I have been living in my apartment for about 3 years now. My landlord is elderly and she only comes around to ‘clean’ up the apartment from the 1st to the 5th so that she can collect rent as well. The apartment complex is quite small, 5 apartments in all, but the maintaince is never […]

I have been renting a house with 1 & 1/2 baths.  One month ago several of the tiles in the bathroom shower fell out and we notified the landlord / property manager, he came & inspected the tiles and reported the issues to the property owners.  4 weeks later they started removing the tiles for […]

 A property manager is a representative of the landlord whose main function is to communicate with the tenants, collect rent, facilitate repairs and maintain the rental property. He or she directly reports to the landlord. In a way, a PM acts as a mediator between a tenant and a landlord. A PM also lives in […]

I moved in to a rental home I have been there three weeks, I seen a few roaches here and there so they gave me bombs to bomb the house so I did…a week later I woke up with bites on me…I found bed bugs they sent me to a cheap hotel and had someone […]

My landlord gave me a notice to perform conditions or quit for a violation I did not committ. How do I respond?

I live in South Carolina and currently renting a home.  The Landlord has verbally agreed that I can pay the rent in two seperate payments of $300.  I have been doing this since the beginning of the lease.  Paying the first $300 on the first Friday or following monday of each month as that is […]

We live in milan il  at Oak Grove Trailor Park. In Dec 2012 the sewer stopped functioning .I called the manager  . The park owners came out looked at it said it was our resposability to fix . NO.I knew better.The sewer is theirs on the lot we rent.I had to call the health dept and state inspector to get […]

When you’re living in an apartment, you often wonder who pays for the utility charges on common areas. Sometimes, you might doubt if your utility bill includes the common areas of the apartment complex especially if the charges just spike up for no reason.  Undeniably, there are really some landlords who would do everything that […]

 We rented a home in Aug but did not move in until Sept. The water company would NOT turn the water on due to piping code violations. After informing the LL I repaired the issues and the water company began service. Once the water was on we found several pipes were busted and had to […]

When living in an apartment complex, you’d have to live with noise. Always bear in mind that there are other families living in the same building so noise in inevitable. You cannot file a complaint for every creak and talk to you hear through your apartment walls. With that said, you cannot be too sensitive […]