My leasing office is pushing me to get the pest contral treatment done immediately at my cost. What options do I have?

We have had several issues with getting my landlord to make repairs in a timely manner.  Now, our dryer is working but fails to produce heat.  I’m guessing it’s the heating element or a fuse – something simple and cheap to fix.  However, she claims that her repair & maintenance budget is tapped out because [...]

Can I  by chance be exempt from paying further rent at a house where I found after a year of living here that the sprinkler system control is in my room and the owner of the house and her offspring feel they can come in at anytime , or knock and ask to come in [...]

For the past couple months I’ve been dealing with construction and renovations in my apartment complex which as been EXCESSIVELY loud: but as of late they have been doing such things waaaaay early in the morning. As someone who tends to HAVE to sleep in from time to time, this happens to be one of those nights where I had only [...]

I moved into my apartment in May 2010 and signed a year lease.  A couple weeks after moving in I noticed many spiders (mainly in the shower and bedrooms) and contacted the manager.  She then had them spray the entire building a few days later.  A couple weeks after they had sprayed I saw some [...]

my roommate moved in with me and verbally agreed to pay rent but never did, can I press charges?
She lived with me for about two months, and never got a job, but was always home, so my electric bill skyrocketed. would my claim hold up, if i have proof via a facebook message that says [...]

After asking our landlord to check what we thought was mold, he threatened to evict my roommate and I. We have always paid our rent on time and never had any type of complaint against us. Since he refused to check the issue, we hired a professional and we do infact have black mold. We [...]

i have recently moved into a new property since i got the property cause it had a garage but when i did my move in inspection i noticed the garage door was broke so i notifed to management company they didnt do anything. well a couple weeks later my car got broken into and i [...]

Our lease is up at the end of this month and we’re in the process of moving, but we just found out that one of our landlords has let people inside our apartment at least 3 times in the last week or so without giving us notice of any kind. The lease clearly states that 24 hours notice [...]

I have a lease agreement that expires in November 2012. I need to break lease and am planning on moving out by March 1. I verbally told the landlord of my plans, and he told me he would charge me a $2,600 realtor fee (equal to one month’s rent), and would list the unit to [...]

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, I need to get out of my lease by March 1. I told the landlord (verbally) that I was considering breaking lease. He told me that he would charge me a $2,600 realtor fee but would attempt to find a new tenant. I just found out today that he has listed [...]

This is a complaint on the neighbors in apartment XXX; they are playing their music unfairly to loud. The base is so loud the walls and floor shake outside my apartment in hall way. Needless to say in my apartment I can also hear them in front room/kitchen/bathroom and sometimes but [...]

I just want to get feedback from what you think about the situation I am in. Whether it be advice, suggestions or even critiques.
I moved into my current place Aug 1, 2010 and I signed a lease which stated. One adult only and that I am to not have any persons or guests staying longer [...]

I have lived in my apartment for 4 years now and for the last 5 months the neighbors across the hall have been loud and direspectful after 10:30 3 times a week.  I have called the landlord, the super and the cops along with other neighbors calling also…And I have contacted the cops for the [...]

I was renting apartment in San Jose, CA. 

My Landlord charged me $2400 (which is one month rent for the apartment) extra for the bed bug treatment on move-out.

Am I responsible to pay extra on month rent for their treatment.?

They also charged me $1500 (Cleanig + bed bug treatment), which I’m willing to pay.

Any advice, how [...]

I am having some major problems with my property management company. There are a few VERY dangerous trees in my front and back yard. I cannot give a professional evaluation of each and every tree but even I can see that some are rotting. A few of the trees are starting to lose HUGE branches. [...]

I am having some major problems with my property management company. There are a few VERY dangerous trees in my front and back yard. I cannot give a professional evaluation of each and every tree but even I can see that some are rotting. A few of the trees are starting to lose HUGE branches. [...]

I’m a virginia resident and staying on lease. During routine inspection the landlord found bed bugs in the apartment and has asked me to pay for the treatment. What are rights in this case? Am I legally bound to pay the landlord or should I seek legal help. I know for sure atleast in other [...]

I’m looking for advice on our situation. Our home needs some major plumbing maintenance in which our landlord says that we can’t live there during the repairs. On top of that he has been looking to sell the house. We began on a month to month lease agreement about a year ago. But he mentioned [...]

I currently live in my apartment and I have been since October of 2011, I live in the building alone and have a young child. When I moved in my apartment everything was okay but slowly but surely my happiness with the apartment has drawn a very thin line, I have to constatly call the [...]