Questions tagged [landlord]
For questions about a landlord's duties and responsibilities, within the capacity of a tenant-landlord relationship.
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In BC can landlords charge to renew a lease?
My lease doesn't end for over a month but my landlord is pressuring me into making a decision regarding renewal already. It's too soon for me to make a decision and he said if I decide late there's a $...
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Can a landlord enter common rooms, in a house that is leased individually room by room, without notice?
I live in a large house shared with several roommates. We each have our own lease with the landlord. The landlord has been letting himself into the house frequently with no explanation. I was under ...
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Lease Terminated, Tenant Has Not Moved Out Yet and Cannot Pay Rent
The lease between me and my tenant expired yesterday and the tenant doesn't want to renew/sign the new lease for another yearly term. The tenant didn't tell me that she was going to move out and not ...
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Private renting: landlord asking me release the deposit early
I started privately renting a property in 2014. The first year was arranged through a letting agent, to whom I paid the deposit (£810) and fees directly. When I renewed the lease in 2015 the landlord ...
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Tenant Laws Regarding Parking
Our landlord(s) want to charge us $30 or $30 per car for parking. We have a garage and a driveway, but mostly have to street park. Just wondering the legality of that. We live in Dane County, ...
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How much ocean does a person with a beachhouse own and what can he do with it?
Assume a person owns a beach house in California.
How far into the ocean does this person own as a landowner?
Does the person own all coral reef, rocks and other things in the ocean in his owner ...
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Condo Master Policy in case of a Fire [closed]
I own a condo that was rented out and had a fire. The condo association's master policy covers repairs from "sheetrock out". I'm out of state, but the best I've heard, the fire mainly damaged the ...
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Ending joint-tenancy agreement by sending registered mail to the landlord - was it done properly? [closed]
6th September sent the Special Delivery to the landlord:
(courtesy of me - sent an email informing letting agent about the situation)
Snippets from tenancy agreement
Commencing on: 7 September ...
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Does a landlord have to rent to someone even if it makes the other tenants uncomfortable?
Let's say I rent a 3 bedroom house in Florida to 3 women from a university in their 20's. Then one moves out and a 40 year old male applicant applies for the vacancy with great numbers on paper. I ...
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Can a landlord demand that a house rented when new be returned to “new” condition?
We are living in California. In our lease agreement, it states under the "condition" section:
Tenant acknowledges these items are clean and operable condition,
with the following exceptions: ...
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Do I have to move right away if the Unlawful Detainer Judgement is in favor of the defendant?
In California (Los Angeles, specifically) does a person have to move if they are named in an Unlawful Detainer action, they answer the Summons and Complaint and appear, and the judge rules in their (...
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Can I demand partial deposit back on a joint lease?
I am living in California. I am currently on a joint lease of a house for a little more than two years. The lease is on a monthly basis (used to be a one-year lease but continued as month-to-month).
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At what point can I pay someone else to do maintenance and deduct the cost from rent?
I figured I should ask this as it's kind of a specific case. Basically my mom and dad moved into a place probably 15 years ago, and for years my dad did all the repairs/snow removal/landscaping/...
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The landlord sends advertising with email to tenants, does this count as spam for legal purposes?
Every time I pay rent on time I get an email from my landlord/rental company about some “deal” from a local random company as a “reward” for paying on time. They are rarely good deals from my ...
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When does a landlord-tenant relationship form?
When specifically is a landlord-tenant relationship formed? I know in some provinces a house is sold at the very moment the buyer shakes hands with the seller (though this is hard to prove, hence the ...
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Can a landlord demand full rent on the first when a roommate gave 30 day’s notice that they are vacating on the 11th?
My roommate gave 30 days notice to me and my landlord, the 11th is her last day. My roommate has paid one third of the rent (10 days) and I have paid my half of the rent. Since today is the 3rd, I ...
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Landlord lost 60 day Notice
A month ago I went into my apartment complexes office and handed a typed 60 day notice to the person at the front desk. They lost the notice or misplaced it. When the my new landlord called my current ...
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Can the broker-agent of a landlord be construed as party to a leasing contract? [NY]
The leasing contract bears the broker's name, under "broker", and not as a signatory.
Is there an agency law ground (or some other) to make the contract enforceable against the broker (given no ...
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question about abusive landlord
I recently got suckered into signing a lease on a room. I thought the place looked OK when I checked it out, and it was in a good area. The rent is $1,000/month and I put down a $100 deposit.
The ...
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German Rental Contract error. Can landlord back charge 18months?
Berlin Landlord made an error in the contract, and now wants all tenants to correct the error by paying sum's going back 18months. Can they?
A little more detail:
A friend moved into a new apartment ...
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What is the council's legal obligation to provide hot water?
Background
I live in a large block of 176 flats that is owned by Lambeth Borough Council (in London, UK). The majority of the flats are rented as "council flats", though some are leasehold. ...
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UK - ex landlord asking to pay for repaint
this question refers to the law in the UK.
I've moved out of an apartment and my previous landlord is asking me to pay to repaint the bathroom as it's crumbling because of condensation.
When we ...
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Can a landlord/property change my unit after approval?
My boyfriend and I are currently in the process of moving across the country, about 650 miles. On September 2nd we visited a property in the area we will be moving to and we really liked it. After ...
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Improper use of work references by landlord
My would-be landlord asked me for a work reference before I moved in and I gave him my line manager's contact details. My references were checked and I moved in. A month or so later my landlord ...
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Do I have the right to terminate a lease without penalty because I was a victim of domestic assault, and the assaulter is also on the lease?
OK ... so here's the deal.
5 months ago my girlfriend (now ex-girlfriend) and I signed a 1 year lease to rent a house in Arizona with another couple that she has known for many years. The main ...
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Will getting court order and being evicted get a criminal record, therefore making future job endeavors problematic?
Evaluating various scenarios. United Kingdom.
One of the potential option is:
do not pay rent
landlord gives notice
court
eviction
Will tenants being evicted get a criminal record that will ...
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Can my landlord (who recently bought the property) change the terms of breaking a month to month lease?
I rented an apartment in 2015 off Craigslist. The guy who owned it was generally friendly, and when we discussed what would happen after the lease ends he said it would go month to month and I'd need ...
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Can my landlord enter without notice weeks after a maintenance request?
I put in a maintenance request at my apartment a few weeks ago. Someone came by the next day to inspect the issue and left a note, which basically said "We will need to call technicians to fix ...
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Can my landlord charge an early release fee if it's not listed on my lease?
I'm moving out of my current housing. I've been in the same rented house for about 3 years, during that time it's been passed between two companies. I've renewed the lease twice during this time.
It's ...
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What to do with tenant applications once a lease is signed. I'm talking about the applications of the people who not selected
Let's say a non professional landlord has a property that they rent out. Every couple of years the tenants move out and an ad is put on Craigslist looking for new tenants. 10 or 15 people submit ...
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Michigan Renting - Can I Refuse Entry for Showing?
My lease is up on the 31st of July and my landlord wants to sell the home. They told me yesterday the listing will go up on July 5th and that the listing agent will be in touch to schedule showing ...
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Does a landlord owe you rent back if amenities on the lease are not available? (Florida, Broward County)
I'm in somewhat of a nightmare situation, where the property I am renting is currently under heavy construction, rendering many of the amenities I pay for inaccessible.
Specifically, the pool, ...
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Can my landlord charge me without advanced notice or evidence?
My roommate requested that our carpet be cleaned and told management that my dog had damaged the carpet. That was a lie, but my management went ahead and cleaned the carpet without doing an inspection ...
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Is it illegal for my landlord to endanger the life of my emotional support animal?
My landlord came and did a carpet cleaning, but did not notify me in advance. Luckily I was there to remove my dog, an emotional support animal, from the premises in order to ensure she wouldn't get ...
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Is it illegal for my landlord to lie to me?
My landlord has lied to me multiple times and I have proof that he has lied. Is that illegal? I live in Utah.
If so, could you please direct me to the law that says it is illegal?
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Landlord Tenant Law
Background:
An older gentleman has been living in our townhouse in Brooklyn, NY on the 1st floor with a year to year lease for about 35 years. He also gets a discount in rent for taking care of the ...
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How much of this lease is actually binding?
Washington state, not Seattle.
I'll start by saying that the situation isn't ideal. It's an efficiency apartment in the basement of my girlfriend co-workers house. Prior to us living there the space ...
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Mold cleaning after tenant move out
I'm in California and my tenant just moved out. We found them never clean the premises and found mold in kitchen sink area and bath sink. Am I allowed to charge the tenant for mold cleaning?
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Tennessee landlord's rights on charging tenant's “on file” debit card without authorization
Is it legal for a landlord in the state of Tennessee to charge a tenant's debit card electronically (using information stored from a previous transaction) without the tenant's knowledge, presence (...
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Delinquent utility bill after landlord paying for over 5 years [closed]
I've been living at my current residence in Montana from late 2011 to date. Upon moving in and since then my landlord has paid the water bill. I received a delinquency notice today from the city which ...
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Sublease when Landlord unreasonably withholds consent
I live in Deerfield, Illinois. My rent term is 18 months. I want to sublet after 12 months. My landlord said no. Under the law, am I legally allow to sublet?
Here is the term in my contract:
'Tenant ...
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Can a landlord countersue tenant after tenant wins regarding over-charge of cleaning fee?
Suppose a tenant T sues their landlord L because of unlawful withholding of T's deposit - the landlord did not follow procedures in charging T the cleaning fee, and deducted $125 without any ...
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Can a landlord return to live in his property together with an overholding tenant?
If the landlord has a month to month lease with a tenant and the the landlord decided to terminate the lease, but the tenant ignores and overstays.
Does the landlord has a right to enter the property ...
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Do replies to a tenant have to address every statement they make?
Just had an email exchange with my tenant, in which he made a couple of untrue assertions. I only sent a short email asking for a phone call so we can resolve the issue since I have no intention of ...
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Can a landlord ask me to see my luggage when moving in?
I am moving into a new home where landlord is living close by.
I paid the rent and when I was about to move in, I came to get the key and the landlord told me that I cannot get it because I did not ...
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Is it legal to restrict rental advertisement to local principles only?
Being a landlord, I discovered years ago that there are a lot of marketers trying to sell lead lists posing as someone who is relocating. The problem is this, my rentals are in a tiny town that no-one,...
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Text message legally binding?
I owed my landlord from a small claims case. I was making payment towards the debt until I lost my business. Recently I contacted her to negotiate the pending debt. She sent me a text responding ...
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UK - Can my (hostile) landlord's (hostile) agents enter my flat to conduct viewings without my explicit permission?
A little background
I'm a student renting (short hold) a studio apartment from a private landlord through an estate agent. The term of the contract ends in September of this year. I've had multiple ...
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Can my landlord double-dip rent after my month-to-month lease termination?
I had a month-to-month tenancy with my previous landlord, which I terminated via written 30 days notice. The lease will terminate on the 21st of this month. I have already paid pro-rated rent until ...
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I couldn't move in right away, can I claim my deposit back?
I have got an issue in a tenancy agreement in the UK.
On Jan 8th I visited an apartment. The agent told me the tenant's notice runs till Jan 31 but he said he would leave earlier.
I have accepted to ...
