I am a renter in Nassau county, NY.  Currently, I live with my husband. My parents are coming from abroad to visit us for three months and would be staying with us. Howver, my landlord has indicated he is not happy with that. Can he legally prohibit us from keeping our parents in our house, [...]

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 [...]

My property send me a "final accounting statement" and then 2 weeks later, sent a new one with a higher amount.  Is this legal?

 I’ve been renting a house from my landlord for 8 years and now am thinking of moving out. My landlord has said that I would have to pay to replace the carpet which is over 8 years old. How long is the life expectancy of a carpet anyway? What is considered normal wear and tear? [...]

 I am a bottom floor tenant in a fourplex. I was aware that the upstairs unit had hardwood floors, yet I was unaware as to the extent of the noice I would hear. It is so bad that I can hear my upstairs neighbor’s cell phone buzzing in the wee early hours of the morning. [...]

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 [...]

My ex-husband, our son, and his then girlfriend were living in an apartment complex in Burleson that was income based. After living there for some time they moved out to a house she owned but had been in disrepair and was now livable. Within a few months the relationship fell apart and she kicked him [...]

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 [...]

So I just moved into the home that I am leasing on 1 January 2012 and every since than it has been a nightmare. Within the first week of moving in I had the landlord coming here to the home unannouced walking around the side of the home. I though okay maybe he forgot something [...]

My landlord and I entered into a month to month verbal agreement. I owe for April and soon for May 525.00 in rent. She says she does not have to do any proper notice and she is going to move all my things from the bedroom into the living room because of back rent. She [...]

My rental company is charging me for plumbing repairs due to the use of flushable wipes. My contract states I will be liable for repairs due to neglect or carelessness. I had no idea the flushable wipes would cause a backup. I was not flushing items listed on the do not flush list. What are [...]

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 moved into my place about 3 months ago. The apartment manager did not inform me of any past or present pest issues. The first night I stayed there I noticed and infestation of bed bugs. I informed management and he did not seemed suprised. He did have a professional pest control company come do [...]

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 rent month to month. Landlord not on premises. People upstairs took over apartment from relative and it seems that the landlord did not know this, perhaps because the relative is still paying the rent but is not physically on premises. They are harassing me. One of them has been in trouble with the law. [...]

My neighbor smokes ciggeretts and it comes into my apt. Its really bad. He is handicapped in a wheel chair and I am also handicapped but not in wheelchair. The landlord has done everything he can to get rid of the smoke that comes into my apt. its a little better but I can still [...]