Can I break lease because landlored refuses to speak to me concerning minor repairs. sent letter, no response so I called. after 3 weeks and 4 attempts, reached landlord 0 hung up on me and 2 days later received a letter from attorney stating not to do this again. Have since found home never had permits pulled to finish basement , bath and have electrical wires running in closets open?

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Some body told me that first time home buyers can break the lease in state of Maryland (MD) and don’t have to pay any penalty. I want to know whether the same law is applicable in state of Virginia (VA).
We have more than a year left in my current lease and we are buying a house. My landlord has a clause that if we break the lease, we have to give 3 months notice and 2 months rent.

I am asking that do i have to pay this money or is there a way around it?

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My landlord is mad because I lost remote for garage door opener. I thought it was a Lift Master but actually it may just be an Ultra Lift, if that is a brand. . . I bought a "Clicker", supposed to be a universal remote, but I can’t see on the receiver either a smart programming lens or DIP switches. What next?

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In life not my house but in my dream it was my home. My house was being devoured by lava but it was very slow, my landlord (real one) told me that he purposely set the volcanic gas to come up threw my house. I live in port huron michigan, not possible for this to be true. so I’m going in and out of my house getting both my kids and husband and the fire department showed up. This point my living room floor was melting. I kept going back in because I wanted to get my important stuff out..like my bin, it has everything from my twins that are adopted out. I have that and I’m searching and searching for my other box that has my keep sake stuff from my other 2kids and more very important stuff from the twins. Both my kids and husband came back looking for me In the house and we all had tojump out the up stairs window slide down a hill to safety and I still didnt get my second box. Then my husband alarm went off sounding like the fire trucks and the alarm for our town telling everyone to get to safety, and woke up scared put of my mind so worried I’m putting ask my important stuff in a easily get to place so I dont have to search for them in the event this should happen.. I am so scared I never had a fire before and I know my head is trying tell me something I just dont know what it is! Please help me

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When I first moved into this apt, the smoke alarm kept going off every time I used my oven. I mentioned it to the landlord and she told me that the alarm was sensitive. It was driving me nuts, so I went to check to see if maybe it was a bad battery. When I went to check, I barely touched the alarm and it fell down hanging by one wire. There were 3 wires all together and two of them became unattached when the alarm fell. I made a request to have a maintenance worker come and fix it. The maintenance guy fixed it swearing the whole time, because the fire alarm was also wired to other things like the hallway light. The wires were jammed packed into this little area and the wires were really short and frustrating to attach. He ended up giving me a new alarm because the other one was bad. He swore that he checked and tested it before I moved in. Ya right. Anyways, the next day I got a letter from the manager saying that I had signed an Agreement, when I moved in, saying that resident is not to remove, disconnect or otherwise interfere with the device and the next time they were going to fine me 0. I looked for my copy of the Agreement and noticed that she had not marked the items on my copy, saying she had notified me of the alarm, sprinkler system, smoking policy, etc., etc., but were marked on the notice. In other words, she marked the notice copy but did not on my copy when I moved in. I had only moved in 2 days prior.

Besides this being "shady" and deceitful, is there any legal issue here? Part of the alarm going off I think was due to the the oven not having a seal around the door which took them 2 1/2 mos. months to fix. I think they just wish I would go away.

It also states in the contract that I am responsible to maintain the smoke detector at my own expense and that I had been shown how the device is tested. Not. Since I have been here (2 1/2 mos.) I have received a nasty note by the owners regarding my reference, damage deposit, and rent check didn’t go through right away due to fraud activity in my checking account but did go through on the 4th which is before their delinquent date of the 5th. so I received a notice to pay a nsf fee and a late fee on the 4th. Great way of making a impression as a new tenant. 10 car loads of Home Land Security showed up at my next door neighbor’s apt with rifles drawn, my car was broken into the first night I was here, my garage was vandalized recently, had to complain about the loud music from next door and I get to overlook a beautiful sight of cigarette butts all over the lawn. Do I have any legal ground to move to a better apt where they actually follow though with their contracts? Thank you.
This happened the first day I moved in so the oven was clean. In case there were any looming cleaner that would cause fumes, I wiped the oven out with clear water to get rid of any fumes that might be making the alarm go off. Also, how can I maintain the alarm at my expense, but not be able to touch it to replace a bad battery?

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Someone put something on the winshield of my car in the parking garage of the apt building where I live, I was extremly uncomfortable about it and wanted to know who placed the item on my car, I asked the landlord to view thje footage, and she refused to show me anything without a court order. Am I entitles to view the footage as a concerned tenant?
I believe the video would be the property of the owner not the landlord.

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Ok, I’ll try and make this long story short.
Almost two years ago, I moved out on my own on a month-by-month basis (stated on the lease agreement). I was only in that place for about 2 months because the place was INFESTED with mice (among other things, including leaking roof, non-stop fire alarm, etc.)
When I gave my notice (abiding by the rental agreement), my landlord had a s***-fit because he claimed I was "breaking the 12-month lease". In a professional letter that was registered and delivered to him, I gave copies of the month-by-month lease, and stated basically how much of a crap hole the place was. I never heard from him again, and I successfully moved back home.

NOW, my friend and I are moving out together. We have found an AMAZING place. The place requires we list our places of residence (including other rentals) within the past two years. By the time we want to move in, it will be passed the two-years mark of my crappy apartment experience. Since then, I’ve lived at home with parents and went back to school.

Should I even bother to list this two-month nightmare on my NEW apartment’s application? Seeing as how it will be over two years by move-in date??

Your opinion matters! Thanks for your time answering!

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Ok, I’ll try and make this long story short.
Almost two years ago, I moved out on my own on a month-by-month basis (stated on the lease agreement). I was only in that place for about 2 months because the place was INFESTED with mice (among other things, including leaking roof, non-stop fire alarm, etc.)
When I gave my notice (abiding by the rental agreement), my landlord had a s***-fit because he claimed I was "breaking the 12-month lease". In a professional letter that was registered and delivered to him, I gave copies of the month-by-month lease, and stated basically how much of a crap hole the place was. I never heard from him again, and I successfully moved back home.

NOW, my friend and I are moving out together. We have found an AMAZING place. The place requires we list our places of residence (including other rentals) within the past two years. By the time we want to move in, it will be passed the two-years mark of my crappy apartment experience. Since then, I’ve lived at home with parents and went back to school.

Should I even bother to list this two-month nightmare on my NEW apartment’s application? Seeing as how it will be over two years by move-in date??

Your opinion matters! Thanks for your time answering!

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I want to find out if my landlord is coming into my apartment unannounced and unwanted. Sometimes it seems as though things are not where I left them.

I would like a good-functioning nanny cam for my apartment. I would like to keep the cost down but I don’t want to sacrifice quality.

Has anyone ever tried out those bears with hidden cameras? Or have you tried any other sort of hidden camera equipment? I am interested in something with a motion sensor.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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got a note in my mail saying that my landlord will enter my apartment tomorrow for unit inspection and fire alarm testing between 8 and 6pm. i wont be home from 9 to about 4. is he allowed to go in even if im not there?

this is an apartment complex.

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