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Rental Refrigerator Repair

Forced to Fast Food — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:02:27 +0000

I’ve been renting with this specific property management agency for several year now, and I must be stupid to have stayed here this long. We’ve had several appliances break down, and it typically takes several weeks for anything to be repaired. Our refrigerator melted, and we called every day for 5 days before it was replaced. I actually had to resort to using friend’s phones to call my landlord because he ignored my number. Now we have moved to a larger apartment in the same complex and the new refrigerator (which I had to move myself) has also broken down. I have about $200 of groceries in it, and I can’t afford to wait another week to get a new refrigerator. What should I do?

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How long can landlord…?

No privacy at all, and loosing ground — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:31:43 +0000

My new landlord has been doing improvements to the exterior of my house. At a snails pace. Been going on for over 2 months. During this time he put up a tent out behind the old broke down shed for his brother aka handyman to stay in. I let it slide, didn’t think it would be a permanant thing. They have changed the locks on the shed. So I am denied access to it. There is an extension cord ran from my house to the shed. When I unplugged it they just ran the cord to power pole. There is a garden hose extended from my house to the shop. I also have 3 garbage cans outside, which prior to 2 months ago I only managed to fill 2 of them up weekly. Now its 3 and sometimes an extra large garbage bag. Keep in mind no utilities are included in my rent. They have started painting my house at 6:00am and have still been painting outside my bedroom window at 8:45pm. They never let me know when they are going to be here or what they are going to be doing. I care for my disabled mother who lives with me and whos health has taken a turn for the worst. I have chosen to stay home with her til god either gives us a miracle or takes her. If moving wouldn’t be so tramatic to her I would move, but thats not in the cards. I have no idea how to deal with my new landlord since I have let everything slide. HELP!!!

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Landlord wont fix Trailer

Mary Lou Seville — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:34:28 +0000

I have been living in this trailer for over 20 years and the trailer is in bad need of fixing and my landord wont fix it. he says its to old of a trailer to be fixed. my husband put a ceiling in and he did not take it off the rent. my wall are so band and my floors and my kitchen sink leaks all the time. My husband and I are on a fixed income and we cant afford to do the repairs ourselfs. what can I do to get in to fix the trailer?

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Apartment Plumbing!!

Tenant — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:53:42 +0000

Hi,

I am a renter in LA and filed a maintenance request more than 2 months ago. There are some issues with my apartment plumbing. The hot water works fine in my kitchen, and is clean. But in my bathroom, every time I turn on the shower or sink, the water comes out brown-orange for the first 3-60+ seconds. I caught the water in a cup and once it settled, I realized that it was a thick degree of rust from the pipes. The landlord said that I should just let the shower run for a few minutes then use it. But do I not have a right to clean water? I wonder how many times I stuck my toothbrush in the sink, then used it, before I let the sink run for “long enough”?

My shower, as well, goes from perfect temperature to really cold, to scalding hot, without me touching the temperature knob. I have spoken with the manager many times about this and she keeps giving me an excuse each time I run into her, but she has not returned my calls regarding anything about the water. It has been more than 2 months since my maintenance request. In California, I know I have a right to hot and clean water, does my case apply?

Please advise!

Also, can I file a complaint with RPA if my management company is not a member?

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Landlord Repair Obligations

Beverly — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:59:19 +0000

My son is renting a house in NC paying $975 per month plus utilities. His last utilities bill was 4 times the normal amount and was determined to be an a/c problem. The landlord was contacted and sent someone to look at it but was never repaired. Now the landlord is ignoring son’s phone calls and it is extremely hot out. Can my son pay to repair the a/c himself and then withhold that amount from his rent or is there a better way to resolve this quickly?

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Landlord charging for replacing a door

Roz — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:02:49 +0000

My shower door busted. i have NO idea how. I thought it was from the extreme heat my apartment holds and i was out of town for the weekend, came home and found it shattered. Apparently this is unreasonable, and my landlord wants to charge me for the damage. OK fine, but my uncle is a licensed plumber and can replacing a door at no costs to me, but my land lord is being shify about that. Why should I have to PAY (people she found) when I can get it done w/o costs to me. (especially when i feel i’m not even responsible) HELP

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Who’s fault is it? Landlord or Tenant?

sandra — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:44:52 +0000

I am a renter off campus near my school, we have a one year lease for our house. Since I moved in I have had an on going problem with my roof leaking, and the landlord’s so called “repairs” not holding up. It has gotten to the point where my mattress has suffered enough water damage to need replacing, am I within my rights as a renter to subtract this cost from my rent as the damage is due to the landlord’s neglect to properly repair the roof for the past 8 months??

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Problem with Landlord Repair…

Francine — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:56:43 +0000

I need help and I have no idea where to turn. My GA Power bill for the service period of 11-25-08 thru 12-30-08 was $330.38!! I have lived in this apt complex for 5 years and I have never had a GA Power bill that high before. I live in a one bedroom loft apartment 1013 square feet. I have spoken with other tenants in the complex with larger units whose bills are a THIRD of my bill. GA Power suggests that I set my thermostat at 68 degrees if I were to set my thermostat that low I’d freeze. I have always (at the direction of maintenance) had to set my thermostat to at least 78 degrees in the winter in order for it to be a comfortable temperature in my unit. And even in that I have never had a $300 GA Power bill. Management at my apt complex tells me maintenance came out and says there’s no problem. I always turn the thermostat down each day when I leave for work and after I got the first high bill I did whatever else I could to make the next bill lower but it was even higher $345.41!!! I was getting no assistance from the front office and maintenance so I called a heating & air company for an independent inspection. At which point I was told the apt has an electric heat pump system and the technician found the system empty with an “existing leak on the system”. When he left my apt was warmer than it has been in a very long time. Well that quickly ended last night I ended up having to just turn it off all together b/c once again it was not heating. The temperature is getting ready to drop again here in GA. I do not know what to do. I already feel like I have been overpaying on my electric bills for several years now b/c as far back as I can remember I have had to call maintenance out each summer and each winter b/c of the system wasn’t cooling or heating. My bills have always spiked but I thought that was normal. It wasn’t until it spiked to $300 and until I spoke with other tenants in larger units whose bills were only $125 that I really knew there was a problem. My electric bills have never been that low in the winter/summer. I have to pay the $330.38 by 2/25/09 or the electric will be shut off I used $231 of that when I called the technician out for an independent inspection. And now I’m back to square one on not having any heat. Please help. What do I do?

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Problem with Airconditioning

Tenant — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:25:37 +0000

I am having problem with my airconditioning.It is not cooling my house and my house has been 85-90 since this summer.The renter office has send technician to repair it and the problem continues and they finally says nothing thy can do. My leasing contract doesnot have aircondition label in it and my lease expire Oct 2010. Sir/Madam this condition is causing serious depression because the law say Aircondition is luxury.I need help.I have a sick mother and a 4 year old son.I need help and advice

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problem with landlord repair

Tenant — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:43:47 +0000

WATER HEATER IS BROKEN FOR OVER A MONTH. CONTACT OWNER BY PHONE AND HE HASNT FIX THE WATER HEATER. I DONT HAVE AN ADDRESS CAUSE HE DIDNT PUT ONE ON THE LEASE HE IS PICKING UP THE RENT HIMSELF. I DO HAVE A WORK ADDRESS SHOULD I SEND A NOTICE THERE AND WHAT IF HE DOESNT ACCEPT THE LETTER. WHATS MY OPTIONS.

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