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It sounds like a rough situation. In Virginia, if your landlord's behavior is making you feel unsafe, it might be worth talking to a lawyer or local tenant rights group to see if you have grounds to break the lease without penalty. Document everything texts, mail issues, and any interactions as it’ll be useful if you d... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
OP might have better luck - sometimes (often) office A interprets policy differently than office B. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
Get a camera detector and see if he has any cameras inside of your living space. It's illegal and you can go to the police with that. Otherwise there's nothing here that would let you out of your lease. Between the 2 options I would do a buyout. Pay the 2 months and forfeit the deposit. Leave the place spotless and dam... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
A report about what exactly?
"Hey I'd like to file a report about my landlord being weird" 😕 | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
But they don’t, in my experience. I’ve made two separate complaints on things that were clearly against the law and the postmaster basically shrugged their shoulders. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
If you cannot see the infractions here, you may be just as weird.
All of his tracking behaviors qualify as stalking as he’s doing it with cameras.
If that’s not enough, he’s holding her mail and blocking her access to the box. That’s a federal crime.
Purposeful agitation by running to where she is in the house o... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
It's his property. Is he not allowed to have cameras? Is he able to argue he's only trying to secure his property by putting cameras by the entrance which is a common thing people do?
Yeah the holding the mail thing is probably illegal lol.
I don't think running to where she is in the house and being annoying is a c... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
Tell me you’re not a single woman without telling me… you’re a fool. He’s tormenting her on purpose. Blocked. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
Same, not in FL. Doesn’t matter what they should do, if they just don’t.
I have a shared mailbox with 2 other units (wtf??) because my apartment is illegal and multiple mailboxes would look sus. Landlord also thinks she’s some kinda package concierge, and loves to take them into her unit and make me beg for my own... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-26-07 |
This is what I was talking about, if there is only 1 mailbox for the address, there is nothing the post office or police can do Getting a PO Box is just about all you can do if you want to receive your mail. The post office will say they delivered your mail to that address, they are not aware who takes it after that. ... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-26-07 |
Correct, I’ve since learned. My state’s sanitary code does have language about providing a secure mailbox for an apartment, and I could pursue it that way and I’m sure a court would understand the law to mean, “per unit” is what makes it secure. But what’s that worth? Trust me, I’m in court already with the landlord... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-26-07 |
Hi all! Getting right to it, I had putt in a work order two weeks ago or so to fix the bathroom fan in my room.
Yesterday I received an email about the repair an hour before I saw them arrive at my door, all while I was at work.
My roomate was home to let them in, and as they entered my room she heard glass shatter, a... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
They should own up to it and compensate you (good luck coming to an agreement in the price for this sort of thing though) but realistically you’re SOL. I believe your story to be true but you can’t prove 100% that they broke it so if you took them to court, you’re not going to be able to win.
In the future, definitel... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
And yes, I understand that you didn’t have the opportunity to move those things this time. You don’t have to allow them access with less than 24 hours unless it’s an emergency. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
I remember reading that in Virginia law, if it’s after a maintenance request they don’t have to give notice before twenty four hours, or am I wrong in that? I wonder if I can pursue that route if I can’t otherwise prove they broke it.
I have the photo that’s time stamped that my roomate took after they left the first t... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
It doesn’t matter if they’re required to give 24 hours notice or not since your roommate let them in. You/your roommate had the right to decline entry but chose to not exercise that right. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
the video of them saying to leave the mess and timestamps of the photo/video against the email timestamp of when they were to arrive are good at proving your case it was them. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
The real problem is establishing value to get the item replaced. They may offer a credit on your rent or something unless you demand cash value. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
It's not much different than if any other situation where someone damages your property. Things don't change just because you're a renter. They had a work order, so they were allowed to enter and all that.
Just notify them of the damage and what it costs. If they refuse to pay, then take them to small claims court. Yo... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You don't have to prove 100% in civil court, just 51%. In other words, it's more likely than not. And really, all you have to do is convince the magistrate that it's fair. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
It's going to be pretty tricky submitting photo/video evidence in small claims court. You've got to provide copies to defendant and to the court, so it's usually not going to be worth it. Having the roommate be a witness who was there and heard them break something, and maybe a transcript of what they said in the video... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
It’s he said she said. Nobody knows if the piece was broken before maintenance showed up, if the roommate actually broke it and fabricated this story to cover it up, or if maintenance did it. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
welcome to small claims court | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Exactly. That’s the only way this would get sorted out. OP would likely get non-renewed if it came to that as well. Technically illegal but there’s a thousand reasons that you can legally nonrenew someone without it looking like retaliation. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Any non-renewal after a tenant has sued you for damaging their property is going to look like retaliation. You pretty much have to renew them if they want to renew.
Small claims is the venue for this kind of complaint, and it's a circus of hearsay. If OP shows up with a written statement from their roommate, and a pr... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You absolutely don’t have to renew. Need to rehab the property or a family member moving in would work. Or they just start increasing their rent over and over until they’re driven out.
If OP only wants $150 then the LL will just pay it and start the process of getting them out of there. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Well, I guess you don't HAVE to, it's just that you'll get sued and lose. That's always a choice you can make. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
The level of proof they need to show its retaliation is so high, a LL would basically have to put it in writing. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
Wrong once again, retaliation is also a civil issue.
The burden of proof is still lower, and almost never is retaliation put blatantly in writing.
Circumstantial evidence is useful, states have different guidelines on it. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
I assume you haven’t actually looked into this at all? | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
No. You clearly haven’t though. Considering the other wrong information you shared in the thread it’s not worth going too much into it.
Feel free to check out the laws and guidelines on tenant retaliation. It’s pretty straightforward.
The tenant takes legally protected action. Landlord doesn’t like it, decides to ta... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
You have renters insurance?
Submit a claim for the broken items. Yea, the PM should compensate you as well. I would await their response, give them time to investigate internally. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
I’m in Philadelphia. I moved out of my house left it super clean but the landlord is telling me he has to take me to court because he has to paint some of the walls over I tried wiping spots but the paint is so cheap it comes off. He said I need to replace the baseboards because it’s spots on them or repaint. How can... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
How is he telling you? Verbally, text, a letter? Is the security deposit worth losing to get him out of your hair and move on with your life? You're not being taken to court until you receive that summons, it's all malarkey on account of the landlord. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Ll needs to send an itemized list of repairs and associated costs within the time frames dictated by the laws of your area. There are very specific laws around how repairs need to be reported as well as the timeframes. Know the laws and then do nothing until you need to by law.
But as a general rule in life... peop... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You should know the drill. What landlords and property managers can charge for are pretty much anything beyond normal wear and tear. That's the kicker -- determining what is wear and tear. A great deal is also put on the term of the tenancy. The longer the tenancy the more things will need to updated just out of genera... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Tell him if he doesn't give the full security deposit back that you'll take him to court, and then he'll have to pay your legal costs too.
He is absolutely bluffing, and threatening to "take you to court" because he wants to bully you into letting him keep your deposit. Call his bluff, and know that the law is actuall... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
He’s verbally telling me this it’s 2200 yes it’s worth me getting it back | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
I went down this road. If you didn't take pictures of everything when you moved out, if it goes to court, it becomes a he said/she said and the courts usually rule in the LL favor. The LL will have pictures and documentation and everything to try to sway the favor towards them. We got our $1400 but it was after over a ... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
LL has less time now but needs to send you an itemized list in a certified mail to what he claims you on repairs. Generally, they will add wear and tear to try to keep your deposit. Let him take you to court. Get all your receipts and before and after pictures. And go to court and make him prove you did all that damage... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
We have videos of us cleaning and the videos after it was cleaned we have receipts of cleaning supplies. When we did the walk though with him we recorded also. Nothing in the lease states we even had to clean but that’s just we do. We are very good with documentation our last LL tried taking us to court for missed rent... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Then you should be good. Call his bluff, send him a certified letter that you're still waiting on your security deposit and give him a date when you're expecting it. Don't mention court. Don't make threats or ultimatums. If you have proof and video and you did a walk through after with the landlord, you'll be fine if i... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
I hope you took photos of everything before you gave him the keys. That will help you when you take him to court over false charges to your deposit.
Fyi, normal wear and tear also needs to be taken into account. Depending on how long you lived there. good luck. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You can sue anybody for anything at any time that is not the problem the problem is winning your lawsuit...
If he does decide to sue you you still need to show up in court or he wins by default...
He may be just trying to scare you into paying... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Yeah I bet he won't even take you to court and he's just trying to steal your deposit and hoping you don't take him to court. If you have any pictures or a video from when you moved in and also the same for when you moved out and it's as you say you should be good.
If he's really trying to rip you off and still if yo... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-27-07 |
At this point, I feel there’s nothing I can do and I move out in a few days. But for future reference, can my landlord bring his dog into the house I’m renting? Especially if I’m not there? He brings it over even if I’m not home (for showing to potential new tenants).
Last time he did this, his dog attacked my dog an... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
(PA) I rented out my vacation home with a written contract that stated I would keep a $500 deposit if there was any damage to the property. The tenant sent me a photo of a wall he repaired, which his children had damaged. He did not inform me of the damage once it happened, which meant I had no chance to inspect and de... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
I think you would only be able to claim the real damages it costs to paint. Your clause about keeping $500 arbitrarily is probably unenforceable. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Thank you | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Told me that I would have to pay $100 to have someone come and look at it. i replaced it myself and we discussed it and he said it was fine as i gave him a key but now he is saying that we had discussed it already and that i can’t change the lock?
confused boomer moment. do i just take out my door lock and leave a ho... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
He's definitely got to provide you with a door that locks. It's 100% his responsibility. Let him know that if he doesn't like the lock you put on the door, he can replace it with his own, but if he doesn't provide you with a door that locks then he's in breach of the lease agreement. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
If you have nothing in writing you are at a disadvantage. Yes broken lock is on him unless he is asserting you broke it. Send him an email that you expect him to fix it as his responsibility and will not be paying extra. Use words like habitability and landlord-tenant statutes. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
So. If you ignore the issue what happens next? Nothing? Because that's what I'd do.
You took care of it, it's a non-issue. If the landlord wants to take further action that's on them from here. Nothing more you can do to help. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
OP messed up. The LL probably actually thinks that the lock worked and OP decided to change it. Now, since OP has already changed it, they can’t prove that it was initially broken.
OP should’ve told the LL about it on move-in day and gotten it fixed. Can’t just take matters into your own hands without going through t... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Just throwing around buzzwords we see in this sub isn’t going to get the job done😂. The LL probably thinks that the lock did work and that Op either broke it or wanted to change to his own locks. This is why move in inspections r so important, OP should’ve noted and reported the lock not working before even bringing t... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
OP did tell the landlord, it says in the post. LL said OP would have to pay for someone to fix it. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
well he said i wasn’t allowed to change the lock, that me and him already discussed this. he’s insisting that i remove it, im not sure how to put the broken one that he had put on. so i guess i just remove my lock and have a security hazard? | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
No - that's not what I said.
Leave your lock, let the landlord take action if they want beyond that.
That's it. Don't do anything. Why make this harder for yourself? | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
It doesn't matter what the LL thinks happened. It also doesn't matter if the lock was working at move in day or not. LL has a responsibility to provide a locking door. If it's broken, he's got to fix it. OP asked him to fix it but LL said it was OP's responsibility. OP didn't mess up at all by fixing it.
If landlord d... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
It should have been before move in. LL thinks that OP broke it. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
The LL is allowed to charge for things that OP broke. They didn’t say that they wouldn’t replace it, they said that OP would need to pay for it.
None of this confusion happens if you walk around the place and note everything that needs to be fixed before moving in. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
I received an eviction yesterday and noticed they put the wrong date that I was served the 5 Day Pay rent or vacate. On the states court website they have a 5 Day to pay Rent only.
1st Question: Can her and her attorney just make up forms?
While also looking through the eviction paper. There is several clerical erro... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You need to ask a lawyer not randos on Reddit. Not being a dick, if you seriously are looking to fight this on a technicality, you need a good attorney doing it. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
I understand but i dont have any in my area. But i am looking. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
NAL. To get anywhere on this you'll need one. And I am not all that sure it will matter. Yes, legal forms and submissions should be correct. But there are errors and there are ERRORS. Do these rise to a level where they can just be overlooked, corrected and refiled or void the process? My guess it might result in some ... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
We have been looking and have been for quite some time now. A lot wont rent to use cause I cannot use my landlord has a rental reference and they want that. So we are stuck. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Well, obviously that's not going to change so you have to work around that. With the eviction being filed -- that's already a public record in most places -- the reference is only a part of the problem. Nobody is going to tell you that it's an easy road. I lived in AZ as a renter for 28 years. The big complexes are oft... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Hey guys, state is FL. so the rundown is I got a new apartment, and I got the washer and dryer hooked up by a friend. When they place the hose in the designated hole for draining the washer, the pipe underneath was not connected to that hole. We didn't know this until hours later when the two lower floors beneath me fl... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
In June we applied for an affordable apartment complex run by Tam Residential. We weren’t able to see the inside of the apartment before move in but we were able to see it from the outside while it’s being worked on through the window. We went often to see what they were working on.
They told us the fridge is fairly... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
When I read this, the red flag for me was "the fridge is pretty new and works great". I would have walked right then and there. Who says that? It's like bragging about the toilets flushing "real good". This site should answer most of the basics. Good luck. [https://www.wsba.org/docs/default-source/news-events/publicati... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Hello! I live in a beautiful apartment with my friends and I have done for the last year. the building that my apartment is in is old, and my bedroom has huge windows (one is 3.2 metres wide by 2 metres tall). Our apartment is furnished, however my bedroom does not have blinds nor curtains. The landlord has given me pe... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Below is a kitchen and living room and if my roommate is down there then I can hear him and see the light from the kitchen / living room. I thought about a curtain and a tension curtain rod, but I don’t think that would help with sound at all. | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Noise canceling headphones. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Hi, can someone please help me understand what this part of my lease means I’m looking to break my lease and dont understand what this section means. | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
What part needs clarification? | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
If you decide to move out before your lease it up then youre obligated to continue to pay rent until the unit is rented (basically). | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
If you stop paying rent, then the landlord can evict you. If you've moved out, obviously, they won't be able to get an eviction.
Your lease says your landlord can try to come after you for any damage to the property and for the rent amount from when you broke the lease to the end of the lease term or when they find a... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Very untrue. If you just leave the property... usually, the LL will still go ahead and procedurally go through an eviction process and then collections. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
lol, no. You can't evict someone who isn't living in the home. If they try, then you just show up in court and say you've vacated the property, and it gets dismissed. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Sure you can. If the tenant abandons the property without paying rent, then it's pretty easy actually. Post notice to cure on the door and then file for eviction after cure period. The court will still process eviction and just enter default judgment when the tenant never shows up to court. Easy day. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Thats what I thought thank you | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
That is certainly not how the process works in MA or any state I've ever heard of.
The purpose of an eviction is to remove the tenant/occupants from the house. If they're no longer occupying the house, then all they have to do is show up in court and state that.
In MA, you have to send a notice to quit. A notice to q... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You might want to brush up on your own state laws. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
lol, you don't even know what an eviction is. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You don't even know what a tenant is | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
I know what it's not. It's not a person who lives in a different house. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Wrong again | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
So you believe that a person who does not live in a house that you own is your tenant? And that you can evict them from a house that they are no longer living in? Explain what a notice to quit is then, please. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
No. I believe if they move to some other property they don't own, then they are still a tenant.
Notice to quit is for unpaid rent. Eviction is to take back legal possession of the property that the tenant walked away from.
Again. Read your own states laws. This is all basic contract law and normal abandoned property... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
You are very confused. Before you can get an eviction, you have to send them a notice to quit or a notice of breach with a specified date to vacate. There's some version of that in every state. You can only file for an eviction if they DON'T vacate the property. If they vacate (which is what the OP intends to do) then ... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Yikes.. still didn't read your own state laws is see. Do a bit of research and stop giving bad information, bud. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
First of all, what state do you think I live in? | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
That's not 100% accurate. You don't have to continue to pay rent, but the landlord might be able to sue you for it later. It's actually a very bad idea to continue to pay them money after you've moved out. | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Your obligated to pay for duration of lease unless there is a buy out clause or punishment (standard seems to be 3 months) if you abandon and LL files a suit then your boned because you will get collections and a judgement on credit. Its not an eviction at this point its lawsuit for contract. If you disappear then he c... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
You are both retarded and having different conversation. If dude moves out the eviction is crossing legal Ts and protections aks process. It is not all is forgiven dude or Tennant is still on hook for lease agreement aka any money it costs to recover fees. etc. costs add up quick and you can tuen a 500 loan into 2k de... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
The conversation is "can you evict someone who is not your tenant" and the answer is "no." Nothing you've said refutes that. You're talking about something entirely different, which is collecting unpaid rent after the tenant has surrendered possession. An eviction is to force them to surrender possession so if they've ... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-24-07 |
Located in NC, So my lease ends july 31st. I gave her a 30 day notice that we wont be signing another lease. She contacted me and said it had to be 45 days notice and that after our lease ends it would go month to month and wed HAVE to stay and pay for august. Is that even right?? | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
So, I notified my landlord of a serious leak in my closet THREE MONTHS AGO. He finally came in and cut this whole in my ceiling last week and then left. No notice over whether a plumber is coming anytime soon or not.
So the thing is, while he did this, he saw that I have a cat. I've been under the impression that he k... | r/renters | post | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
If I get my three options in writing and one of them is to pay a deposit or rent increase (which I'm sure will be an option), can I then get on him about this leak? Can he still choose to evict me over the cat after I get in writing that he gave me the option to pay an additional fee?
I feel like he's just doing this ... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
Get on him about the leak regardless. If you gotta dump the cat for a few days at a friend's place, dump the cat.
Water leads to mold and mildew, which leads to respiratory shit. Beyond that, this is his property, he should know what water does to houses and want to fix it regardless.
At the end of the day, if you'... | r/renters | comment | r/Renters | 2024-23-07 |
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