I notified my landlord about a month ago about the roof in my 14 month old daughters room leaking. He said that he will get it fixed by painting over it and adding a sealer. He has not done anything about it and we owe the landlord $200 dollors for rent. What can we do? I […]

If I’ve lived in my apartment for 6-10 years, can management charge me for painting and carpet cleaning/replacement, also nail holes in walls?  In CA, normal wear and tear is after living there 3 years plus, can’t charge renter.  What about TX where I live? Carol Sessions, Houston, TX  

Hi. I rent a one bedroom apartment (duplex) and have access through my kitchen to a narrow space between the unit and the fence that runs along the property. I stored two plastic bins filled with personal belongings as well as 2 pieces of furniture (covered in tarps and elevated off the ground with bricks) […]

ok, gave my 30 day notice on 5/25/10..on 7/1/10 called landlord to inform him that we are all moved out and when is a good time for me to drop off keys…he said the house, looks good and that i did a good job cleaning…i was suprised he already went in house to look….(even though […]

i recently discovered tiny bugs all over my kitchen, and then started to notice them in other places like my tv stand in my living room, coffee table. these bugs are all over my stuff and i had to throw out a lot of it.  am i entitled any compansation from my landlord to replace any of […]

Last wednesday our house was hit by a drunk driver at 4am. He hit the electric and meter boxes on the side of the house causing us to lose power. The driver has no insurance, and neither does my landlord on the house. He told us that he was going to give us 40 dollars […]

I am wondering if anyone knows who is responsible for paying for an exterminator to come in and spray for Cockroachs. I am being overrun by them!

I have been having a problem with the apartment that I am living in. The first issue is little tiny ants that have taken over my kitchen and other areas of the apartment. They are everywhere, they get into food that isn’t open or have been opened one time and this is very frustrating. The […]

My landlord and I agreed verbally to an early termination of our lease. We were to recieve our full deposit back. We paid a pet deposit of 1300 and one months rent equally 1300 for a total of 2600.00. I called my lanlord after we had not recieved our deposit 40 days after we had […]

My landlod had me sign a document that had a 6 month cancelation fee in it, I was under the impression if I moved I only needed a 60 day notice in the state of pa no matter what the landlord contract stated?