I moved into a unit in a 6 unit building a week ago. Upon moving in I cleaned the apartment from top to bottom. It was obvious that previous tenants were smokers, washing floors and walls elimanted most of the lingering odor.
On the 2nd night we were here, whenever our heat came on we were hit with [...]

I am currently 8 days late paying rent and my landlord has threaten to evict me if rent is not paid in 24hrs. I’m told that in the State of Alabama, it’s up to the landlord but they’re not even sure. Can my landlord evict me even if I’m less than 1 month late on rent? I’m [...]

Ok I have a question, I just want to know can my apartment manager curse at children who are outside after school walking to a resident’s apt and accuse them of loitering? Also, I have seen the apt manager walking and holding hands with the maintenance man and coming from empty apts, seems suspicious to me [...]

Well ive been living in my apartement for about a year now and raining season is here and i woke up yesterday and seen a leak in my living room and the carpet is wet in an area next to the entrence in my apartment and in my room next to the sliding door to my patio the [...]

I posted about my property management company below, on August 22nd. I had a large leaking crack in my ceiling. I took the advice given and have not withheld rent. I emailed the company so that I would have a record, and told them that if it wasn’t fixed by the end of the weekend [...]

I have received a Warning Notice from my property manager today that stated they received complaints regarding the following disturbance or conditions and it stated destroying property, and violation of rental agreement.  There stating that several surrounding neighbors rseen someone from my household kick the glass and door in the Laundry building. But when I went [...]

I live at a motel that also has apartments available. I rented one of the one bedroom apartments but was told I had to clean it first….not a problem. I do that regardless of whether or not it looks clean. So I cleaned everything including the carpets because I was told that previous tenants were [...]

Please advise if there is any action I can take against my former landlord for not giving me back half of my deposit in this situation:
I have been living in the apartment and renewed the lease in March for another year, however i the beginning of June I was offered a spot in a masters [...]

I am renting a home and stuck in a lease. My apartment is infested with cockroaches. Literally crawling with cockroaches. I want to get out i want to do something, but there is no housing authority that answers. There is no helping I have gotten from anyone. Who do i need to call? why cant [...]

I just spoke to the manager of an apt my daughter is renting in Charleston, SC. She had complained to him re: cockroach problem as did I when he didn’t respond and we were both told ‘not his problem, the apt was recently renovated/treated so they were probably brought in the boxes when they’d moved [...]

Hi,
First of all, thank you to all of you that take the time to respond to these. It is a great resource!
I live in the upstairs apartment of a two family home. Below is an older, retires, never leave the house couple that owns the complex. I understand that this is their home, but [...]

I am looking for rules and regulations regarding use of propane tank powered stoves in the rental property.  As well as info regarding fire alarm codes in the rental area.  Is there any type of regulation regarding the rental space (footage) and amount of $$$ the landlord can charge?  please let me know or point [...]

Is it legal for an apartment complex to have a fenced in pool area with a gate that’s requires a key to unlock it to Exit??
I was one of my dad’s guests swimming at the outdoor pool at his apartment complex. Theres is about a 10 ft high fence around the whole pool area and [...]

I have black mold in my bathroom and two severe asthmatics, I reported the black mold over three weeks ago, and they JUST came in monday to look at it, and hasnt been back since. I wanted to know what my legal actions were as a renter with sick children.
Originally posted 2011-03-04 22:51:22.

Two weeks ago I moved in with my mother and her boyfriend.  The deal was that I was going to stay there for no longer than 6 months to save for a down payment on a house.  I had offered to pay some rent but the insisted I don’t because they currently were not paying [...]

when i moved into the duplex i live in last september  i thought i smelled mold but my landlord assured me there wasnt any now im at the end of my lease the basement gets moldy and everything you put in it as well what can i do 

We have been renting our apartment for almost a year now and had planned on renewing our lease (already turned the papers in to renew it) We have a 2 year old and a 4 year old both boys. My problem is the lady downstairs came to us and said that the kids were causing [...]

my apartment keeps flooding and ruining my thing. I asked the manageif they can move me toanother apartment .
manager told me it would cost me $500 if they move me . What can i do
Originally posted 2011-05-09 17:39:51.

I’ve been having problems as far having a few things that need to be fixed in my aparatment and I have been telling my landlord to fix them since I moved in which was on March 2, 2011. Am I still obligated to pay him rent if he still hasn’t fixed anything?

I am a renter of 1 year, and when i first moved into my apartment i had a normal light bill of like 30-40 dollars, all of a sudden i am gettin a bill of like 200.00 dollars. I talked to my landlord to have the problem fixed with the wires and he said that [...]