Moved in a few weeks ago. Went out for the first time tonight since I moved in. When I came back, a window was broken and I had been burglarized, lost thousands in music equipment, laptop, tv. It’s Friday night. Made out the police report. The office is closed until Monday. Am trying to find an [...]

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Idaho renter here,

I’m being charged ~ $1000 past my deposit.  This seem outrageous to me and I was wondering what (if any) my options were.  The letter I got from the landlord just stated the charges were do to – 360 for carpet cleaning, 360 for house cleaning, and 1000 for maintenance.  I [...]

I am 24 months into a 36 month lease with the rent payment being 1650.00/month for a nice house 13 yrs old. The late payment is 5% which is a total of 1732.50. We spent 2800.00 on new carpet and gave him a 1650.00 security deposit in which 500.00 is non-refundable improved the yard and [...]

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I stayed in a Apt for about 2 yrs at that time we never had any pest issues ie cockroaches or bed bugs)so now we vacated Apt on 2nd Aug , on that day inspection was done and we were informed that everything was good and we will receive our check soon.
But now they leasing [...]

Hi, i have reported a roach problem to the office, they came after 3 days and put some poisons i guess, but it is a week now and i still have roaches, what should i do please? should i wait for a little bit more? or go complain again to the office? and if they [...]

i live in the lincoln park historical area of pomona, ca and we had some problems with my son-n-law’s family..this is a very quiet neighborhood and conflicts that r loud r very rae..my question they r moving this week end but watch commander keeps threating to file pettion to force us to move…what r our [...]

I moved into a townhouse 9 years ago. The carpet was not new when I moved in (it was at least 2 years old at the time). Am I responsible for replacing this carpet. There is a lot of "normal wera and tear", and a small piece of carpet missing from one stair (thanks to my [...]

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?  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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?

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 
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) [...]

 
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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]