rent out apartments that are unsafe and how can I report these things before I move?
Me and my 2 year old son moved into our 1st apartment on november 8/2006. A couple weeks into my lease I discovered that i had mice running around in my apartment. I contacted my rental office 3 different times. I had a dead mouse in my apartment last wednesday. The maintence man came and took him out. I’m afraid that my son might get bit. I don’t know what to do.
I’ve lived at my residence for 2 years. I have 4 months left on the lease and i am fed up! 6 months into the lease the roof was leaking in my sons room so now is a huge hole in the ceiling…never been fixed. The bathtub and toilet have been leaking insane amounts of water on the floor. 4 attempts to fix this and its worse! the room started leaking water in my hallway last august…never been fixed and there is a blue tarp with bricks keeping the rain out…what can i legally do to get out of this hell?
Can I change my mind about renting an apt. if they didn’t give me a copy of my lease & was never given the correct address to have ulities turned on? Also I fear living on the 3rd floor & especially since there was a fire in the complex this morning, even though it was a different buiding.
I moved in a new apt. 6 months or so & I was not ask to sign a lease. I pay month to month. The 1 st. problem was trying to get my phone transfered to new apt. & they said they could not ,cause apt. was not regestered with the county for 911. So I looked into it on line & found on county or city search there is only 2 apts. regerstered at this address & there are really 4 in the building. 2nd. is I have been late paying rent maybe 2 times & she has charged me a late fee of 32.00 each time late,but when she want’s to be late picking rent she dont charge the late fee. The 3 rd. is she call’s everytime before she come’s to pick rent,but last time she did not & she intered my private gate knowing I have a small dog & my dog almost bit her & now she is mad . My husband that same day gave her rent & late fee & ask when you gona come fix some things in our apt.? She said she did not know & that she would let us know on next 1 st. of the month she might need us to move out to fix thing’s. This is not true , what need’s to be fixed is a light breaker in other apt. that controls our bathroom light . & 1 window screen. I really think she is wanting us to move ,cause she is mad about the dog thing.IMy util. are furnished with our rent, so when the breaker in front apt. shuts off we have no light in our bathroom & we have to ask the man in that apt. to plese turn it on so we can have light . What can or should I do?
I live in a one bedroom apt.Ive been here for three years i have never been late with my rent and i keep my place up very well. My boyfriend has been staying here with me,he is not on my lease Is there anyway that i can add him to my lease without my landlord raising my rent?
I’m 21 years old and I live with my mother and brother on the second floor apartment of a 3 floor apartment building. My ex-friend *Jane and her former boyfriend *Rob moved into the small one bedroom apartment on the third floor just before christmas. Anything to do with the apartment was signed over in Rob’s name. The young couple ended up getting into a fight and breaking up. Jane stayed with me for a couple weeks and Rob contacted the landlords letting them know about the situation and he then moved out and into a new apartment by himself. Meanwhile, the day that Rob moved out of the little third floor apartment Jane started staying back up there instead of with me…knowing that the landlords think that the apartment is vacant. The rent hasnt been paid for at least 3 months now and she is still living upstairs. Is this legal?
Question!!
I’ve been living in Cincinnati Ohio in Hamilton County in this apt since 2004. The building I live in are all 1-bedroom apts. Under Ohio Law I thought you had to have a seperate bedroom for all children over 18 months. Right now I know 2 apts in my bldg that has 1 adult/1 chid and 2 adults/1 child. These children are well over 18 months!! How do I find out what the law is and who do I call to report if this is a violation? Thanks!
I’ve lived in this apt for 20 years. they sold the building and now the new landlord is trying to pay me to move out for a sum of money.Also my roommate that has lived here with me for 6 years they say he has to leave because is not on the lease. Do they have that right to do this? what should I do to solve this.
I am 60 and have been on disability for many yrs. I now must move after 13 yrs. because the property is being sold. I only recieve $623 per month, how can I rent an apartment and live on that. I have no family to help, I don’t want to end up in a roach infested dump. Medicaid says they can only pay for a nursing home, but they are awful and I really don’t need to be in one,what can I do?
moved into a apt, 7/13/06 signed a year lease now the owner gave me less than 30 days to get out. it says upon the greater of 30 days notice required under the act, the landlord may terminate the tenancy under this lease without cause or reason. we have less than 30 days, how do you find another place to live on such so short notice? i would really like a response on this one because this puts me in a very difficult situation. is there anyway i can get a response on this matter? ASAP please help..thank-you
My son recently was evicted from an apartment he had for only 2 months. It is his first apartment and he is being charged an additional $137.00 on top of not being refunded his damage deposit. My wife cosigned for the 6 month lease so we are responsible also. The charges are excessive and additional charges were added to the bill. Who can we contact to find out how to fight this.
I was evicted in court and agreed to move cause I was devasted that someone
had said they killed people on the 10 acres and there was drug activity. This came out to be false as I knew it would. I’m still living in motels cause I can’t get someplace decent.
How can I over turn this. Am I in the right to ask for some compensation. The rental truck alone was over $600.
I currently live in a 2BR apartment. My roommate is on the lease, but I am not. I informed him on March 15 that I would be moving out on April 1. I told him that I would help him in any way possible to find a new tenant to move in on April 1, and that if worst-case scenario we could not find someone for April 1, that I would pay all of April. I quickly sent him two leads for friends of mine who wanted to move in April 1. He instead chose a friend of his who couldn’t move in until April 15. What are my responsibilities? Do I owe him for the first two weeks of April? Do I owe him nothing since I offered him two tenants who could move in April 1? Do I have no responsibilities since I am not on the lease and since I signed nothing?
My daughter and her children moved into a newly built apartment complex. She moved in, as soon as the building was ready. Her and the kids got very sick shortly after moving in, and are still sick, 7 months later. She noticed mold growing in the apt. She went to doctors asking them if mold could be the medical problem her and the kids were having. And they said no, since they were brand new apt. Also saying that we don’t have toxic mold in this area. She contacted HUD and they had came and tested the mold. The test results just came in. The results are that she lives in a toxic apt. The complex was told to clean it up in 1 month. Or my daughter and kids will have to move out. The complex manager told my daughter that they couldn’t get to it that soon. Because they were having the same problem in another city, and were installing new air ducts, and whatever else they had to do to fix the mold problem there. Now my daughter doesn’t know what to do. She can’t afford to move. Yet is scared to live there. One of my granddaughters has had her adnoids taken out and tubes put in her ears. Because the doctors thought that’s what needed to be done to get her better. She is still sick (of course) and now the doctor feels that, that she needs to be seen by an infectous disease doctor at Riley Hospital. My daughter just got the mold test results Saturday. The doctor hasn’t heard this news yet.
The manager at the complex told my daughter that she is the only one there that got the test results. And being told that she may have to move out in 30 days. Because she is the only one that complained. Other people just moved out earlier. My daughter is a single parent of 3 girls, ages 8-2yrs old. What legal rights does she have. Does this expense of moving, all fall on her?
I was evicted from my apartment and agreed to move, but I asked for a formal hearing to protest the eviction but I was never granted one. In stead I moved out. I can’t find anything reasonable because of Katrina’s destruction of so much property. Can I have this overturned so I might find affordable housing.
I’m living in a multihousing apartment complex that is either tearing down the apartments or rehabing them not sure which. My lease isn’t up till October and out of all the apartments are vacant with only a handfull of tennants. I don’t feel safe here anymore. The building I live in has 8 apartments that are vacant. The building beside me has 4 apartments that are vacant. Then the other 5 buildings 40 apartments only have 4 occupants. They aren’t renewing anyones lease. I am on Section 8 housing and would like to know if it’s possible to get out of my lease since I don’t feel this is a safe enviorment. Someone was murdered a month ago in my complex don’t feel safe anymore.
I recently was terminated from the apartment resident manager position I held from August 1, 2006 thru February 1, 2007. There was no apparent reasons for firing me other than the owner and the daughter were not enjoying how I decided that I did not have to remain on the phone with them while they were yelling at me and telling me how stupid I am. I have developed posotive relations with the current tenants still residing there and as my not being able to rent another apartment some of the tenatns as well as another proerty manager in a near by city have been more then helpful and let me stay some nights in their apartment so I could continue commuting from a 10 mile distance i was told that the employment and the tenancy termination and employment contract are one of the same as stipulated to in the form signed by both owner and myself. Does it matter if the processing agent on the owners LLC listing is out of date and conflicts with all contact information I have availavle in project file
i live in ohio with a friend but she wants me out. I have been trying to get an apartment on my own but i get turned down because my employer has been cutting my hours. All the landlords tell him i can get an apartment if i had a co signer, but no one will co sign for me. Is there any advice some one could give me. Please help im afraid im going to be homeless soon.
About 2 weeks ago my family and I found an apartment for rent. We liked the apartment but wanted a little time to think about it. A little later I went back and gave an application deposit. Since then , I’m sure others have gotten applications. It has been several days since I have heard from the landlady. Calls have been made to her with no answer, and no returned calls have we gotten. She lives about an hour away in another city. How do I handle this situation? In addition, the rent is due at my current residence.
I need to know how to get an apartment out of state, without having a job in that particular state first. My boyfriend and I started filling out an application for an apartment, when the lady asked my boyfriend for his latest pay stub. Seeing as I currently reside and work in another state, she said that she was unable to take my credit into account, and that I would first have to have a job in the state I am planning on moving to, so that I can show her a current pay stub. How is this possible since I am going to be moving 2 and a half hours away?
I recently just got a job about an hour away from which i live. I hate the drive but the job is worth it. Im am currently on lease untill january 2008 but was told if i wanted to move out early i would have to pay the remainder of the lease which is over 6,000 dollars, is there any way out of this, such as the neighbors above me have something wrong with their pipes, anytime they use hot water there is a very long and loud tapping noise throughout my apartment, i have complained about this many times to my apartment office, and the person that came out to fix it said the whole system needed replaced but the apartments were not going to get it fixed, could i use this to possibly get out of my lease?
My sister and I have shared an apartment for 2 years. For the last year she has slacked on her portion of the rent and I have been left to cover. We are currently in the hole because she has made some empty promises, leaving me to scramble. Our lease is up in June and I am wondering how soon is too soon to begin looking (paying fees/putting down deposits) for a new place. Is it possible to be under 2 leases at the same time? I just want ooouuuutt! I am currently paying the new owner, but I need out of there. Your response would be appreciated.
CORRECTION***
The line should read, “I am currently paying our current owner”..not a new owner.
if you have a broken lease and owe will that stop everyone from renting me an apartment
I rented an apartment 9 months ago. My name is the only name on the lease. For a few months my sons father has been living here. He doesn’t help me pay bills and all he does is cheat on me. You would think someone would grow up at 35 years old. I have one of his females calling me whenever she wants making threats & talking nonsense to me. I want him out of my apartment ASAP. What are my proper procedures for getting him out?
Emotional & financially (by not helping) he is straining me and I feel I am going to end up in the hospital on mentally stressed conditions.
Myself and my boyfreind are looking to move into an apartment but in feb 2007 he was charged with endagering the welfare of a child will this stop us from getting approved????
Hi, My name is Samantha.. My husband and I have recently moved into a new townhouse apartment. within 3 weeks we have had extreme amounts of problems. Our 2nd bedroom which is going to be our baby’s room has floor problems that the landlord says are fixed but nothing has changed about them. also one room in that bedroom won’t stay open. The sink in our upstairs bathroom leaks. There are about 5 steps that have no railing where if a child fell off it would be a 2-3 foot drop. Our kitchen window will not open,the sink we had to call them for the third time to come unclog it yesterday. The last time they came to unclog the kitchen sink I was not there but my husband said what they pulled out had live ants on it and since then we can’t get rid of them no matter what we do. We have french doors on our laundry room that will not close. Also we have a sliding glass door in our living room when it rains water soaks the floor all along it and about 1.5 ft out. They have lied to us repeatedly and once we caught them in the lie they admitted to it. Do we have a chance of getting out of this lease? I’m worried this place is not safe for my baby that we are expecting in June.
Thank you
Samantha
I signed a lease 4/21 at 4:00pm. It is now 8:00pm and I have changed my mind. This apartment is located in Louisville, Kentucky. Are leases standard in accepting a forfeit of whatever monies I paid or hopefully just the initial :”holding fees” if I want to cancel this lease within 24 hours (business days) of signing? Please advise!! The agreement says nothing of buyers remorse.
WE AGREED TO RENT THIS HOME AND A WEEK LATER THE LANDLORD CALLED OUR WORKPLACE TO ASK PERSONAL QUESTIONS ALONG WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT WORK. ISNT HE BREAKING SOME SORT OF PRIVACY ACT?
Hi apartments.com,
i am looking to lease a place with 2 of my friends. We are all 19 and would like to know at this age what we can and can not do?
Unfortunatly we are from the UK and are unable to meet people face to face or call the US, are there ways that we can arrange things mainly over the internet? We will come over to examine places but please would you give us some advice if possible?
Thanks alot.
Sam from UK
I have rented the first floor of a home for 6 years, the house was sold to a conglomerate. and resold 3 times since. the new owners are selling again, they enter to show my home without notifying me, I come home to be told by neighbors they were in my home again, showing DONT THEY HAVE TO TELL ME THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW THE PLACE BEFORE THEY DO????at lesst 24 hr notice???
I moved out of an apartment that is owned by one of the biggest apartment complex companies in Alaska.
They kept all but 74 dollars of my 600 dollar deposit for a move out fee, carpet cleaning, and blind cleaning.
The apartment was clean and I had just cleaned the blinds and carpets a few months before I moved out. I know that in the State of Alaska it is illegal for a landlord to charge for carpet and blind cleaning which I will be disputing, but can they keep more than half of the deposit for a moving out fee? I think that would be illegal also.
I was told to contact the Attorney general about the practices of this company also.
After signing a contract for month to month or short term rental on a apartment I never recieved the contract. It has now been almost seven months since I moved out of the apartment and I am having trouble getting the lanlord to return my deposit after the landlord stated that the apartment was in good condition and that she would be putting the deposit in the mail. And still no contract. What are my rights concerning the contract and my deposit?
hi i live in a 3br apt. my landlord want us out by may 31st but my lease is not up till june 1st he allready told my neighbor that he has my apt. rented an that the people are moving in here june 1st is that allowed please i need help. i also have alot of things that are bad in my apt that my landlord wouldnt fix like my hot water heater leaks rusty water, my bathroom grows mold/mildew from the dryers cause its not vented properly. please if you can help me or give me some pointers i would greatly appreciate it..
how do you lease an apartment if you have bad credit? we all need a good place to stay.
rebecca
The complex we moved into showed us a model. we liked the model they showed us, however when we showed up to move in they placed us in a handicap apartment. they are unwilling to correct the problem immediately. they also state this is not their problem but ours. being a handicap aprtment it is completely unfunctional for us. is there any options for us.
recently i moved to ft lauderdale and moved to an apartment and i need to leave and break my lease.I’m willing to transfer my lease with someone and also transfer my security deposit of 200.00 email me for a response
Hi – My question is, if I sign a lease with a friend to live in a one-bedroom apt together, but that friend has to leave in 1 month , and my boyfriend wants to move in after the friend leaves – does that count as a break of lease and what steps would would happen after that?
Any comments would be appreciate.
i’m having a problem findin an apartment do to my divicore. I have an eviction on my reprot is thee any way u can help me
need advice on proceeding a lawsuit against my former landlords who w’held my property after i tried mediating w’ them they violated against my 18 day que on abandoned proprty. i went into labor my child was then pre-mature and stayed in hospital for 2wks. due to RSV. in the NICU dept. can i hold them accountable.. also they lied about putting proprty to sale…
on Dec. 8, 2003 my tenants had giving me a security deposit for $1600.00 and sign a lease with me for 2 years at $800.00 per month,and was suppose to move in on Jan.2,2004 but moving things into the apartment before Jan. 2, 2004. However the lease was dated for them to move in on Jan. 2, 2004 – til Dec.31,2005, and so they did after they had brought their things over to my unit on and during the 2003 period.Now! 2004 comes around, they started to pay good but that would not last long.From Jan. 2,2004 – til June 5, 2004 they were paying good, but then on June 5, 2004 they pay me only $600.00 not the full $800.00 they oweded $200.00 towards Junes rent plus $59.00 for water. They told me that they would pay me the rest of the rent on June 10, 2004 but they never did. Now I ask you has the lease been broken, and if so can they still claim their security deposit? their least was not fulfill durning the 2004 – til 2005.
Dear Apartments.com,
3 years ago I lived in an apartment complex, me and my roommates had some issues, after speaking with management at the Complex they advised that I terminate my lease I was not evicted,
I didn’t have to leave I just agreed to leave upon their recommendation, they broke the lease and I went my separate way, my last months rent I had written a check they held it for 3 weeks until they cashed it. The check bounced( I was in college very limited funds) the complex had always cashed my rent check a day or two later, then all of a sudden during this issue of me leaving the Complex holds my check for three weeks until they cash it. I feel this is unethical and that they did this on purpose the questions is, is there any legal action I can take, have they done anything illegal by holding a college students rent check for 3 weeks before cashing it, to this day I have not paid the Complex, because of what they did, I smell a rat do you, please help…
I’m renting an apartment in tulsa, ok and I need to find out how their evitions are handled. My problem is this, Our landlord wants his rent on time (not to mention he has his brother and nephew running the property as well as him.) Anyhow, he doesn’t want to fix things in and around the apartments. I have been in my apt for 3months and I’ve tried to with hold rent for a few days to see if they will come and fix things but all he does is tape (pen or pencil) hand-written notes on the door giving me eviction threats for two months in a roll if rent isn’t paid on time. What do I do about the threats? And what is the proper way to file eviction or cause of eviction on a 6 months lease and how long does it take for the whole process in the stae of Oklahoma.
HI JAMIE,
YOU CAN CALL THE TOWN AND REPORT EVERYTHING AND THEY WILL COME OUT AND INSPECT. I LIVE IN LONG ISLAND NY, AND IF YOU GET REPORTED HERE, THE TOWN WILL COME AND INSPECT AGAIN & AGAIN. ONCE YOUR ON THEIR SH*T LIST, YOU STAY ON IT.
IF THEY DO FIND VIOLATIONS, THE LANDLORD WILL GET A FINE FOR EACH VIOLATION FOUND. GOOD LUCK****
i stay in a 1 bedroom apartment and i continuosly am having problems with water inside. going on three months now i have complained about mold and water in my carpet, it smells and they only come and paint the walss and vaccum up the water. i have a 2 year old son and this is causing him to have bad congestion. the other day on the 4th of june i noticed a spot of water on my ceiling which in an hour turned in to ma ceiling full, that night it bubbled up and started to leak. i complained they said wait until friday the 8th so i waited it got worse then it started to smell worse when they came all they did was paint over the wet area what should i do please help.
I want to renew my lease this year but was informed that heat will not be included if I renew. The problem is they will still have control of when heat will be turned on/off. I this fair??
can i be 16 and sign a lease? or is their any way it is possible for me to do this?
thank you
I am moving end of July. People that have moved out of our apartments in the past have told me he doesn’t give the deposit back. I was going to keep the rent for July and not pay him rent instead of going through the hassle of trying to get my deposit back. Can he evict me and if so how many days do you get when you are evicted. I read it can be three days, is this true?
Hello I live in this apartment I am for about 3 months now. When I moved into this apartment the landlord made all kinds of things to say like I will be fixing this and I will be fixing that. Thoughout the months mice have been in bed with my daughter and they are all over this apartment. I inform the landlord of this problem and all she says is someone will be there to fix and put some stuff down this was 2 months ago. When it rains it also rains inside my apartment this is really crazy, It has ruined my microwave and the leakage in the bedroom as ruined my clothing items and some books. I am ready to leave as soon as possible. And I call the state and city what else can I do.
I moved into my apartment about 3 months ago and I have had so many problems already. The recent problem is that my central air has not been working for the last 3 days. They found out that I need a new unit, they still have not put it in. They keep coming up with excuses like they can’t install it on weekends or it looks like it’s going to rain. I have two little children and it is 90 degrees outside. Would I be wrong to ask them to reduce my rent for the month? Am I entitled to do any thing?
We have been having problems with our management giving us our lease renewal addendums in a timeframe that would allow us to give them 60 days notice we were going to move because we did not agree with the changes in our leases. This year, we had only 17 days to sign the addendum, or face eviction when our current lease lapses on July 31. We feel co hersed into signing the addendum because the addendum violates our original lease, that clearly states that management has to give us 120 days notice regarding the addendums and changes in our lease. We would have to give 60 days notice, pay the extra rent and extra charge
For 3months I have asked my landlord to come fix my toliet. We had a fire in my apt. building and the water pressure hasnt been the same since. I have put in a request to the maintance man, and he said that the “person” that orders the parts has not ordered them yet. Can I withhold rent until the problem is fixed?
Yes, a one bedroom apartment can only have 2 adults,or one adult of course, any children over 18 months must have there own bedroom, its the lAW!
Can a “one bedroom” apartment complex rent to a family of 4-5 in NJ. My Mom lives in a garden apartment complex for over 30 years, only people with infants lived there for maybe 6 months in the past, now 2-3 kids, Mom & Dad (Koreons) living in one bedroom aparmtments, this is not even legal! uggg HELP in NJ who do I report them to??
Its been almost 2 mo. since I moved from my last apt. but I have not received my security deposit back. How many days do they have to return my deposit if no rent is owed, manager put excellent on her check list for appearance, and we gave them a forwarding address before we moved out. Please respond
i am a 53 year old. disable woman. this pass week i got a dr state ment saying i need a care giver. for ome things. i got my son whos not married to move in with me. now my land lord. or apartment manager says he can not be put on my lease. as a dis able person needing a helper. is this right. or just their law and rule this person made up. my lease says nothing about not being able to have a helping.
I have a question in regards to…I am out of work right now, a work related injury, I am on workmans comp…60% of my pay..I am afraid I can’t afford my rent?? Is there anything in apartment rental leases in which I can fall back on??
my issue is i live in a apartment complex where it seems like every time you turn around the rent is going up. so know my rent is around 715 a month for a one bedroom. The complex just went under new mangagment and ever since it seems like these people are rude and do not know how to conduct business. anyway this month my rent is late and on my lease it states rent is due on the 1st but you have a 5 day grace period if it is not paid by the 6th of the month a $30per month charge will be added ok so why on the 13th of the month i get and eviction notice. don’t you have to give a person 30days to pay before and eviction notice.
Yes any children over 18 months must have thier own bedroom, same problem here in NJ in the apartment complex where my Mom lives, 2 adults and 2-3 kids living in a one bedroom apartment! It sux!
Yes it is the law, no kids over 18-20 months old they MUST have thier own BEDROOM…PERIOD! Report the property manager ASAP
Yesterday,
My wife and I returned to our apartment to find our 2,000 television missing. Upon police investigation, there was no signs of forced entry, and the only reasonable explanation is a maintenance or repair guy (hwo had came in last week to repair the air conditioner) set it up. Once the police report is complete I fully intend to sue the complex. Should I go Small Claims or hire an attorney?
is it possible to have a co-signer for an apartment? what if they are not going to live with you?
is it possible to have a co-signer on an apartment? what if they are not going to be living iwth you?
Hi
I have the same problem have you resolved this yet. If so
how.
Thanks
My sister is moving from an apartment into a house she just purchased. She’s been in her apartment approx. 6 years (a two family house). Water is included in her rent. She will be out July 31 but her landlord just put a letter under her door stating “The water bill has gone up since February and he expects her to pay the difference.” Is it just me or is that comical? Her rent has been paid and accepted through July. Is he just “hoping” she’ll be stupid enough to pay this. She’s afraid he will try to deduct it from her deposit.
I live in austin, texas. We moved in our apartment 12/06. Our heat and air conditioning has not worked since we moved in. All of our neighbors are drug dealers. Last night our neighbor across the hall murdered two people in front of our doorstep. For the love of god, how do we get out of our lease?
I have roaches in my apartment. I have lived in his apt for 5 years, and never have problem until a pig moved downstairs. I informed my landlord (apt complex of 12 units) and they will spray, but the problem is downstairs. I was told that only can spray apartments if requested by tenant. I can make this people call to spray their apartment. I f any law that force apartment complex (about 300 units) to be sprayed at least yearly or monthly?
Hi,
Where I live there is underground parking, and the pipes leak. Due to the rusted water leaking from the pipes, my paint on my car has been destroyed and I now have rust stains on my car. I’ve sent letters to the property management and still no response.
This is really not a comment but more of a question.I have live in my apatment for 14 months and have always had a problem with the A/C unit and this year I have had no A/C since 6-10-07. My kids are healthy but, one has hypertension, the other has asthma should i be responsible for the full amount of rent for july keep in mind i still don’t have A/C.
I moved to Arizona to attend medical school and chose an apt for myself and my children that seemed safe at the time. We have been here about 2 mos and since then there was a murder just outside the pool area that was witnessed by a family with children. The family that witnessed this also said there was a sex offender in the complex that they (nor I ) were informed of when they moved in. Is this legal and for any of these incidents could I possibly have grounds to get out of my lease without great cost or damage to my credit?
i’ve lived in an apt for 4.5yrs and as of 07/21/07 the hot water has gone out to our bldg (16 apts). this is not the 1st time, the hot water tank was replaced a yr ago and yet it still is not working properly. do i, as a tenant have the right to w/h rent for days w/o hot water? esp, since the landlord will not respond to mess left. i know it’s a wkd but 2 days plus w/o hot water. pls let me know the recourse to take in this matter, thank you.
I have been caretaker of an apt bldg for 2 yrs. I was just fired as caretaker & was told that it was due to not fulfilling of all my duties. I know the true reason of this dismissal is much more personal. My problems began when I refused to decorate our bldg w/ x-mas ornaments since I dont celebrate that holiday. But she pressured me into doing it anyway. Since then I have been continuously treated unfairly. My lease is up next March, but she told me that I’ll have to either move out or start paying rent as of Sept 1st.
I feel I was discriminated against. Is there anything I can do legally about this?
i’ve been staying in this apartment for 15years and last year 2006 the rent man went up $140.00 dollars due to property taxes//o.k now he went up again in 2007 $100.00 due to property tax again and isn’t fixing nothing in the apartment and i don’t think that’s fare so do i have rights
they did not give us notification to
renew or move. They told us we were too late, we must have been
‘overlooked’ in the lease end papers and we were legally bound to
another month in that apartment.Eventually we found a few
possibilities, but would need to show our apartment. When we went to do
this, we discovered they had already rented out our apartment to someone
else and never notified us! They claim that since they moved someone from that complex into our unit, we were still cover our unit’s rent- and they are covering their old unit. Can they do this? How can we still be held responsible?
Once the property was sold your origninal lease became null & void. In other words you have no lease with this new owner-
MY WIFE AND I JUST SIGNED A NEW LEASE IN MAY. HER JOB MIGHT TRANSFER HER TO TAMPA, FL (WE LIVE IN NAPLES, FL). OUR DEPOSIT IS $500 AND WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR DEPOSIT BACK IF YOU HAVE TO BREAK YOUR LEASE FOR A JOB RELATED MOVE. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE ANY IDEA IF THIS TRUE? EVEN IF YOU DON’T KNOW FOR SURE, IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANWSER MY QUESTION?
My daughter just moved out of an apartment she had been living in with a roommate for 2 years. She had a dog, she paid a non-refundable deposit for the pet of $250.00. After she moved out she got a letter from the manager that she had to pay over $800.00 for replacement of the carpet because of pet stains. My daughter was very clean and kept her apartment the same. Her roommate had a dog too and moved before her, she did not take care of the pet. I saw the apartment before she moved out, it was as clean as when she moved in. Nothing is on the lease or the pet lease about paying for replacing a carpet. What can we do?
I just moved in july to a 3 bedroom and i pay $750 a month and I was’nt there for 2 to weeks and the lanlord raise the rent for $800 for no reason at all and I told him that I’m not paying him $800 because the reason I’d moved here was cause he let me the apartment for $750 so what can I do about this situation and what’s my rights? thanks
My lease is up 9/30. Before 6/30 I notified my landlord I’d be moving out in August. She snapped at me! “You have to pay through Sept” as if I was running out which I’m not. She does nothing about major problems. This place doesn’t even meet HUD inspections & she complains about paying pennies for decent outlet covers. Apt above me had plumbing problems which her unprofessional husband fixed & in process tore hole in my ceiling. Bath ceiling has mold issue too. Can’t afford a lawyer or inspector. I’m willing to cooperate but I want outta here. What to do so I get my Sec. Dep. back?
Carol as far as i know they have to give you 24hrs notice unlesss its and emergency or in case of abandonment!!!I hope that helps!!
2003 became ill due to hemmorage in lungs due to mold spores
Realizing it may be my apartment for there is discoloration on the walls
where they put in new windows
a few years ago. Sometimes there is water aroung windows.
I can smell mildew.
Health department examined this
I called NJ Community Affairs
They called Landlord
He said ok to fix the problem
That was 3 days ago and I have
not heard anything
Can I withhold the rent? I should not have to pay to get sick Please advise my options.
Thank you for you time and attention.
Do Not Print My Name.
what could happen if you sign a lease with a spouse/significant other but are having issues and want to leave in order to protect myself from facing legal issues cause of his kids behaviors are unmanageable
My one year lease was up in May. I have been paying month to month since then. I am now planning on vacating my apartment and have given the leasing office a 30 day notice. I submitted my notice on Aug. 16th and plan to vacate the apartment by Sept.15th. The leasing office is charging me the full amount of the rent for the month of September. They are not prorating my rent even though I’ve given them a 30 day notice and I’ve been month to month since May. Is this legal? Can they charge me for the entire month even though I will not live there and turn around and rent it to someone else as well?
It is illegal to write invalid checks. You are always responsible to have the money in your checking account to cover any checks you may have written, even if they did do it on purpose. I don’t know of any law that states they have to cash your check within a certain time period. I am sure the complex has added this to your credit report and you will have problems renting elsewhere if you don’t clear up this misunderstanding. In addition they may give you a bad landlord reference. Based on what you wrote you are the only one that has done something illegal. Sorry…
When I signed the lease, the apartment manager told me that they’re changing the utility system and renters will need to pay for water and gas eventually, however, probably not until 2008. Earlier this year (around Feb or March), I recieved a note saying I’ll need to pay for water and gas soon, but didnt’ specify when. I told the manager that I’ll be moving out next month, then all of a sudden, I received my first water bills (2 separate bills on the same day) for water usage back in April and May. Can they backcharge me like that? For usage almost half a year ago?
I have a question regarding the lease. I have been renting an apartment from March 06. The first 1 yr lease completed this yr. I renewed it for 6 more months and it is supposed to finish this august 07. I got a renewal notice from my landlord in July with increase in rent for 7 month lease from September 07-Feb08. I signed it in end of July and returned it. I decided to move out in the first week of auugust 07 and let them know verbally on Aug7th 2007. Initially, the manager told me that I’m breaking my lease by signing to the agreement and that I should have given 30 day notice. I told them that I gave them close to 30 day notice. So she told me that I’m liable to pay 2 months rent as penalty and finally after talking 2 times, she told me she’ll just keep the security deposit as my penalty. I still feel that it is not right since its close 850$. I asked her if she can charge me for just1/2 month rent as penalty and take it from the security deposit. Is it legal for them to keep the security deposit even though the lease has not started. Pls let me know.
I claimed bankruptcy 1 year ago…Now I have a great job and want to relocate my family to the orlando area…will this be a problem for me and do I need a co-signer to rent ?
I have 2 questions. I moved into an apartment in April of 2007 and have waited at least 3 months for leasing management to repair my hot water. Is there any legal recourse that could be taken? Also, my water bill has not come since I have occupied this apartment, but as of recently I received a notice on my door for a water bill upward of $200 and was told that the total amount is due with my next rental payment. Is that legal?
I was trying to rent a condo from a man who wanted to meet me at a gas station to sign the lease. everything seemed fishy but i signed the lease anyway. he then asked me for the deposit (on a monday) but told me i wouldnt receive the keys until saturday. I never viewed the property because he kept telling me how bust he was and couldnt “keep” showing it to each individual. (by the way the lease was an old lease and had scratch outs on it)i did not give him the deposit. i dont know how the procedure works with condos being that they are individually owned so my question is how can i find out if this guy is legit or not
iam a family of 6.we been in this apartment for 3 years. our landlord sent us a eviction notice on 9-5-07we dont owe rent money we are good teanets.he does not say why we have to move it says move out at the end of 10-30-07.but still keep paying your rent.is that legal?we dont hv money save up to move so what should we do?help us out please.
I just moved into an apartment and my vehicle was stolen from their parking lot.This a gated community along with my car was my holding fee,security deposit,and first months rent now they are evicting me for non payment and gave me 5 days to come up with the money.I have no means to come up with that kind of money.I live in AZ,What are my rights? I have no friends or family in this state,and no one to help me out.Please help!!
i just have a simple question. i am seperated from my husband. i am seeking an apartment for me and my 3 children. i want this apartment in my name and only my name. do i have to have proof of my separation from my husband? thank you for your help.
Dear Apartment.com
My landlord is trying to give us a thirty day notice to us because we have problems with our nieghbor. he put his hand trough our kitchen window and he as threaten to kill us, we have called the cops and they dont us calling anymore unless he is really doing something to us, the landlord is’nt doing anything about it, since we have moved into this apartment we have had nothing but problems, my closet has water damage and I have a patch missing from my ceiling, my boyfriend put dry wall on the ceiling and she has not done a thing also my tub was leaking for two years, she recently fixed it
I am currently living with my boyfriend and both of our names are on the least. My mother is moving in January of 2008 but I also want my name is be on her least so she can get the apartment. Is it possible to be under 2 apartment leases at the same time?
dear apartments.com
i need some legal advice concerning issues i have been having with my landlord. he has been trying to sell me out of the apartment i have been living for about 26 years he is willing to relocate me ( by paying my moving bill) and he is offering me money to leave the apartment, now my question is what is the amount of money entilted to me. what is the minimum amount i should recieve and what is the maximum amount i should ask for. please i need your help.
I have been in my apartment for two months and my landlord has decided to sell the apartment to someone else. Does this terminate the lease? Or do I have the same lease under new ownership? Any information would be great!
Landlord is going to increase the new lease by 20.00 in addition to the standard renewal increase. The additional 20.00 is for “Trash Valet Service”. Like I can’t take my own trash out to the dumpster. Is this “Trash” guise legal??
Hello, our window unit broke two days ago (on Wednesday). We called the management office and they sent someone out on Thursday to tell us that this particular unit is already almost 9 years old and the compressor finally died so we need a new one.
The management office apparently has been trying to find an apartment they lease that is empty to swap out window units, but they’re all too big. Its 2:30 and too late to have a hole cut in our wall big enough to fit one of the new ones.
So now, we have to wait until Monday to get an air unit.
Is this legal to make us wait this long when they could buy a new one?
I rent and recently my basement flooded. My landlord has not made repairs and it is now 40 days after the fact. Can I reduce rent or terminate lease? This basement was finished upon me renting it and a huge part of my families living space. It has been unhabital and unsafe. Please respond!
I rent this Apartment, i pay one price for everything. But have no lease, is this legal. I can move at any time, but also they can raise the rent, or kick me out. No one knows that i live there. And how can i prove i live there,and the price that I’am paying. Thanks
when i moved in my apartment my parents cosigned.i’m about to sign a new lese but was recently told by someone that if the complex has stopped accepting cosigners since the last time i signed my lease i can be forced to move.i’m living on social security disability,but with my parents as cosigner i can afford the rent,etc./but can’t afford to move anywhere else.this will be my 4th lease as i’ve been here now over 3 years.is it true that i can be forced to move if indeed the complex has stopped accepting cosigners?
My daughter sign an lease for a apartment. When she thought she could only have the apartment if she had a cosigner. Never called back and never took possession
i am being disturbe by my up stars neibors children my landlord act likk im wrong for reporting this and tells me you are going to hear a little nois sometimes a little is understandable but runing and jumping no what should i do? i already have my own idea and im still gonna do it i just want more advise before i do it.
Hi,
I live in a 2 bdrm. apartment, with my kids. I am involved with some government housing programs. They do not allow ex-cons with numerous felonies to particapate in there programs. What is someone to do when their spouse/boyfriend doesnt meet the standards or requirements to be on the lease. My landlord knows my situation. At one time he said, if my guy did’nt leave the premises he would report that he was here visiting still. Or he (the owner) always seems to find some stupid reason to fine me for lame things. If I dont pay it , I usually get a 3-day notice. He is always coming up with crap to harass me
How long does the owner/landlord have to tell you if he does’nt plan on renewing you annual lease. Can they do that?
I signed a 13month lease and then had to breakt the lease 3months into it because of mold growing in my son’s walls (who was only 1!) and I was pregnant at the time as well. The apartment people did come out and “fix” the problem, only they didn’t and so I told them I was leaving. The manager said she didn’t blame me but now over a year later, we are being sued for the remainder of the lease. There were no property damages besides from their outter building leak that caused the mold and they did not have another apartment like the one we were in to move us into. What can I do to get this taken care of & off my credit?
I lived in this apartment for a year. my lease was up in August in 2007. I been paying my rent evry month but it be late and theres a 50 dollar late fee but i havent been paying it. and theres so much damage done to the house that i havent done and never been fix. now my landlord is taking me to court. and he said i need the full amount to stay in but i only have half what should i do?
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i went to apply for an appartment.when i got there i told office personel that i had a misdemenor, but i did not put it on my application but told two people in the i had one misdemenor in the office the misdemenor was when i was about 16 years old.I paid an application fee plus deposit when i went back they told me i could not get my deposite back because i did not put it in my application is this lagal?when i verbally told them they did not tell me that they did not eccept people with misdemenors.can they keep my money?
My boyfriend and I moved into this lovely apartment together in Aug 2007. Both of our names were typed into our leases, but my boyfriend signed the lease. He had signed the lease because he was home when our landlord arrived, and I wasn’t. We’ve been having so many problems, in our relationship. Now he threatens to kick me out, because it’s ‘his place’ (only because he had signed the lease). But it’s not true, it’s our place because both of our names are typed in the lease. My question for you…. is the apartment HIS PLACE (although he had signed the lease and I didn’t)?
I need to move out due to financial hardship, which causes me to break my lease. The manager of my apartment said there is a “termination fee of one month’s rent” that I have to pay to move out as well as a “30 day notice”. Is the extra month’s rent fee legal?
Hi,
Me and my husband has been stying in this apartment for last Four years, atleast for one year After one yr, one couple moved in to the apartment ,they have 2 children of age grp 6yrs and 2 yrs, they stay on the first floor above us, they just run around the whole day , jump fromt ehir beds it creates lot of noise, now we have a 9 month old baby we have been requesting them and explaining them but they don’t see m to tell their children as next dy again that same noise starts. We called the cops , police have warned them , management said they’llsend a notice i wanted to know if their some option or solution .
Yes, the landlord would have to notify you. He cannot enter your apartment with put you knowing. it’s illegal
Hello, is there anyway that you can break your lease two months early if you bought a house with out getting penelties.
My Girlfriend just moved in with me because her old place was crap. The window was leaking water like mad and the whole house leaked air. This make it very cold in the winter causing the heating bill to rocket sky high. Now the landlord sent her a bill for cleaning the place even though it was clean, she’s a clean freek. Do we need to pay this bill since the place was in need of repair and they failed to do so. The place was in need of a few more things but I will stop there. What can we do?
My lease was up at the end of OCtober. During the months of Augst and September, I was looking for another job which were in another state. I didn’t hear anything back from the other position, so at the end of september i resign a new 12 month lease. At the end of October i was offered a position with my current empmloyer that is located in another state. I went to the landlord to see what i can do to get out of my lease that just started. She told me to sub-lease or find someone looking for an apartment. I need to know what can i do now? I’m financially hurting too, because I have to drive 115 miles one way.
I went to the landlord office to get a copy of my lease for 2007.
The landlord refused to give me a copy of the lease and put a 3 day eviction notice on my door for false information for criminal conviction of a felony 3 months later in 2007.
All felony charges where dismissed in 2003. I do not have any felony charges. I served 90 days for a misdemeanor (m1) that I completed in 2003.
The Manager filed a Civil suit and evicted us without a forcible entry of detainer order. We did not get a trial. We did not get to talk to a judge. We don’t know what is going on.
Does a manager need Court order to evict us?
I live in Maryland and I moved into a trail now the landlord is telling I can’t have my family visit me and when they do she wants to evict me all the time because she thinks they are moving in. My sister came with her 5 grandchildren and she thought I was doing a babysitting job out of my home and I am 100% disabled she is driving me crazy she lives in the house in front of me and sits at the window and watchs everything that goes on at my house. I have been trying to find out if it is legal for her to tell me if I can have visitors or not or if I can have my family stay at my home for a night or two without being put out.
I have been living in the same apartment complex for seven years. Two years ago the complex was bought. After three year they decided they do not want to pay the whole water, sewer and garbage bill. They do not give a set amount in our lease but promised it would not be more than, who ever they told. Me it was no more than $15 per mo. It is not happening. It flucuates each month, I never know what my bill is going to be month to month. My current bill DOUBLED due to a water leak and now want US to pay for it. Do I have to pay for the leakage problem? I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
I signed a 6 month lease and when I went to move in the house is infested with roaches. I have left several messages with the landlord. We have yet to stay at the house because of this. What advise did you receive in your situation. Thanks for your time.
Myla
People come on now!! Do not give anyone advice stating it’s either your dog or your lease!! That is horrible!! I mean, I’m sure they know what it is going to come down to already! So, I think it is not right to say something like that!! Maybe you should say, well, you had your dog first, so you need to keep him in mind and keep him period!! People are in to quick of a hurry to give away their animals because of stupid landlords and their stupid rules!! You can always find a place that accepts animals, you just have to do some extra work looking into them!! Your animal IS WORTH IT!! CHOOSE YOUR ANIMAL, NOT A SPACE!
I lived in an apartment for 1 yr. Carpet was not new, it had to be stretched and cleaned before I moved in. It also was not tacked down on the edges, paint was around the edges to. Had a pat that was very sick, and did go in a area of another room, until I started keeping her in bathroom. They have replaced the carpet in the entire apartment and want me to pay for it. I admit, there was damage in the one area, but not 1200.00 worth. Am I entitled to proof of how much the carpet cost, how old the carpet was when I moved in, and proof that there was not a pet in the apt. before me?
Thanks!
i live with two other roommates. only one is on the lease because thats the way the landlord wanted it to be. it was ok for me and the other girl to be in the apt he just wanted to only deal w one person. i gave the girl on the lease my 30 days notice on nov 1st. i have a text from her stating that she would give me my deposit back once i have everything moved out and the keys are given back. ive moved all my things out and have given her the keys and now shes saying she will hold my deposit for a few days. does the text give me any legal rights? i have a copy of the check i gave her and she knows theres nothing damaged. info?
My Husband and I are renting an apartment in Wa. We moved in Sep. of 2006 and we just signed a new lease ending in Feb. Before our old lease was up, we were late on one of the months. But we did not get any kind of notice, until 5 months later and we were on a new leaes. I am writing to ask if it is legal for the apartment people to wait 5 months and then send a “late fee” notice?
Unfortunately it is technically his place. A signature is the bonding agreement in that case.
i gave the security deposit for my new apartment that i knew had to be repaired. the date they gave me was changed twice, now i’m frusterated because the holidays are coming and i still havent moved in! it has been 3 months since i gave my security deposit can i get my security back? are they allowed top take their time on repairing the apartment?
I just bought a condo and have come to find out that the seller knew that the people in the unit below were filthy and that they were infested with roaches. I am now infested with roaches. The condo association is now saying this isnt their problem its a “unit” problem. Do I have any legal rights?
WHEN I FRIST MOVED INTO MY TOWNHOUSE I WOULD PAY RENT UP FOR TWO MONTHS, 6 MONTHS INTO DOING THAT I STARTED PAYING RENT EVERY MONTH, IN MY LEASE THAT I SIGNED IT STATED THAT THE RENT WAS DUE ON THE 1ST AND BY THE 4TH IT WAS LATE, SO A LATE FEE WOULD BE APPLIED, AND AFTER THAT YOU HAD UNTIL THE 8TH BEFORE ANY LEGAL ACTION. FOR THE MONTH OF DEC MY RENT WAS ONE DAY LATE SO RENT PLUS LATE FEE WAS APPLIED, THE LANDLORD SENT ME A E-MAIL SAYING FOR NEXT MONTH RENT, IT HAD TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE 1ST OF JANUARY, OR HE’LL PUT LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST ME, CAN HE DO THAT?
To whom it may concern i will be renting my very first apartment in 2008, I am very exciting but the problem i have is my credit it’s very bad. what can i do or where should i start looking for a home please any info will help. Thanks
Greg Butler
I moved into my Apt. around Aug. of 2007. In the first week the water got turned off and shortly after the electricity was shut off. My roommate could not afford either of the bills, so I ended up putting both in my name. Since then I have paid all of the electric and the majority of the water and have never been compensated for any of it. Now that we are in Jan. 2008 I’m having financial difficulties and the landlord
called me this past Thursday and told me I had to be out immediately
or he’ll put my belonging’s outside. I do owe him two month’s rent, so I know I owe him, but I was under the impression that regardless he was required to give me 31 days notice.
The other problem is that even though I asked numerous times to be added to the lease it never happened. Can they just evict me or do they have to give me the time, and the landlord threatened to take me to court if I don’t get out.
I am in a bad place right now and have no idea what to do, I don’t have enough money to move to another apt. and no prospects to move in even if I could afford it. I am really lost. Could you tell me what the real deal is. Thank you!
HEY THERE JEN
I AM GOING THROUGH THE EXACT SAME THING RIGHT NOW..I AM IN COURT BECAUSE OF THIS AS WE SPEAK…GIRLFRIEND, IF ITS WORTH GETTING AWAY FROM THE LANDLORD, THEN GO FOR IT..SOMETIMES, ITS BETTER TO WALK AWAY FROM A FIGHT…GOOD LUCK!!!
While it is true that they can only spray with the residents permission. If it becomes an infestation then the management of your apartment is obligated to have the whole building tented. This means that the apartments will have to be vacant for to to three days, but it is well worth it.
If you just signed the lease and have not moved in yet you should be able to cancel it. Most states have a 72 hour cancel time period.
If the mold was black mold you have a court case because Black mold is very dangerous to your health. When you left the apartment community you should have received your deposit back. If it has been more than fourteen days since you moved out they now owe you twice the deoosit amount. Most states have a law that if yiour deposit is not refunded within fourteen then you are intitled to twice the amount. Check the law in your state and your doctor regarding the mold. If you are expierencing any health issues it could be contributed the the mold.
NEVER pay cash unless he gives you a receipt! There is definitely something wrong if he is wanting cash. If you are still tied to a lease read it and see if it gives you any other payment options. Start paying him with a money order it is just as good as cqash aned you will have a record.
By law they must give you 24 hours notice before entering.
Under the Residential/Landlord Tenant Act this falls under a health and safety issue and is grounds for termination of the lease agreement. Check it out the apartment ciommunity has breached your lease agreement.
Check with fairhousing because by there standard which is who makes the law it is 3 people to a one bedroom, 5 people to a two bedroom.
I fell on the ice 2 days ago at my apt parking lot and am in major pain. Can’t drive, hard to breathe. I’ve seen my dr. and am on pain meds and have not been able to drive my car and today can’t go to work since the pain is now worse 2 days later. I contacted the manager who said to contact the owner who said that he was going to consult an attorney before he talks with me. They did not put any sand or salt down even though we had ice here since Tue morn. I had asked for an accident report(yesterday morn) so I can at least fill that out and so far they haven’t given me one.
y family and I moved into a great apartment on September 15th, 2007. We paid first, last and 1/2 month on that day. On October 1, November 1st and December 1st, we paid 2000. On December 28th we were given an eviction from the Mortgage Co. saying the “landlords” house was sold by auction in November unknown to us……….. Any recourse my husband is handicapped and 65 years old…….
my lease was ended and I sent a notice to my landlord that i was moving, along with the last months rent. I got a letter from the landlord and instead of returning my deposit of 300.00 he sent a bill for 700.00 saying that he had the carpet fumigated and other things. I left the apartment cleaner than when I moved in. He’s a crook and is trying to charge me instead of giving my deposit back. Is there anything I can do?
i am on housing. ctcog lost my paperwork in december. since august, i have had to pay full rent with some difficulty being a single parent( which is why i initially applied for housing) and trying to get some financial assistance.i have since received an eviction letter because i could not afford to pay another full months rent. then there was a fire and it was discovered that there was never a battery in the smoke alarm. what are my rights?
can you be evicted during the winter months i thought there was a law against that
I was being evicted, and went to court for the eviction. I was able to pay the back rent to my landlord, but 3 days after paying I was evicted anyways. Is this legal?
Is in necessary to sign a new lease every year or can the original lease be updated for the current year or years?
DEBRA! HELP! I NEED AN APT THAT ACCEPTS DOGS SHES 7 YRS OLD LAB RETRIEVER MIX MEDIUM SIZE BUT WEIGHS ABOUT 60IBS I CANT PAY MOR THAN 800 A MO. PLEASE, I LIVE IN MEDFORD, OR #541-621-5432 ANY HELP WOULD BE GOOD.THANK YOU!
I am being kicked out because I am making more then is allowed by section 42, I qualified once and it has only been 7 months since I qualified. I just renewed my lease and they are asking me to re-certify and told me if I don’t qualify I would be kicked out in 30 days. They are also forcing me to re-certify like the same day I got the notice. I thought I had a year…. is this legal? if they evict me do I have to pay early termination because I bettered my life? I feel like I am getting shafted cause I got a better job, I would think that I would at last get to finish out my lease and just not renew after that what can I do?
I live in a month-to-month rental (no lease or agreement). I routinely have trouble with the neighbors above me (vandalism, theft, harrassment, etc) and try to avoid them. Unfortunately, they are related to one of the building’s owners. The landlord has told me that I am not allowed to call the police when they cause trouble. He suggested that I would be evicted if I did. Is this legal? I feel he is discriminating against me because I am not Portuguese (they all are), which also seems less than legal.
I moved into my apt. on Dec.7 and paid prorated rent. In Jan I could not pay my rent due to loss of my job so I asked for an extension but could not pay then either. I also went past the Feb 5th rent date but paid in full on Feb.9 plus extra to get ahead. However my landlord on the 8th a judgement was issued and I received a letter today Feb11 that says I must vacate by midnight on the 19th. They are keeping my money but I am being forced to move out is this leagal? 615-942-9926
What kind of rights do renters have to preserve the ability to live in peace? I’m a solid tenant of almost 7 years, pay my rent on time, and don’t disturb other tenants. The manager and his wife have a nasty habit of slamming the office door at all hours of the day and/or night. Since I live in the apartment over the office, I’m constantly disturbed by their mini-earthquakes. I’ve spoken with them and sent a letter. Promises have been made to change the behavior, but the slamming continues. This has been occurring since December of 2006. Do I have any rights or recourse in this matter?
laurel,what city,state do you live ln? Perhaps you can find an apt for independant living in a senior facility definately not a nursing facility.Unlesss needed?
Does my landlord have the right to force me to remove the chain lock on my apartment door? (the ONLY door)
All tenants received a letter yesterday stating the Fire Department “needs to be able to get into an apartment without having too many obstructions.” “If you or a family member cannot take the lock off, please contact the office to have them removed.”
I have a sense of well-being because of this lock and use it every evening, as well as when my grandchildren stay with me. I usually don’t complain about things, but this disturbs me.
Connie Cushman
Rome Towers
I’m thinking about moving to Florida this year and rent an apartment. The problem is my credit is not very good. I have old debts charged off from more than 5 years ago when I had some huge financial issues. I have no evictions at all. What exactly do landlords look for in your credit? Where I live, they just don’t do credit checks, so I’m not familiar with this procedure for apartment renting. Also, I’m legally married, but will be moving by myself. Should I notify the landlord about my husband?
help, i found another place that is bigger for me and my 2 kids and my fiance. the only thing is that on the lease it said that if we move out we have to give them money to our lease is up. then it said that if we have a good reason that we might be able to brake the lease. what should we do so we can get this house and at least half our deposit
signed lease to rent apt. for $1040/month.before moving in decided not to move. gave notice to mgr. she said we would be billed a $884 reletting fee and billed for time apt. was not rented. recd. a bill for $13,676 to be revised when rented.we are on socialsecurity and cannot afford this. any ideas? ty
I signed a lease and changed my mind in less than 24hours. Now the apts want me to pay $350 to break the lease and pay rent until someone moves in, unless I find someone before the lease starts. The thing is, the lease doesn’t start until August and I haven’t even been assigned a unit. HELP!! I thought there was a 24 hour grace pd in Texas!
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I have noisy neighbors that I need to get rid of. The Manager of the Apartment Complex says I have to call the cops and file a complaint…what happens then and what can I do to speed this up? The music is so loud, its over my television and they now thumped the ceiling because I complained. Help!
my son signed the lease and put down 1200.00 on an apt. with my name and his brothers as living there also. now my son is in jail and i do not think he will be out by our move in date. what are my rights? Am I able still to move in?
My husband and I are living in an apartment with about 6 months left on the lease, but just recently someone tried to break into the apartment. We called the super and he fixed the door and changed the locks the next day but we don’t feel safe anymore, and we suspect that it was someone in the building. Its a huge building maybe a couple hundred units so its possible. But would it be legal to break our lease.
i had work done in my apartment and we found mold in the wall and i want to move now due to the health effects it will have on my 2 year old daughter but i just signed a year lease how can i get out of here????
I’m not a 100 percent sure but you an probably contact department of health and human services and they should be able to direct you as for what to do on the roach situation also the department of agriculture trade and consumer protection can help.
dear apartment liveing im new at this but i would like to get my story in i would like to know if a landlord could go back on her word saying that i could move into outher apartment after the people moved out of it because wheare i am at now in saxtons river vt i have tryed to get rid of the rats and mouse proublum because she wont take care of it i had made many complaints and still nothing has gotting done about it and i have kids and cant cook in my oven because it smells really bad and i cant keep food in my home because they eat right how everything please give me some edvise thank you so much cindy burke
Debra
I am one of those “landlords”. I love animals, but they smell and tear up things and basically cost me more as a landlord. So I don’t want them in my rentals. It’s spelled out on the lease and people always try to sneak them in. I have one couple removing a a dog and a cat. Not my problem. They signed a lease.
I have lived in my apt. for 8 months. I’ve just been informed that when my lease is up July 1, 2008 my rent is going up 200.00. My question is can I leave befor the lease is up due to this? I have found other 2 bdrm apts for alot less and would like to now move. I don’t think they were gonna tell me till right befor my lease was up. What would happen if I left befor my lease was up? Thank you
My lease was not up until April the 15th. I paid my rent. I ask if I could move out on the 1st and paid for the 1 day first they said it was ok but then they turn around and told me that I had to paid up until the 15th. I told then I would paid until the 15th but I would not turn in the keys until then. I went to my mail but on the 3rd and they put a sign. Signing DO NOT PUT ANY MAIL IN THIS BOX VACANT. So I feel the termiated my lease on the 3rd even throught I paid until the 15th. That sign should have not been in by mailbox.
I just found out today that an apartment we lived in reported on my credit/ background check that I was evicted. We moved within the same bldg from a 1 bedroom to a 2 bdrm when we found out that a baby was due. They state that I was evicted from the first unit, not the second.If we were evicted from one, how then did we move to another? I have both leases showing all move in/out dates. Also I got a nice letter from one of the leasing people after we moved from the 2nd one telling me if I needed anything to give her a call.They ruined my credit lied,forged my signature on a moveout checklist.How much can I sue for?
My girlfriend and I looked at an apartment two weeks ago and fell in love. The property manager told us we could move in on the 15th of May – we applied and left a deposit check. The check was cashed immediatly and our application was approved.
A different property manager from the same company called and said since the apartment was available may 1st, we had to move in then. I consulted with my girlfriend and we confirmed with the landlord that may 1st will do.
It’s a week later. The landlord has not furnished a lease. They won’t return my calls. What gives? What do I do?
I am trying to rent an apartment from your website but don’t live in the same city. The owner is asking for the deposit to secure the apartment but I haven’t seen it. Is there somewhere I can ask about the owner and how can I get a phone number to call as reference?
This is as sincere an asking for the communitie’s help in saving my ‘keester’, and that of ‘Jasper’ the cat. Goes something like this:
- I am not WATCH [WSP]/ nor Justiceinformationnetwork;system or whatever guy that is currently being called the PREDATOR; CHILD MOLESTOR; MONSTER; KILLER; DRUG DEALER; MEMBER OF SOME ILLUMINATTI OR LUMINATTI; nor am I
- the man who failed to protect his family from harm;
- I am the man who, thanks to a transposition of one two numbers is in “000689″; or: 000608-8″; or: heaven only knows by now _ what I am is the guy who stuck up for himself “…000698..” HELP!!
Yes I had put in an application for a TwnHm that is not yet available till the end of the month- now the landlord said if I get approved I can put a holding deposit on it but I can’t look at it until after the current resident moves out, what are my rights with viewing the apartment before putting a hold on it and if I don’t like it can I get my holding deposit back?.. also how often are the carpets suppose to be changed and the appliances replaced?
Thankyou
I’m in a situation right now with an apartment. My roommates and I signed and returned the application with the application fee and security deposit. They told us in the event we changed our minds, the security deposit is refundable. We receieved a phone call saying we’ve been approved, but no apartment was yet available for us. We DON’T want to live there anymore and returned to tell them and asked about our security deposit, which now they say is non-refundable, when initially they said it was. We didn’t sign a lease, contract, anything, and have no written documents of approval. how do we get it back?
I’m trying to get back my security deposit after deciding I don’t want to live at this apartment. I only signed an application and turned in the required application fee and security deposit, which they initially told us was refundable. Now they’re saying its nonrefundable. However, we never received any written documentation of approval, never signed a lease or contract, nothing. So under the right of rescission I should be allowed to get my security deposit back. PA law allows 72 hours to cancel any legal contract without loss of monies. A lease is a contract, not an application. HELP!!!
Im moving to my first apartment and i keep finding realtors who want to see my bank account for the past year. i just find that to be a bit too invasive for me. Do i have to provide that? most realtors just wanted to see pay stubs or a letter from my job stating my income. what should i do if they ask for my checking account?
Hello,
I’ve moved in this apartment as of 4/1/2008. The night of that day I heard the machine noisy all night with few minutes laps. Since then I’ve complained it to the management office twice. They said the noise comes out from the utility room which is next door of mine. Specially , during night time, I frequently wake up because of noise. I did even record the sound. Yesterday, I visited the magment office and realized the noise also is making when ever the elevator is working. Can you imagine how may times the elevator works a day and I have to hear the sound of it? Can I file the compained with IHA about this?
Help!
I am at my wits end! I have a problem with maintenance coming into my apartment and taking very personal clothing. When I discovered it I requested in writing that I be notified to allow me to be present. This only made matters worse. Now maintenance has been harrassing me by sneeking in and leaving my freezer ajar, placing cigarette butt on floor, etc. There has been so many instances that if I was only half right in suspecting them it a wonder that I haven’t lost my mind. Is there somekind of locking device that would not require put holes in walls or doors? Please help!
I have moved into my first apartment with my boyfriend and our two kids (Oldest is 2 and youngest is 3 months). BUT, since we have moved in, there has been roaches!!! ALL OVER THE PLACE! No matter how much we complain or bug spray, we STILL HAVE them. Our neighbors have them, (Both sides of us, and below us and the complex across form us have them too) Do you think I can get out of my lease for health issues?
I have been staying in a low income apartment for two years now.I pay no rent but I also receive a utility check every month.I was receiving $94.00 a month but I was dropped down to $13.00.The landlord asked for a copy of my child support income.My child support shows that I only get $250.00 a month.She tells me you have to go by what the court orders.The court orders $500.00 a monthbut I don’t receive that. I thought a low income apartment goes by what income you receive not by what you was order.Is she right?
My son is being paroled from prison, he is a registered sex offender, I am attempting to find an appartment to rent for him that is not near a school, day care, park or youth center in Van Buren or Ft. Smith AR. can you help me find one?
i moved into an apt in march in mastic,ny and it has mold growing in the walls. you can see it very clearly. all my clothes and shoes got destroyed by this and my sons clothes got destroyed.my son has asthma and i had to send him to a friends house because it will trigger his asthma,the land lord wont do anything but come and collect the rent.we very little clothes now. i have to buy us new clothes for the winter. i want to know does she have to pay for my things?
i moved into an apt in march and the windows dont open we have no smoke detectors and the windows are very small.the bathroom has no windows or fan my sons room has no windows init. now the apt is growing mold and destroyed all our winter things(clothes,coats)i have to buy us all new things.the apt gets so hot till we cant breathe. the boiler is giving off a very foul egg smell.my son has asthma and my landlord fails to fix the problem. i want to know am ientitled to my money back in rent that i been paying and or for the things that i lost? the cos of everything is about $600?
you should have asked about a pet before moving in. If the company policy is a no pet policy & you don’t fall under any of the fair housing laws (RE: pets) than you must move at your expense or give the pet to someone else.
My son and his g/f are looking for an apt. She has very bad credit and my son has excellent credit. I have advised my son not to have his name associated with hers because it could drag his credit down. 1.Am I correct?
2. Would it be a mistake to have him sign a lease without her name on it? 3. Do most landlords require all tenants sign the lease? I don’t think this would happen, but if 2 people are on the lease,could each one just pay their half directly to whomever it’s payable and if it’s late pmt, then who would be nailed for late fee and reported to credit bureau? Thank you
Curious Mom
Please help me. My apartment has Forged signature on my six month lease to a year and half lease. I took a lease out of six month and its expires this year on October. I went to give written 6 weeks notice and I found out that I have a year and half lease. I never signed noting like and the signature is noting like my signature. What can I do?
I’ve lived at my apartment for almost a year this october. i had to find a new place because the area is just not the best. i have heard gun shots in the middle of tghe night and see drug deals going on in front of my face. my neighbors ask me for money and rides all the time. i am moving out of my place a month early because of this promblem. i can’t afford to pay rent in both places so my new place comes first. with this hurt my cerdit? and will they take me to court for the money for the last month rent?
I have been bought out by new owners in my complex and have not signed a lease with the new owners, Am I under a legal lease agreement with the new owners with nothing being signed? My lease expired 3 years ago and am now under a month to month lease. I have never renewed my old lease.
ok me and my boyfriend have been living in our apartment for a year we pay 823.00 for a one bedroom well our lease is up and i came across a paper stating the great move in specials that they are having and foe the same exact apartment that we live in the rent says its only 655.00 a month so i went to the office and asked the manager if we could have the same rates that they are giving to the new people moving in since we were gonna renew our lease anyways well she told me no that it didnt apply to us! is it right that she does that
no you don’t because i feel you should of ask questions first.
yes she can do that to make sure she has the right tenant
it is illegal because god forbid it’s a fire how will you get out
I have moved in a place and shortly after signing a lease I found out there was a rat in the house. Some other rats and mice were seen as well….and the landlord does not want to call exterminators…neither he covered the wholes (he promised) that are everywhere in the house and rats can come in every time. This makes me want to move…but he will take my deposit if i break the contract. What can be done for this? Can i sue him to give me back my deposit?…Pls. Help…i am desperate in this house….
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My son’s lease will be up in May,2009 but he is wanting to get out of it asap! He is going to school and working. Unfortunatly the friend he is living with has had a big change in his personality and lifestyle. Things just aren’t
the way they started out to be. Is there a clause or any other way out of his lease before May? Possibly by the month of October,2008 We are desperate for answers!
I am living in an apartment that i have been in for over a year, I recently had a family emergency and am unable to pay for October’s rent as you can see today is 09/25 I was just wondering what i should expect as far as a fine or if you think legal will be involved i have called and left a message since i am never able to reach her, i explained the situation my grandmother was in the hospital and i had to pay some of the bill because she could not. Please any feedback would be great i am so nervous
I moved into a 55+ community in Florida in June. In May they notifed residents that they were now renting to persons under 55 but over 18. I did not receive this notification prior to signing the lease. Do I have any rights here or are they all the owners/landlords? I want to break my lease.
I have lived in my apartment building for 4 years now. I got my dog while living there. It has been okay with my landlord all along. Now that is time to sign a new lease he is trying to make every one in the whole appartment complex get rid or their pets. Do we have any rights, considering he okayed us to get our dog in the first place.
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I have been living in my apartment for 3 years.A tenant with a three year old moved upstairs about 6 months ago. The noise is awful.I have informed her verbally on several occassions that there was too much noise and it was disturbing me and my family.I have had guests and was embarraced when it sounded like something was coming through the ceiling and the light in the dining room shook.There was a tenant with a child the same age as her child living up there when I moved in, but they never disturbed me in any fashion.It has gotten to the point that I am becoming very angry about the noise.HELP ME PLEASE
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We are having lots of problems with work, money. So that means we cannot pay for our rent. And we want out of our lease. But they told us we can opt out by paying 2,000 dollars and giving a 30 day notice. If we don’t have the money for rent how do they expect for us to pay that ammount. Is there anything we can do, to get leagal Help, or anything else we can do.. Please Help..
Salinas, CA
You should have been paying your water bill on time, but to answer your question: You will have to increase your rent payment so that it equals your normal rent amount plus the amount of your overdue water bills.
My question is this, I rented an apartment and when I moved out they said I had to replace all the flooring! I said ok but I want reciepts for it all, I havent heard back from them at all. Do i have a right to get those reciepts since I am paying for it? and how long do they have to get them to me if so? I havent heard from them in over a year. Every time I call they say they dont have the reciepts at their office and will let me know when they do, I am afraid they have put this on my credit… Any ideas?
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i was just wondering if theres any way i can find an apartment with a felony????
I recently signed a lease for an apartment but the developer I am renting the apartment from has not yet signed the lease and returned a copy to me. I have not yet moved in but was anticipating moving in in two weeks. It has been over three weeks since I submitted the lease. Is there a time limit that the developer has to sign the lease within? Or is there anyway for me to get out of the lease if he does not sign soon?
My daughter had paint dripped on her car from painters that were hired from the apartment complex. They said that they would take care of the damages. Several weeks went by, and someone came by and said that they would be distributing checks on the next saturday, the saturday went by and not check. I called the apartment complex to speak to someone they said I had to speak to the manager, she never called. Long story short, they have never paid, it is almost one year and now I am having trouble getting repairs done what can I do?
i thought i heard on the news that michigan rental landlords will be required to lower the renters rent until were thru with this worst crisis in over 20 years, did i mis hear this or is this on the drawing board with extra weeks of unemploymeny extentions if you live in michigan
I wrote a comment on 9/25 i have since been evicted and have been staying with my grandma to take care of her, when i moved out i got a bill of 1236.00 in damages and past rent , i feel that alot of the charges are bogus but i plan on paying it to get it over with, then 2 weeks later i got a court document stating that my landlord is now suing me for 2000.00 for the damages and past rent i do not feel that i owe this at all and am going back to court on 12/12 i have the original bill she sent me and plan on taking that in to court but i am not sure if it will help , what else can i do ?
A lease has not been signed between the landlord and i. Does that mean she can kick me out at any time or would i get notice ? I have been there for over 30 days. Ft. Lauderdale Florida.
I have been at my current apartment for going on 2 years now and haven’t had a problem until recently. A new tenant has moved in and has let it be known to my girlfriend and I that he enjoys hanging out on my downstairs neighbor’s patio because he can look up my girlfriend’s skirt as she walks down the stairs, and because at times he can hear us when we’re intimate. We have also caught him looking through our window several times, but never knocking on the door. I have notified the community manager who talked to him, but the problem still persists, making us very uncomfortable. Can we break the lease over this?
I have a problem i need help 1/13/09 i had a flood in my apartment which damage my bed and the rugs got all wet. Well they replace me in another apartment temporary until they fix the problem which it took the next day to fix and they are trying to dry the rugs and have someone come out to wash the rugs. But my problem is there is a awful smell in the apartment and they already want me to move back in the apartment and won’t change me to another apartment at all. The unfortuately i already sign my lease for another year before this happen to me. What could i do any advice what action i could take?
I live on 2nd floor and the people above walk very heavy and floors are very squeeky. Above will spent hour constantly walking in room above my bedroom.This many times is in middle of night. Ask complex for help or let me out of lease and nothing.I am woken up at least 3 nights aweek. What can I DO.
On Oct 30th my place was condemned. since then we have been working on get our stuff out of there. We went there today Feb 3 we were finally able to start moving our stuff out again. and the landlord broke in and throw my cats out and padlocked the door. Can a landlord do that and can the collect rent on a condemned place?
I just moved from a unit in the same complex as the one I moved into (right downstairs). the landlord did a walk through and cleared for inspection. She had us hire her guy to clean the floors and we did. He cleaned them and she is not happy with the outcome (could not remove certain stains) we signed our new lease 4 days before the carpet was cleaned. Now she wants to charge us a third of the cost of the carpet which is $402. Are we expected to pay this? Please let me know!
Hi,
I live in Washington State, in a large apartment complex, and just found out that there will be garage inspections tomorrow. The owners do not want the garage to be used for storage (a couple boxes), just for vehicles. Do they have a right to make this demand? If so, to what extent can they control how we choose to live?
Thanks.
I live in Pennsylvania. Recently my landlord let himself in after knocking but still no notice ahead of time. My roomate was scared to death bothbecause of the entry and the fact we where robbed awhile ago. She didn’t want to answer the door because she was alone and did not know who it was. Please Please help. Can he do that?
I live in Brooklyn in a three floor apartment. recently we got a new landlord and he seemed presentable and kind. i lived sharing a floor with my roomate who eventually moved. when the l/l came he said for me to move down into the basement because he was moving in on my floor. i didnt mind because i would have more space for myself. when i moved down and started paying my rent he said that renting basements was illegal and so i cant get any receipt. so far the basement is falling apart and leaking even though it was in good condition before and i dont know what to do next!
i have been living at a property for about 4 years i recently moved to the other side of the duplex my landloard is trying to charge me for cleaning old carpet that was in the same condition when i moved in as they were when i left she is trying to charge me for smoke dectors that worked when the apartment was inspected 1 month before i left the new family that moved in let me see the smoke dectors and they were the same ones from when i lived there what should i do can she charge me for all these things
Hi I live in an apartment and my girlfriend was over one night we argued and she accidentally broke my window, she offered to pay for it, the manager banned her from the entire complex… can he do this legally? can he tell me who can and cannot come to my apartment that I am paying rent for?
in august of 2009,my fiance and i started renting a home in which we were supposed to sign a 12 month lease…the landlord/slumlord never furnished such document…in the mean time over the past 5 months,we have had nothing but problems with this home and the landlord always takes his good ol time to respond and have repairs made.we have a new born child and use 2 spc heaters to heat the home,our washing machines doesnt work and landlord refuses to fix it…we gave him notice that we would be moving out on the 1st…he refuses to give the security deposit back!is this legal with no signing of lease?
I recently signed a short term lease in Florida and the landlord called and said a mistake was made on the amount of my pro rate. He has deposited both my first and security checks. Can he come back and ask for more money?It’s not my fault he did not do his math properly? Am I responsible for his mistake?
I moved into an apartment six months ago. The property had a security guard at the entrance as well as a roaming guard and was gated. After two months there is no longer a security guard and the property is no longer gated. What are my rights if any I moved here because the property was gated and had security guards.
I had an apartmetment was forced to move since the landlord would not fix a flooding problem. I did sumbit my noticed 60 prior to moving due to my lease and time to find a place to live. They apartment had mold so bad you could smell it, and I was having health issues due to that. The landlord was difficult to get a hold of to had in the keys. I finally got the keys to him 4 months afterwords, and is now threatening me that I will be served at work due to damage and rent since I could not get in touch with him to turn in the key can he do that? and what would you advise.
My sister-in-law just paid $1,100.00 security deposit to move in to an apt on june 15th. The lady who is not the owner wants to charge her a full month’s rent for the month of June. I don’t think she should since she was told she can move in on the 15th which is already the middle of the month. Does any 1 agree that this is unfair?
you can go to your local city hall and go to community development dept. You can also go to a legal aid which is free to you in your town if they have one.
Am wanting to lease a nice 3/2.5 townhome built in 1981 presently mngt by a leasing company. Nice area for my girls & me. The problem lies in the CARPET–it is stained from the 1st floor up to the 2nd floor and back. How can I negotiate legally for some form of discount from the leasing mngt? I do not mind replacing it, but if I am just leasing, I should have some form of reimbursement for replacing it– beforeI sign the lease. Is that possible?
I recently rented a 2bdrm, 2 bath unit. In the advertisement for this unit, the landlord has included a stove and refrigerator. Is the landlord liable if the appliances are damaged and they are not replaced. I was allowed to purchase my own appliances but was not given a rental credit for doing so.
When i moved out of my last apartment (rented by Valley Properties)I requested to be there when a walk-through was conducted and I have that in writing, however the walkthrough was done without my knowledge and I was charged for a paint job that was not needed. Who do you go to when the courts won’t help?The owner (Steve) refused to speak to me when i called he said either i paint the kitchen or he’s going to charge me for it)
My mother has lived in her rented home over 1 year. She renewed the lease 1/10. During the first year florida had a dry summer where we didn’t get a lot of rain. This year, it has rained more than last year. It appears that the house has a bad leak somewhere when it rains. 2 bedrooms are taking in water and we can not find the source. The landlord pulled out the carpets and advised her to not use the rooms but that she couldn’t afford to have the problem fixed or even looked at by an expert. What are her rights? Shouldn’t the landlord be held responsible for the repairs ASAP?
Hi,
I was on sublease name. But i stayed in apt.just for 5 months. A person who was staying there whose name is on lease left when i came here as he had to leavw within 1 week as his offc was moving and he was staying there from last 1 year. I moved out from that appartment as lease got over.
So now lease office inspected the appartment after our moving out and sent a bill for amount $250.00 putting different damages charges. Please advice as i was there only for 5 months and the more they have charged for mold in Bathroom, but it was already there when i came. So do i have to pay the whole amount or that person???
i was curious with the laws in louisiana if i fufilled my lease and the lease was never renewed. i rented for an extra month(just sent money in) and in the lease it says i must give a 10 day notice to move out but i have fufilled the lease. if i dont give him a 10 day notice can he keep all of my deposit?
my bathtub water does not turn off all the way so therfor my hotwater heater is constantly working overtime witch as a result has made my power bill sky high I have reported the problem with the rental office/maintenence several times and they have not so much as come look at the problem let alone try to fix it. I dont think i should be held responsible to keep paying the outstanding power bill/rent for a problem that is not my fault, Am i?
I just recently applied for a mortgage. I was turned down because the apartment complex reported something negative on my report. I was told today that I had the same name as another prior renter. Can I sue the apartment complex for this since they had my social security number? How could they confuse the two, right?.
I moved into this apartment and shortly after lost my job. I just started another job and am waiting for my first check. Last month mysteriously after the apt manager came to conduct an inspection my Ac went out. I called for a maintence man to come and fix it he did. Well just monday they came to place a notice on my door about overdue rent and mysteriously the Ac went out again. Its 90 degrees in my apartment and I live in San Antonio Texas i have asthma that is induced by extreme heat and they have yet to fix it.they say by law they dont have to fix it but they dont have to break it either.so are they right???!!!!
are they allowed to break your ac on purpose and not fix it just because you owe rent?
I have lived in my apartment for almost 3 years. its a low income place. My income has changed a few times and i have had to sign paper work numerous times. They have not figured out the amount i owe clear back to January and i think its because they probably put my file to the side and forget about it. First question is how far back can they charge back pay? Second question how long do they have to configure an amount from the time you sign annual paperwork? Some ones help would be great. I called a lawyer and had to leave a voicemail. I cant find a number for renters advocacy in Alaska.
I have a friend that lives in an apartment and there is a business underneath which is the landlords business he is storing a very large amount of gas and diesel fuel in the garge which is under the three apartments which makes her very nervous I was just wondering if that is legal for him to be doing this My friend says it is at least 150 gallons of gas and 150 of diesel Im worried!
hi there, i’m living in an aprt & recently the management decided to paint all the facades of all apart blocks & of course its a welcoming news to all tenants. But, the paint job involves painting it in white colour to all balconies including the interior of my balcony of which i feel that the interior part of my balcony is my own property & the management has no right to encroach into my territory to decide what colour i should paint. Moreover, i
‘ve already painted the interior part part of my balcony with light Grey when i moved in. They use house rules to reject my appeal. Need your urgent advice.
i moved into these apartments about 2months ago and the smell is disgusting…i complained to the tenants and they never fixed the issue. Now i hear rats in the ceiling and in walls.. they said they will move us in a different apartment number but have to pay for a new deposit. Why do i have to pay for a deposit again when this isnt my fault???
My apartment was rented after I signed my renewal addendum and they wanted to move me to another apartment or I would need to leave. Never payed my rent late or any complaints from my neighbors. I feel this is a discriminated act aganist myself and my family and would like to know if there is any legal action that I can take.
I live in a apt complex for 10 years. I pay 788 a month. my rent goes up every year. I just noticed in the newspaper that they are renting 1 bedroom apt. like i have in my complex for 738, and I have been here 10 years. This doesn’t seem fair to me, Is there anything I can do about this?? I do have a lease. please let me know if I have any options? thank you
Dear Apartments.com,
I moved into a appartment almost 3 mounths ago. I have a pittbull and he is vary friendly. When i moved in the managment at the time loved him and didnt mind him at all. So my old lady and I thanked her for letting us move in because we couldnt find a place that would take him. Now we got a new land lord and she said that we have to get reed of him are move out pluse have to pay $250 for pets. We sind a contract that says n/a for net to pet fees. I just want to know if they can kick us out like this when we sinded a countract that says we have him and that dosent say we have to pay extra. Ty
TIM
Neighbor in next building from mine apt. she been living in this apt for about 15 years was told yesterday she has to move into a 1 bedroom apt. & she has less then 7 days to do it. My question is: How is a handicap woman supposed to move out in 7 days? If she doesn’t move out within the 7 days she will be evicted. The apt. she is in a townhouse upstairs and downstairs with full basement and her basement is filled with her belongings. Her kids are all grown that is why they told her she had to move into a 1 bedroom apt. Which I think they should wait until after Christmas!
is it against the law for the manager of my apartments to give me a 60 day notice so they can repair plumbing problems?couldnt they move me into a different apartment?and i was the only one to get a notice.
I was recalled to active duty and submitted notice to my apartment complex in VA early March 2011. My orders came down to the wire towards the last week of March stating that I had to report to WV. They advised that I would still have to pay for a month of rent which would be for April. I agree. However, they feel they need to see my dd214 because when i signed my lease I was not in the service anymore. I disagree with them needing it. I sent them my orders but they want the dd214. My old complex insists without it I would have to pay for 2 months rent. Please help.
HELLO i have been living in my apartment for about 9 months now and i have a new born baby and one day i was getting the mail and my neighbors very mean dog attacked me while i was holding my daughter! the same lady was sued last year over a dog bite, so my question is can i get out of my lease early cause i dont feel safe i got stitches in my hand and 2 fingers are seriously damaged,every time i go out side it tries to lung at me! can i get out im seriously afraid for my life
I put a deposit on an apartment on the first floor. My friend lives on the 5Th floor and her rent is only $10.00 more than mine and she has a 2 bedroom, and the one I put a deposit on is a 1 bedroom plus a den. She moved in 7 months ago from when I put down a deposit. Who gets to decide how much the apartment goes for rent?
My daughter is renting an apartment owned by her college in Kansas City. They told us (in writing by email) the contract starts August 1st and we have been billed for the entire month. However, they are telling her she can’t move in until the 17th of August. We confirmed that we had the facts correct. She has not signed a lease but made an application and has been assigned an apartment. Can they insist we pay rent then deny her access to the property we are paying for?
My daughter is renting an apartment owned by her college in Kansas City. We have in writing (per email) that the contract starts on August 1st and we have been billed for the entire month. However, she is being told she can not move in until the 17th of August. She has not signed a contract but has made application and has been assigned an apt. Can they require us to pay for the rent then deny her access to the property we are paying for?
my husban two boys, and myself live in an hud assisted apartment and sewage backup has caused our aprtment to flood three times in the last month. This last time feces was flooded throghout our house and we have alot of damage to our property. This sewage problem was supposibly fixed yet it has occured even more severe again. will the landlord be responsible for property replacement
we reside in an hud apartment and it has had sewage backup which has caused flooding in our apartment, will they pay for any property damage
I’M BEING SUED FOR RENT AT THIS APARTMENT BUT I NEVER MOVED IN I CONTACTED THEM TO LET THEM KNOW I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO TX INSTEAD OF GA THE PERSON I TALK TO SAID OKAY I THEN FIND OUT LATER THEY ADDED AND MONTHS RENT ON MY CREDIT REPORT I CALLED THEM BACK THEY TOLD ME THE PERSON I TALK TO IS NO LONGER THERE SO I HAVE TO PAY
my husband and i filled out apps. for an apartment which included a backround check. my husband has a felony on his record and in the lease it stated felons aren’t allowed on the property. they let him move in. 7 months later we tried to get the lease put in his name they asked if he had any felonies and he did which they knew about we were told he wasn’t supposed to be on the property that he had 3 days to leave. so we left and i recieved a bill for the remaining months should i have to pay that when they kicked us out? and isn’t that against the law to kick someone out for something they knew about when they moved in
Im not 18 yet I will be in 3 months and I was seeing even though Im not 18 can I still be on the lease bec I do want to be responsable for everything that gose on
Found an apartment I liked back in July, but was not available until Sep. I put a small deposit down to hold it. They gave me my new address prorated rent amount etc. 10 days before I was to move in they called to say the apt was not available. Next available apt now wasnt until oct. Already arranged for time off, truck etc.to move in Sept. Do I have any recourse and is this practice illegal. I did not sign a lease but put money down to hold it.
I live in Arlington VA and just recently broke up with my gf and moved out of the apartment about a month and a half ago. I drafted a letter stating I wanted to be released from the lease and we both signed and dated it and it was turned in. The two people I have been working with told me I was off the lease and it was taken care of. Long story short, after about 45 days of trying to get a copy of my lease for personal records, They still haven’t given me any of my documents and the apt. manager says that a roommate release form does not necessarily release me from the lease. What are my rights in this situation?
So my x husband s living in the same apartments as i do and we have two boys together my son just told me about the secretary and his dad having dinner and such together and now they lady in the office is starting to act like a bitch to me what can i do?
Ihave a question. Okay so I just moved in to some apartments in Chula Vista. They supposably consider this a one bedroom. Only that the bedroom has no door and what they call a wall is a permanent shelf that doesn’t even go all the way up . By law can they charge me for a one bedroom if in realty that should be a studio?
QUESTION: PLZ HELP… the apartment i moved into back on august 1st 2011 is roach infested. 3 days after being there was when i discovered them. i am a single mom of a 10mth old and my other is due in 4-6wks (early due to stress) & we cant even stay there bc they r on everything. No one seems to want to help… they claim its only my building but wont move me to another one. i have been staying on my moms floor bc i cant go there & yet they will not cut my rent or let me not pay while fixing the problem (they say will be from now til dec.. thats how bad it is). what happens to me if they condem the building?
My apt has no kind of heating system my landlord says he is not responsable for getting one but i belive he is am i mistakin
My husband and I are renting an very expensive upscale apartment in Virginia Beach. When we moved in we were not told about the fact that they lease out to the Art Institute, so these apartments are used as dorms as well. After being here for a few months there has been all kinds of issues, trash being left every where, parties, things being broke, stuff being stolen (not our stuff), and the worst someone keeps urinating in our elevator and it happens on the weekend so since they don’t have anyone to clean it stays there till Monday. What rights if any do we have on this matter?
I have a pending DUI charge and I’m applying for apartments in Oklhaoma City. This is a bogus charge that I am fighting in court but just as well, it is still pending and shows up on a standard criminal background check. Is it simply impossible for me to find an apartmen under these circumstance? If I have my parents co-sign on the apartment, could I somehow bypass this? This is very frustrating because I have some nice places I would like to apply for but ofcourse don’t want to shell out the screening fee only to find out they can’t rent to me. Living with my parents is out of the question…Any advise?
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I just moved in a my apartment (4days ago) and i have noticed that it is full of mices. What can I do? I mean i either wanna get out of the lease or have them do something about this infestation.
help help help please
I signed a lease on 9/29/11 and on lease was effective 10/1/11. The landlord was renting the apts. before construction was even 75% complete. The apt was full of dust, 3 windows were broken and one with hole as large as bullet hole. I’m allergic to dust, dog & cat hair & many fibers. I started coughing in about 45 min. I told her I would have to break the lease because of the DUST & THE UNSAFE SURROUNDINGS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, AS THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN BY A ROCK OR SOMETHING FROM CONSTRUCTION.
DANGERS PLACE TO BE. THEY KEPT MY $265 dep for cleanup fee, I surrendered key 10/1/11. The kept my prepaid rent $645 also.
I have a “slumlord” in our neightborhood that rents houses that should be condemned. Are there laws in Kentucky from prohibiting him from doing this? He has a house that he just rented this week that has the floors actually in the dirt. The roof is ready to cave in, and the chimney is holding up by coat hangers.
If i paid 125 of 350 deposit and i didnt move in because i found an apartment closer to my job. the landlord says i cannot get that back because it was taken off the market and she turned down numerous people…i paid the 125 on a thur they are closed on the weekend i called back tue and now she is telling me i cant get that back is this right?
Michael
Oct 20, 2011
I lived in this affordable 2 bedroom apartment with my wife and kids over 27 years. I am retired and live here alone. Can the Landlord force me to leave my apartment and into a single apartment? My kids and grandchildren comes to stay with me periodically. Where would I put all my things I acquired over the years if that`s the case. What can I do to avert this from happening? Please advise
I was asked by a friend to move into her apartment with her. I told her no several times because I didn’t have money to pay the rent at that time. She said I would not have to pay. Now her other room mate is saying shes taking me to court for felony theft because I owe HER money. There was no verbal agreement or written agreement for me to pay she just invited me there. Can she really take me to court for that? She says I stole?
I actually have a question about heat controlled apartments in NJ. I wanted to know when the Heat in these types of apts has to be on. What is the latest date for it to be on and when is the earliest they can turn it off.
I need to know what constitutes a bedroom. I live in Louisiana, and am looking for a new apartment, but there will be three of us (my fiance and me, plus our 1 year old) but we cannot afford a 2 bedroom. Can a sunroom or dining area be transformed into a legal bedroom for a child if it has a window and outlet?
The last day to renew my lease is this coming monday on the 31st and I just renewed my lease yesterday the 28th. Now I have decided that I want to move to a new apartment due to the bad neighborhood.Can I get out of my new lease without any penalties and just move out when my fisrt lease ends which is the end of the coming December?
Ok so we renewed our lease for 2 years, we have about a year left, we also just got pre-approved for a Morgage and found a house we love, we spoke to the landlord to let us break it early, and noticed that my lease agreement was written by hand and doesn’t have all the “fixings” of a legal document. is this still considered a binding contract? Mind you we didn’t get a copy of it until today when we realized we never got a copy back from the landlord. any advice would be great!
Thanks
Ive been at my apartment now for 6 months and since ive moved in my 3 year old daughter has been getting bit by fleas Ive complained numerous of times set my own flea bombs did this twice never had a pet. I put in a couple of maintance reports about it and mold is also a big issue because Im allergic I would wake up to swollen eyes I havent had asthma since the sixth grade (got rid of it from running track) and now I need an inhaler to go to sleep i have two doctor notes for the mold and one for my daughters bites because its so bad I dont know what to do I dont even want to pay my rent no more i have 6 more months
I moved in my apartment 10/15/11 and was not pleased to see a damaged bath tub. I saw a model and there were no damages yet the apt I got was. So I complained and they said they would try to repair it. They did make it smooth, however, the tub has been painted and the color of this area is now a different color than the rest of the tub. By law does the apartment have to repair or replace the tub?
My question is that i applied for a apartment today and was denied because of my criminal background check. i have charges up against me but have not yet been proven guilty. can you still keep me from moving into an apartment when i am not proven guilty yet….
what happened to innocent until proven guilty
Niece is pregnant and due in 8 days. Baby was not suppose to be here until 1st week in Dec. Several severe medical problems for the mom and baby. Their lease is up and the landlord will not renew. They cannot find a place and relocate in the next 8 days. Are there and Ohio laws that can give them additional days now until after the baby comes to stay where they are?
I have been told by my landlord in ottawa, that picking up my dog’s droppings once a day, when there is daylight, at 4-4:30 when I am done work, is not enough. In addition, to keep other dogs/cats out of my backyeard and house, I put up a smow fence…not permanent; but they are saying that I have “altered: their property. Where can I find out what my rights are?
I was robbed at gunpoint at my own front door coming home Friday night. They took my purse and tried to push me into my apartment until my boyfriend came to the door. I want to get out of my lease because i am obviously not safe..not only did they see the car i got out of, but they also saw my apartment and everything in it. Should i be able to break my lease and should they have to pay up to a certain amount to get me another apartment? Please respond ASAP. Also, I am the 3rd or 4th female victim in the past 2 or 3 months and the complex has done nothing to fix it ie: cameras, gates, ect.
Hi, my lease states that i must give 60days notice before lease end date if i am not going to renew. I have been transferred out of state for work and was notified of the transfer 5 days after the 60days was up. I am now legally supposed to pay for an extra month of rent because of this. I cant afford a place if i move out of state and still have to pay here. Is there any legal way i can argue this insane 60day notice? Thank you.
I moved in with my son & wife. one day, her mother assaulted me in my apartment. I did not know what to expect after that from either her or her daughter, and feared staying there so I had my son agree to approve me signing off of the lease so that I could move. Does this issue entitle me to get my $700 damage deposit back or not? The landlord said I would have to get it from the son’s wife since she wrote the check for the deposit, but the manager at the time, requested the whole deposit be on one check!
i had an apt april 2009 through jan 2010 in louisville, ky. i broke my one year lease because from october til i left i had no heat and no matter how many times i called the office they would not come fix it. i never got my deposit and the company never tried to contact me at my previous address by mail to tell me they were sending the deposit, is it too late for me to try to get my deposit back now?
My neighbours are drug dealers and they prop open the security door 24 hours/day. I have 2 little kids who I fear for their safety when the door is open. Can I tell the landlord on them?
I live in an apartment and my name is the only one on the lease. I had roomates who turned out to be monsters a week before they were to move out and then decided to up and leave 2 days prior and want a refund for the 2 days. There is no written contract between us. I live in california, can they come after me for the money or can i forget it and ignore them as id like to?
hi.please i want to know if it is okay to rent a apartment and we are family mom-dad-2 daughter and bro in law is it legal thank u
i just want to know if there is a law saying that JD Homes have the rights by law to tow your car if the sticker is expired. Because my car was tow to the impound lot on november 28 without any warning or notice. Lucky one of the neighbor saw the tow truck or else we would have report it as stolen. When we went to quest the towing place they say exactly “Well we have a contract with JD homes that if any car that is parking in JD property with an expire tag or is parked in the same spot for more then 24 hour, by law we have the right to just tow it out. I want to see this law stating that JD have to right to tow any Fuck
My daughter is moving from her apartment at the end of the month. Her lease is up on December 31st. There have been incidents of theft and robbery on the property, by gun and knife point. There is no security and she is in fear of her safety. When the last incident of robbery by knife-point occurred in her building (1) floor below her, that was the final straw. No effort has been made to acquire security. She has asked on numerous occassions about it, police reports were filed regarding the incidents. They want her to pay extra money(450.00) because she didn’t give a 60 day notice. What are her rights.
Hi Apartments.com,
Management uses a master water meter for our complex and pays the water bill. Then they use a 3rd party to bill us for our portion of the bill. However, they are using this 3rd party to also bill us for a “trash fee” and “common area electricity fee.” After investigation, I found that management is only charging certain tenants for these fees (about $15 month). Is it legal for them to charge and add these fees in the middle of the lease as well as discriminate against who they choose to charge the fee to? Our lease says nothing at all about these fees.
My landlord in Anchorage Alaska is threatening to evict me because my neighbors assume I am doing something illegal because I work nights part time and and so I keep odd hours- can he do this, based on the neighbors paranoia?
I have moved into apt. with husband and 2 kids. We have not had hot water since we moved in which was 12 days ago. I have called several times and ent to office to turn in several work orders. All of the apts. are without water cause we have a boiler. they still keep giving me the run around about plumbers are doing estimates (not fixing) and no day insight to when we will have hot water. I do not have the money to move my family again since we hired movers and spent money to move in. What are my options? Do I have to pay rent if I do not have hot water. Apt complex pays water bill.
Hello:
I need some advice. We rented a house almost 6 months ago. Before we moved in we ask the land lord to clean the mold in the basement, He did with bleach. But now after time we are getting mold upstairs in 2 bed rooms and even in kitchen Cabinets..Is this some this that we can break our lease over. We are not sure we want to stay much longer and worried about health effects.
Please advise us Oh yes we are in Ohio.. Signed 1 year lease..
Thanks :
Lar
I’m living in a three bed room apartment, two people’s started making clash with us. Making some outsiders to occupy for the night.They are the main tenant and witness. We 3members are sub tenants. Now we feel to move from the apartment. Whether is it possible for 3of us to move? Will they make us to pay penalty or compensation? Pl reply me… Because I feel uneasy in facing conflicts daily.
I live in these apartment complex. On the lease it do said we have to pay for water, but it don’t say we have to share our water bill. We have 8 homes in one building. There are people who have two to three people living with them. They divide the water bill between everyone who lives in that building. The person down stairs can be using more water then anybody and still pay less. I don’t think this is fare. Is there anything I can do about this. I didn’t know about this until I got my rent statement. Thanks
I live in what I just found out is an illegal apartment. Now after 5 yrs the lanlord wants me out. Never signed a lease and always pay with cash and sometimes get a receipt. Where do I stand? I dont want to move.
i live in an apt complex in md . our mgmt co has changed and we have not been told that info .all paperwork coming from office still list our old co.after realizing this i inquired and was told by office that any matters can be handled by a gentleman identifying . he stated that e are under Hud, now w. what does that mean? matters of concern arr not being done or +not in a timely matter . What can be done to rectify this situation?the the property manager
After living in my apartment for 16 years, can I force my landlord to paint the inside of my partment? I have always paid my rent on time.
As the owner of a condo and having leased a two bedroom condo to two people and have found that three people are currently living in the space; what would need to be done to either secure additional money for wear and tear and water usage or have third person move out? Personally, I’m not opposed to the third person, but seeing that the lease was signed for two people not three, I’d like to get additional rent for that person.
Have been in my apartment for almost 4 years as the signer on the lease with no issues. Wife has now moved in and the landlord insists that she applies and that her credit must be good…She does not work. Can they reject her because of her credit rating even though I am the only one on the lease?
would I be legally penalized if I lived in an abandoned building in my neighborhood in Queens, NY? There are house everywhere, with a back yard and garage I have a wife and 4 kids and my wife and I are too disabled to work. I know how to make it on the streets it is just that my landlord is ruthless and she is doing whatever she can to kick me out.
I had moved into my apartment for about 6 months and in the six months my landlord has’nt fixed anything in my apartment. I have two big holes in my wall where mice been coming into my home i told my landlord about it but he has’nt done nothing to cover it up, so i got tired of it cause i found mice in my kids room some dead some i caught so I decided not to pay him any rent till he fixes my walls. So he takes me to court for the rent okay then he turns off my heat and hot water and I know because my heat and hot water is with my electric and I paid for it because if that was the case I would’nt have any light.
i have a mold problem on the bathroom ceiling i told the maintenance people about it and they came a spray painted over it came back a week later so i sprayed bleach just to kill the surface and to keep the ceiling white.. i have no idea how bad the mold problem is what can i do ?
If my boyfriend is staying in my room (3 bd house rented by 3 people) and there was no verbal or written agreement for him to contribute to the bills, nor was he on the lease, could he be taken to small claims court for any rent or utilities?
I was in a lease with two other girls. The lease ends Feb 29, but I moved out December 29. I paid my rent for the two months I was not living there, but now they are expecting me to pay cable and electric for the months I wasn’t living there. Also, I paid the security deposit with my check and now the landlord paid one of the other girls the security deposit back. Can she do this? and do I owe the cable and electric for the months I wasnt there if it wasn’t in my name?
I have lived in my current apartment for 4 1/2 yrs, never missed a rent payment or even been late. I paid my deposit and my pet deposit upon moving in. I have never complained about anything and have always fixed all small repairs myself. The apartment upstairs from me has become available and I would feel more secure living upstairs. The landord is saying to move upstairs I will have to pay another deposit and another pet deposit. Is this normal? My apartment is in the same condition it was in the day I moved in 4 1/2 yrs ago.
I have a letter posted on the front of my apartment door, that states. Please do not enter my apartment if tenant is not home.Unless it’s some type of emergency. While I was in the hospital, a notice was posted to make a minor repair to a thermostat in my unit. The landlord allowed a contractor to enter my unit even with the note posted on my door. Do I have any legal rights in this matter.
I recently filled out a application at an apartment in my area. i received the “welcome” letter,payed the deposit and app fee and gave them all the info they asked for. I was to move in 8 days later. On my move in date,i got a message that i needed a co-signer. Now the apartment,Brookwood Village, will not tell me anything other then it took 8 days to run a credit check. I have worked as a loan processor before and credit reports take 72hours. Anyone have suggestions as what to do?
I leased
out a single family house for 800.00 a month to a family of five.Shortly after i found out that there was two families living there.What can i do?
So I signed a one year lease for next fall and decided I wanted to get out of it. They said I have to pay $250 for the cancellation fee. Is there any way I could get out of that, I haven’t even moved in yet! Also do you think I would be getting my deposit back?
Hello:
I’ve been living in my apartment for 4 years now and because I get SSD, my benefits are not deposit into my account until the 3rd of each month which fine with management due to a five day grace period. The new management for the past two years has accepted this with no problem. However, the other day, there was a notice charging me $35 late charge for not paying March rent on the first. When I called to inquire,I was told that there has never been a grace period. What can I do to protect myself especially since management has accepted payment all this time?
I moved into a loft barn apartment, signed a 6 month lease, after being here a month I’ve discovered I do not have separate water and electric meters from the main house, even though I do not pay those utilities, I’m still concerned because the property is for sale and my lease could be invalid, which means I could be kicked out by the new homeowner without much warning if the current LL is so inclined to to sell house before our lease is up. So do separate water and electric meters determine the legality of the apartment in New York State?
We have a very serious situation on our hands. We have a roommate who moved-in 2 weeks ago and he is now a “Lounger”. He has not made any payment since his move-in, which would’ve covered $80/day for maybe his first week. He has taken things from our kitchen that appear at times outside our house, and are still in his room, he has said he would pay on a certain date and that has passed. He said he wasn’t a felon and yet he infact is on felony probation and there is already a felon living in the house. He uses two names. He refuses to leave. He is running up our bills and won’t give our key back.
I moved out of my old appartment in Sep 2011 and now its April 2012 and my apt company is contacting me regarding to pay for damages are they able to do that?
My landlord sent a notice of entering my apartment through the mail, i didn’t check my mail, but it was there. it also stated that he would be entering all apartments but only entered mine and one other and left in a complex of 9 apartments. If he says he is entering all apartments and doesn’t is that against the law?
i moved into a new apartment on May 14,2012. As of June 6, 2012 I still have no mailbox available. U.S. Postal service claims it is management’s responsibility to provide a postal box. At what point is legal advice needed to settle this matter? I require access to my mail, mandatory. (There was an old lock, no key, I had purchased a new lock with key and handed it the management for maintenance to install.) Thank you.
I signed a year lease the start of Feb. Included in my rent is water and sewer/garbage fees. This months statement (for July) now shows the water fee at $20 higher then we signed on the lease, no prior notice to an increase either. Is this even legal?!
JDN 1 – My tenant is basically on a verbal agreement. Everything was done based on trust and we started to develop somewhat of a friendship. It turned out that everything she put in email about herself ended up to be all lies. I asked her to leave and I woukd return the extra month paid as well as the deposit. We both agreed that she would leave on July 1st. She even put it in email to me. Based on this date, I got new tenants and signed a two year lease starting on the 1st as well. I told the new tenants that the current tenant has scheduled the walk thru at 7:00 pm on the 1st.
JDN 2 – I told them that I would prorate the first day. It just happens that the existing tenant emailed me to say that the walk thru at 7:00 pm has to be rescheduled because her place is not ready and she will let me know when it will be. She is causing me major mental anguish and now I have to give the new tenants the option to get out of the lease based on the situation. Do I have any legal recours for this?
Is it legal for your apartment complex to disconect your cable/internet through private company
My cable/internet is in a different name than what is on my lease, and is through a private company not the apartments. The other morning after an argument with landlord on not resigning my lease, they disconnected my cable/internet. The cable company came turned it back on and now I have a reconnect fee. Is any of this legal?
I got a warning from the towing company at my apartment building that they would tow me in two days if I did not renew my registration. I am out of state so I asked for an extension which they gave me. When the extension was up I asked for 1 more week because in order to register my car in another state I need my Title which I am tracking down. They gave me the OK and said they would give me 1 more week and not tow me until 7/16/12. My car was towed this morning
and I have not called the office yet or tried to get it out of towing. If I get a written confirmation of the extension can I force them to pay for the tow?
I have lived in my apartment for two weeks. From the time I moved in til now I have asked for an exterminator to be brought in as I have all kinds of spiders. All my landlord tells me is I’ll put you down for the treatment they were suppose to come in yesterday and didn’t. My question is can I hold payment til this situation is resolved?
I am living in a garage apartment and i know it is illegal i am a single mom with 5 kids. I paid the rent late but the woman who is renting it out is not the owner and also does not have her green card, well she is locking the doors so my kids or i cannot shower nor use the restroom… what can i do i need help and fast. please help
I have many people who live in my apartment complex who are on disability and they are issued checks by the government. The checks are often not disbursed until the third of the month. Is there any protection against late rent fees when they are getting government assistance for disability? Thanks for your help.
My landlord wants me to sign a lease after 10 years of living here. In the new lease it states that if I’m gone for more then 3 days I have to call and let her know. Is this something new that landlords are doing or is there something off about it?
I just moved into my apt about 2 1/2 mos ago. I started seeing roaches with 2 to 3 days of being there. I notified the manager they had maintenance come out twice to spray. Now they are everywhere. I kill between 20 to 30 roaches a day. They are in my bed, fridge, bathrooms everywhere. Last night I killed 15 in my utility room. I have called mgt and sent them letters. I have taken pictures and had my state’s code enforcement come to my apt and he saw them first hand and also took pictures. He called and left mgt a voicemail and is sending a letter out to them on Monday. Can I get my money back? I’m not living there.
My husband and I want to break a lease so we have a more suitable living space to take care of aging parents. Our current landlord is telling us we can break the lease but he’s asking for proof that my mother is coming to live with us. I can show him a plane ticket for her arrival but I want to make sure that’s it and that we’re not being harassed after we break the lease with him. Can he contact our new landlord and ask about our new living situation?
I just moved in to these apartments, I was unaware of the apartments being a known drug area. The apartments now want me to come in today to sighn a new lease. Aparently they’d made a mistake on my lease, it’s written up for the wrong apt. Is there any way out of this lease?
My tenant said she had ants in the apartment and thinks the came because tenant downstairs had moved. She also said she had left a cookie and it was all covered with ants. I told her I would send an exterminator. She said she left apt. for 2 weeks and now wants a refund for the 2 weeks. Do I have to pay her for that?
Hello I live in Maryland in an apartment complex. They want to start charging us for water but we have no meters and the way they are going to do this is just divde by the amount of people in each building by the amount that lives there. Is this legal? They said there going to go by the amount of people that live in the apartment themselfs what if there is a different amount of people that live in the builidngs then what they have on there leases in the office? Thank you!
I have a serious question. I’m hard of hearing and my 4 years old daughter has down syndrome and she veey active. I been living this apartment for 1 year and 3 months. The property maintenance (he’s mexican) he always compl@ined my child running and making noises. He really making me feel guilty about my child can’t help herself as all other have kids inside this apartments complex. Do i have a right by law for her disability to file complaints against the apartment manager that she trying to make us move to another new apartments?
Dear Apartment Living;
I have been in an apartment that has offered FREE storage space from the very beginning of my lease. Management now wants to take that away and we were only given less then a months notice to clean out our the storage area. Is this legal?
We live in an apartment complex in Wichita Kansas. We had a huige snow fall and the apartment complex did not clear the side walks or the parking lot. Our next snow fall thjey decided to clear everything. We complained about the first non removal of snow to the manager. The apartment complex stated that they were more liable if a person fell after they cleared the side walks and the parking lot? Versus not clearing everything. Have we been lied to by the management here? I really felt sorry for the elderly residents here. When the apartments chose not to clear the huge snow fall.
Just a question for any one that may know. I have signed a new lease with a new leasing agent. This leasing agent was not working here in the time that I had signed on my new lease. The dates are completely wrong and I want to know would this be null and void. They want to charge me 500 dollars to break my lease. I have been looking for some legal advice. Tried calling the legal-aide in the city I currenlty live in but no luck. What can I do I’m so FRUSTURATED…..
I am moving out of my apartment on the 19th. On the 199th, the keys will be handed back to my landlord. However, she still wants me to pay utilities through the 31st of the month. If I gave her the keys, and therefore the house, how can I be responsible for the utilities? She could have someone move in and crank up the heat to 90, turn on all the lights, and run all the sinks 24/7 for all I know! Advise?
Hello,I live in Philadelphia,Pa & my landlord owns 2 properties within a block radius of each other, one a 3 story apt bldg and the other a 2 story which he has owned for about 30 years and prior to that his aunt owned the house for at least another 30 yrs. Now all those years they were and have always been apts, evidently someone had made a complaint about a tenant that lived on the 1st fl in the 2 story bldg and now the city L&I stepped in and sited him for a zoning violation putting an orange paper on the property outside and also one in the window telling him that they arent zoned for apts. a that the 3 family dwelling(3 story 3 flrs apt blg) and 2 family dwelling (1st & 2nd fl apt) would have to be converted in both properties by removing a kitchen in each property (they said he needs to remove a stove & fridge from any fl in both bldgs ). Now when he tried to apply for a zoning permit for the 2 story bldg they denied him with the reason stating that the paticular block it resides on is not zoned for rental properties but yet across the street is a house that has apts for rent because I personally went to look at one when they had the 1st fl available so now my question is…..
Wouldn’t this fall under the grandfather law since these properties have always been apts at least 40-50 yrs?
He has went in front of the zoning board twice denying him a permit to keep the building as apts and now he is getting stressed, confused & disgusted in the whole situation, he is an older man early 70′s who is diabetic and physically not well so he just doesnt have the strength to continue this fight, and just up & sold the 3 story building which I have been renting a little over a year and is also selling the 2 story bldg that I used to rent 3 yrs prior to now , which leaves me up sh*ts creek without a paddle and have to find another place to live,,what are my rights as a tenant for almost 5 yrs with him not giving any prior warning with just leaving me out of a place to live. I only have less than 30 days to try and find another apt that I can afford in my area,but I was told that since the properties werent legally zoned to be apts that he would have to reimburse me for all the rent I paid since I lived here, is that true? I am now unemployed & looking for work so please help me find some solution to financially afford to move and not left lost on the street needing a place to live, thank you!
Sincerely,
Left Lost & Looking
Lorraine
I lived with a close friend & her family until a year ago, at which time I moved into a 1 bedroom apartment. It doesn’t have a lot of storage so she let me keep excess items (a room full) in an area above her garage (its been otherwise empty), I pay her $200.00 every month, we have had a disagreement & she is holding my things hostage as a way of control – I need to get to a few items, should I call the police & have them meet me there or what? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I rent my home and am in the process of getting my Home day care license. What I am wondering is if in my day care contracts I can put in it that the parent will not hold the landlord liable for any injuries to the child and if that would protect the landlord from being sued by parent? I of course will be caring the liability ins. for the day care.
Does management all of a sudden have the right to tell you that your pet cant be over 25lbs and ask all personal questions if they have shots, who will take care of your pet if sometihng happens to you. How long you have a pet and the name of the vet, Also who has the key to your apartment to get in if something happens. Also if your pet has fleas mites or heartworm and if the pet is shy,aggressive, friendly,and gentle. Is this going a little to far. What about the tenants privacy who are they to ask who will take care of your pet and where do they live.
We have been living with a strong odor in 2 areas of our apartment for about 2 months. We have worked with management to try to find and resolve the source. So far there is no evidence of any source for the odors and they seem to me to be possibly chemical and in the walls or ceiling. Management has agreed to move us to a new unit, but only if we sign a settlement agreement alleviating everyone of liability in the event we have health problems from these odors. They have refused any re-wording and will only move us under these terms. If we sign and then did have health problems, is this enforceable? Are they in Breech of Contract? Do they have an obligation to provide us with safe and adequate housing?
I had my tenant who still owns me some rent money and she is like not want to pay me but I know her work place. Can I stop by her work place to ask her about it? Thanks.
My daughter moved into an apartment 2 months ago and they knew she had two dogs and what they were border collie mix and a boxer mix. A tenant complained that she had a pit bull. She has been told that she needs to prove it’s not a pit bull or get rid of her. She has been told that the person that complained had a pit bull last year and had to get rid of it so now is after anyone. She might be mixed with pit so her vet doesn’t want to put his name on something saying that she is not in case something happens. Does she have any rights? Or is there something that she can do?