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Archive for August, 2010



 
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Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 5:35 pm Category: Renter Q & A
Deposit, first and last month rent

I am currently renting.  We have purchased a home and we will be moving out.  When we came to live at the apartment I gave a deposit, first and last month rent.  I plan to move out by the end of september 2010.  My question is: do I pay rent for the month of September?  [...]

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Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 2:12 pm Category: Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
Mold Concerns

I tsrated renting my house ni Aug ‘09.  My wife and I did the move-in inspection and noted visible mold.  I wasn’t versed on the landlord responsibilities at the time.  Now that I am, I have asked him to test the mold and remediate it.  He has had it tested and is supposedly going to [...]

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Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 12:02 pm Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions
Annoying bass

We moved in to our apt 2 months ago. Since day 2 we have had bass issues with the down stairs tenants. Its almost a daily thing. We had called and called the management office (as well as trying to talk with the tenants our selves) and nothing happend until I contacted their boss. They [...]

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Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 10:23 am Category: Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions
lardlord wont return my security deposit

I live in the State of California and I recently moved out from my old apartment, I was in a month to month rent.  When we decided to move out I called my last landlord and adviced her I was moving out the end of the month she said ok I’m really happy with you [...]

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Date: Monday, August 30th, 2010 9:37 pm Category: Uncategorized
Consistently Irresponsible Landlord

So, I will attempt to make a very long story short.

Almost two years ago, my current room mate had experienced bed bugs at her old place.  Professional exterminators preformed a treatment, but she was unaware that they typically do a follow up, and she was actually moving to our current apartment the next week. About a [...]

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Date: Monday, August 30th, 2010 9:18 am Category: Uncategorized
landlord responsible for fumigation?

I’m a renter who has just moved out of an apartment.  I left the place in immaculate condition.  Now the landlord is implying they will deduct the cost of fumigation from my security deposit as they discovered cockroaches.  What are my rights here?

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Date: Monday, August 30th, 2010 6:40 am Category: Landlord Problems
Landlord utilities fraud

I have rented from my current landlord for 21 months.  On a number of occasions, I noted my electric bill was higher than I expected and asked if I was paying for any electricity in the property (upper/lower duplex).  This month, however, my bill was clearly much higher than it should have been.  My boyfriend [...]

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Date: Monday, August 30th, 2010 12:21 am Category: Legal Questions
leases

monica is it illegal two rent a apartment with two different leases with two  different amounts for the same unit.and is it ilegal to rent a apartment with rooms outside of the apartment or can you rent a unit with rooms out side of the apartment or does the apartment have to be whole as one [...]

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Date: Sunday, August 29th, 2010 3:00 pm Category: Uncategorized
just found out house is illegal

i just resently found out that the house that ive been renting for almost a year is illegal only after calling the township health department about the foul smell of the well water i lost my job and im behind in the rent my landlord was giving me time to move but after being notified [...]

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Date: Sunday, August 29th, 2010 10:18 am Category: Legal Questions
Foreclosure notice and a 30-day notice ‘lost’ email

 
My Landlord notified me in early 2010 that he was foreclosing on the property – ie – not paying his loan.   Then I started receiving notices from the foreclosure company – in the mail and taped on the front gate.
My landlord told me in early June 2010 that I could use my deposit (1 months rent) [...]

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Date: Saturday, August 28th, 2010 12:39 am Category: Uncategorized
who is liable

 
one of our roommates brought home bedbugs.  despite expert advice, she plans to follow local remedies which thus far have not worked and despite us treating our rooms, we get bit by the new ones she brings into the common areas, she has no regard for our health and safety and feels the lanlord should [...]

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Date: Friday, August 27th, 2010 1:12 pm Category: Uncategorized
Moving Out Charges

I lived in a appartment for an year. Due to a high increase in the rent after the lease comletion i steped out of the appartment. Now i received a letter from the landlord stating that i need to pay $476 as the move out charges. Which dosent include my deposite if $150, when i [...]

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Date: Thursday, August 26th, 2010 8:20 pm Category: Uncategorized
Who should be responsible for vandalism?

I recently got my security deposit back, and got a nasty surprise: a $60 charge for a broken window. Rewind 8 months.
It’s December of 2009, 3 o’clock in the morning. We awake to the sound of breaking glass. I can hear voices outside. I quickly throw on some pants and rush outside, the drunks (college [...]

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Date: Thursday, August 26th, 2010 8:13 pm Category: Apartment Complaint, Landlord Problems
problem with landlord charges

hello,
my landlord has charged me 450$ for beg bugs removal…which i paid..
then when i evacuated the apt, the have charged me 425$ for full paint
245 for carpet replacenet
and 150 for trash removal,
i removed all the trash before leaving the apt and took all the photographs when i was leaving the apt…
n i can claim that [...]

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Date: Thursday, August 26th, 2010 10:10 am Category: Renter Q & A
Question

I had several ceiling leaks in my living room ceiling due to a roof leak several floors up.  The maintenence came in and placed buckets under the leaks.  They told me that they need to work with a roofer to find out where the leak is coming from before they can fix my interior ceiling.  [...]

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Date: Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 8:02 pm Category: Uncategorized
why i am i responsible

I recently rcvd a call from a collection agency regarding an apartment that I lived in with my mother from 03-07. I moved away my mother took a notarize letter to the mgt co. In 08 stating that I no longer live there. She then renew her lease without my signature on the lease [...]

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Date: Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 7:50 pm Category: Uncategorized
Witholding rent for repairs or mold

My friend has lived in this house for 8 months and was late on his rent in June.  Since then the landlord has been picking at him for things in the lease, such as a van in the driveway that hasn’t been driven for some time.  The renter has issues with mold in the house [...]

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Date: Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 1:58 pm Category: Apartment Complaint, General Topics, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
unjust carpet replacement cost.

is there a law in florida that requires landlords to replace the carpet every two years? i have heard this more than once, but I cannot find it in " [...]

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Date: Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 11:16 am Category: Legal Questions
Fees sent to collection 2 years after having lived there.

I’m looking for some legal advice or suggestions on how to deal with a property management company that has recently sent fee,s to be paid, to collections. The company, Axiom Property Management, had recently taken over the property just before we left Cougar Court Apartments – Rexburg, ID. The onsite management did a thorough inspection [...]

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Date: Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 10:34 am Category: Uncategorized
PROBLEM WITH POSSIBLE ILLEGAL SUBLEASE

SO, MY LANDLORD ASKED IF HE COULD STAY IN MY PLACE WHILE I AM OUT OF TOWN FOR A COUPLE DAYS. I AGRRED. HE SAID HE WOULD STAY IN MY SPARE ROOM. I AGRRED. A COUPLE DAYS TURNED INTO A WEEK. NO PROBLEM. A WEEK LATER, HE WAS STILL THERE & SLEEPING IN MY BED [...]

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