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Can My Landlord Do This?

Tamara NY former tenant
Date: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 6:18 pm
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A

So I rent from a landlady who has a 20+ yr old delinquent daughter. The landlady cannot (or does not) want to deal with her daughter’s problems so the landlady moved her daughter right next to me and my fiance in our complex. This daughter siphons electricity and cable from the other tenants and from […]

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Tom MD co-signer
Date: Friday, June 20th, 2014 5:12 pm
Category: Agreements, Apartment Complaint, Bizzare, Busted Tenant, Eviction, Frustrated Landlord, Frustrated Renter, General Topics, Landlord humor, Landlord Legal, Landlord Problems, Landlord Q & A, Landlord Stories, Landlord Tips, Legal Problem, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A, Tenant Excuses, Tenant Problems, Videos Post

I am aware of the Philadelphia Lead Paint Regulation  [named Lead Disclosure and Certification act] states that a Landlord can NOT evict a tenant, if they are not in compliance with the regulation [IE Providing the Tenant with children 6 and under, with a "Lead Safe" or "Lead Free" certificate.  LANDLORD CAN NOT CHARGE RENT […]

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Found 1 bed bug coming from hole in floor

anonymous MD renter
Date: Friday, March 21st, 2014 1:35 am
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories

2 days ago I saw my cat playing with something on the living room floor by a whole next to the heater, I went over to look and it was a bed bug. I killed it and taped if to a paper, and documented the time and day and where it was found. I live […]

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Can my Landlord do this???

Frustrated in Kansas
Date: Monday, February 24th, 2014 7:24 am
Category: Frustrated Renter, General Topics, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories

      My husband and I rented a room in an older couples home last October (2013).  He was 67 and still working 30+ hours a week and she is 60 and hasn ‘t worked in several years do to health issues stemming from fybromyalgia and a few other things.  Being a former nurse […]

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Neighbors from Hell

DeWayne
Date: Saturday, February 8th, 2014 8:32 pm
Category: Apartment Complaint, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A

I have neighbors that stay on top of me in my apartment comples and they fight, slam things on the floor, stomp continuously and have kids running through the apartment or it just might be them running. After the first time I complained it got worse and worse and finally after several complaints it quited […]

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Burden of proof? I demand NO CAUSE explanation

Knucklehead
Date: Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 6:32 am
Category: Frustrated Renter, General Topics, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A

Hello there,  Frustrated tenant here.  I’m halfway through a 60-day No Cause termination of month-to-month agreement.  The case against me has been summarized as:  "Defacement of property" which was as simple as having painted a tasteful mural on the door to the unit. (This is at a housing community designated and advertised to attract "creatives" and "artists")  A […]

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Landlord will not refund full security deposit

Marie OR Former renter
Date: Friday, January 17th, 2014 2:49 pm
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories

My boyfriend and I moved out of our previous home on 9/30/11 and we cleaned it according to the list we were provided by the former landlord.  I put well over 20 hours of cleaning into the home so that we could receive our full deposit of $995.  Well, after the 31 days of waiting […]

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my landlord does not repair

Kandi Perkins
Date: Monday, January 13th, 2014 11:19 am
Category: Rent Horror Stories

I have been renting my house since November 2013, about 3 months. In that three months I have had to replace both toilets, both bathroom sinks and replace the plumbing in the basement to keep it from flooding. After we got the water to stop flowing in the basement we discovered what appears to be black mold. […]

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Water leak and angry landlord

Jimmy
Date: Monday, January 13th, 2014 12:03 am
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories

I have had a water leak in my apartment. I live in eastlake ohio and i have just wicklife ohio and i have had some of my drywall come down in the bathroom. I have showed this to the landlord and i have just been asked to leave the unit i am in unless i […]

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Can my landlord do this?

brakis84 FL Renter
Date: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 12:32 am
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions, Rent Horror Stories, Renter Q & A

I moved into Tivoli Apartment Complex in September of 2011. Upon moving in I was under the impression that I was going to be renting apartment 1408. The day I was supposed to be moving my things into the apartment I was told that I would no longer be moving into apartment 1408 due to […]

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