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Date: Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 11:58 pm Category: General Topics, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
Extermination clause in lease agreement lawful

Due to our lease agreement we as tenant must contract and pay for all utilities and service, including but not limited to gas, electric, oil telephone, cable television, lawn mowing, gardening exterminating and snow removel.
A few days ago we he had hundred of swarmers. We informed our landlord and he responded it is our problem [...]

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Date: Sunday, May 29th, 2011 11:44 pm Category: Frustrated Renter, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
Who’s responsible

 10 yr. old home. I’m here 4 yrs. My question is about cleaning the air ducts, cause for all I know they haven’t been cleaned for 4 years and probably not for 10 .
Sometime after I started living here I was diagnosed as having allergies and this summer they have been almost debilitating. The lease says Owner will keep [...]

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Date: Friday, May 20th, 2011 10:53 pm Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A
My apartment is infested with COCKROACHES- PLEASE HELP!

I just moved into my new apartment, I have not even finished unpacking. I have worked hard to get this apartment for my son and I and I have recently discovered (About 2 days after move in) that the apartment is infested with roaches!!!! WHAT ARE my legal rights as a tenant? Is it legal [...]

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Date: Thursday, May 19th, 2011 10:06 pm Category: Renter Q & A
Mold

if an apartment has mold in it and you move due to health issues before lease is up can that company later refuse to rent to you at another location if they have just bought that complex is it legal

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Date: Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 5:47 pm Category: Renter Q & A
Exhausted

             
 
                            I made a rental agreement. I gave a deposit check and a rental check to the management.I had money in my account to cover the cost. By the time they had deposited the checks I irresponsibly had spent the money.It is almost the second month where I would be able to cover both [...]

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Date: Saturday, May 14th, 2011 10:28 pm Category: Renter Q & A
Can my landlord take my money?!

Ok so when i moved into my apartments, i had to leave the lights in there name until i paid my deposit. Well after i got the light switched into my name, they hit me with a bill of 166.95 for a week. Well come to find out in my lease it says they can [...]

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Date: Saturday, May 14th, 2011 12:38 pm Category: Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
when 1st Month rent is due

Lanlord of place I want to move in to wants to collect 1st month’s rent 45 days prior to actual move in date.  It is in the contract, but is that legal?

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Date: Saturday, May 14th, 2011 12:15 pm Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY APARTMENT BUILDING IS IN FORECLOSURE AS I THINK IT IS THE LAND LORD WILL NOT BE TRUTHFUL WE LIVE IN NEW YORK STATE

MYHUSBAND AND I ARE LONG TIME RENTERS IN THIS APARTMENTFOR ALMOST 9 YEARS. WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN THE LANDLORD DID NOT LIVE IN NEW YORK STATE, SO HIS BROTHER WAS THE CARE TAKER. HE DID HAVE AN APARTMENT IN THE BUILDING SO WHEN HE CAME UP HE WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. HE [...]

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Date: Thursday, May 12th, 2011 10:15 pm Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, General Topics, Renter Q & A
carpet cleaning issue

I recently moved out of a townhome (I live in Virginia by the way).  My roomates and I own two dogs which left quite a lot of dog hair on the floor.  Otherwise there were no stains.  Our lease required that we have the carpets professionally cleaned with proof.  We, the renters, vacuumed and swept [...]

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Date: Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 10:07 am Category: Renter Q & A
Mobile Home Manager will not allow move

I have requested to move my single-wide mobile home to a different lot in the park I currently live in to be closer to my 83yr. old mother-in-law so that I can assist in her care. I have been denied permission to move to one of 2 different lots next to her, their reason being [...]

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Date: Monday, May 9th, 2011 10:01 pm Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
Resalable repair

I moved in to an apartment back in September of 2010 after two months i had zero problems with the landlord. I paid my rent on time and even two weeks in advance. but in early November my heat went out. I informed my landlord of the problem and it was fixed with in a days time. Then again [...]

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Date: Saturday, May 7th, 2011 9:39 pm Category: Renter Q & A
concerning carpet replacement

We moved into an apartment and we were told that the carpets were new, when we did the walk through they did look new, but there were seams that were visable, later we found out that the carpet was not new but just cleaned very well, after a couple of months we noticed spots coming [...]

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Date: Friday, May 6th, 2011 9:39 pm Category: Renter Q & A
Getting my deposit back…

I lived in a furnished duplex for about a year and a half on a month to month lease.  I thought I had a good relationship with the landlord, but now that I’m trying to get my deposit back they are accusing me damages that I had no part in.  There were stains in the [...]

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Date: Thursday, May 5th, 2011 3:40 pm Category: Frustrated Renter, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A
breaking 1yr lease

We moved into senior housing 55 plus and have run into units with bedbugs. They have had the bed bug dog go through all the unit to locate them then had to fumigate them along with ajoining rm ours this tqake about 4 hours each time and has to be checked in 4 months. My [...]

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Date: Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 12:47 pm Category: Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
Frustrated renter, Landlord problems, Legal questions, renters Q & A

I moved into this house because my son was not allowed to stay in the apartments that I was living in because he had a felony.
So therefore I moved into this house. The landlord is an old man who just does not listen to reason. the agreement was that he would let me movi [...]

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Date: Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 9:25 am Category: Apartment Complaint, Renter Q & A
Apartment Air Quality

Hello,
Would someone be able to suggest an air quality test or testing company in Los Angeles? There is a continuous flow of white dust/poweder that coats everything in my place. I run a Roomba twice a day and it is filled each time with dust. I am worried it is due to the recent construction [...]

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Date: Friday, April 29th, 2011 9:06 pm Category: Renter Q & A
heating problems

 I rent an upstairs apartment in a house and the landlord lives in the downstairs apt.  It is always cold up here, and when I tell the landlord about it, he says he has a digital thermostat  that his son sets for him on 71 degrees and he does not touch it.  He claims they [...]

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Date: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 8:46 am Category: Renter Q & A
Termite Infestation

Our home has been completely infested with termites for several weeks and now requries tenting, which means we need to vacate briefly.  re we entitled to a rent rebate?
Originally posted 2010-06-23 11:52:59.

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Date: Monday, April 25th, 2011 11:18 pm Category: Legal Questions, Renter Q & A
Hope I did not make a mistake…PLEASE HELP!

I have been living in my small 2-bedroom apartment for over 4 years. My husband and I decided to move. We found the perfect place for our daughter to have some play space. We found a condo that meet our needs and budget. I checked out the condo and found out the condo went into [...]

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Date: Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 8:40 pm Category: Renter Q & A
Apartment Fire Safety

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 [...]

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