i’m renting a house in northeast nj for 2000 a month.  i talked my landlord down from 2200.  now, there are problems with the plumbing, the hot water in the shower doesn’t work.  the air conditioner can never achieve the temperature you set it at unless you stuff an extra ac unit with exhaust in [...]

my roommate complained that there was pet odor in my apartment. my landlord told me verbally that there was no smell and my lease says all i had to do is have the carpets professionally shampooed when i left. i requested by email that i could break my lease early because my roommate constantly harassed [...]

The power supply on 2 of my TV’s have been blown out do to poor electrical maintainace in my duplex. Is the owner liable for repair costs to fix my TV’s? Isn’t the apartment electrical problems something the landlord should be responsible to maintain.  Can I get my landlord to pay for damages to my [...]

 my first time renting after looking into some different apartment complexes, it seemed as though moving into student living with 2 of my cousins seemed like the best choice, we would each have individual leases, near aged neighbors and our own bathrooms. we were set to move in july 1st, we were told we wouldnt [...]

Revenge of the Renter! Finally I got my landlord to face the music!   First of all, I’m a good renter.  I pay on-time, I’m friendly, and very particular about cleanliness.  So after moving out of my rental complex I expected to get my full $350 rent deposit back, but low and behold this big management company [...]

I’ve been in contact with my former landlords and now they are putting off talking about the deposit.  It has been a month since I have moved out and the landlords still claim they need to talk to some people.  Although since I last talked to them the husband has had some physical problems and [...]

My air conditioner is on the fritz.  It works in that it blows cold air, but it no longer works well.  It sucks down the kilowatts to cool this place to a bearable 80F, but to cool it down to a comfortable temperature (74-76) it would run up a $1200 electric bill for 1000 square [...]

I am a tent at a apartment complex my landlord is all ways in sombody business the problem im having is she told another tent how much rent i pay each month,she is always threating to put me out for no unknow reasonand i have had enough along with other tents what do i need [...]

Me and my other roommates are in quite a predicament regarding utilities. In our written lease agreement it states that our landlord has no obligation to cover utilties. In the beginning of the year, our landlord asked one of our roommates to put his name on the gas bill. The problem with this though is [...]

On 12/5/2008, I received a flyer from the Apartment complex on my door.  It says, “As of the current date, you have not renewed your lease term.  If you renew by 12/31/2008, you will continue with your same rental rate.  If you do not, you will be assessed a month to month charge starting on [...]