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So you want to move... Just say it...
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2024-24-07
Ok Karen, let me get my manager...
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2024-24-07
That’s the paper/cardboard outer layer of drywall paneling. Remove the brown paper part, get some mud and retexturing spray (this looks like orange peel) and paint match the color and sheen. Look up how not to make a mess while painting etc.
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2024-25-07
So to do a long story short, my dad had some issues with finances which caused us to not be able to pay on time this month. We've been scrambling to figure it out and try to come to some sort of agreement with our landlord (leasing company). But the problem is, my dad has been trying to get in contact with the office this whole month. He has multiple emails to them where he has tried to ask them if he could pay some now and some later, he tried to give them a heads up that it'll be late, etc. but it's been crickets. He has tried to go to the office multiple times as well and it's always closed. "Appointments only" but they don't respond to his requests for an appointment. Now they just sent him a message saying they'll be serving us with an eviction notice, is there anything we could do to prevent this from happening? I just don't think it's fair because we have tried every avenue to get in contact and we've been ignored. It's not like we don't want to pay. Do we have any legal protections if we where to end up in court? This is all very stressful especially since my father is disabled, I'm due to give birth soon and my partner only gets paid once a month so we don't have the money to just put in a deposit on a different place at the drop of a hat.
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2024-24-07
Here's a link that should help with the process and what to expect. Once you are behind in rent -- for whatever reason -- things can get ugly quickly. Here's a document that should cover how things work and what to expect. This is very serious. There's no excuse for the behavior of the landlord in this case but I am not all that sure it matters at this point. You need to resolve the eviction situation or start making plans to move. Read that notice very, very carefully. If you need assistance, seek out tenant's rights in your area. [https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction-tenant](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/eviction-tenant)
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2024-25-07
Thank you so much, I’ve been searching around and a lot of the terminology was confusing. I’ll show this to my dad so we can discuss it further 
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2024-25-07
I've been browsing a few condos and noticed some condos list both heating types in the same condo. Or is this an error and there is only 1 type of heating per condo?
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2024-25-07
A "forced air unit" is an indoor unit that utilizes natural gas for heating during the winter, with a cooling coil mounted on top of the unit for cooling during the summer. This is provided with a "condensing unit" outside of the living unit for cooling. A "Heat Pump" is basically the same equipment items mentioned, but provides electricity to provide both heating and cooling to your living unit. The unit outside is the "heat pump".
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2024-27-07
I recently moved into a trailer park and since February it’s been problem after problem. First night here we lost power, week later no AC, reported a kitchen faucet leak in March (husbands a plumber and pointed it out) & maintenance said they couldn’t find it after visiting twice, oven stopped working for about a week, fuse box broke MY dryer, oven stopped working again for two weeks, reported my master bathroom floor was rotting bc I stepped through it ( thought it was from the vanity as it did have a leak and the particle board is obviously wet, they fixed that leak and realized it was a leak from the toilet. Replaced the floor around the toilet, didn’t replace the broke flange and used an extra piece of linoleum to wedge under the toilet so it wouldn’t wobble. It still wobbles and is already leaking again), my floor is a trampoline in my living room ( two huge bumps causing linoleum to peel up), reported last month that fuse box is soaking wet everyday to the point the wall around it is rotting, black mold over the oven between the oven vent and wall, oven vent leaks water onto oven and into my food (yum), mold started growing around fuse box and has caused rust, the sink leak I reported back in March has all of my cabinets covered in mold now, and more I’m sure. I bought a mold test kit to test the clothes in my closet due to it being so humid that my clothes are wet, and lo and behold its mold. Anywho, I spoke with our office manager on Sunday and she was fine with us moving into a newer trailer until today when she stated that maintenance said it was something that can be fixed ( also maintenance is mad at bc I called them out for blatantly lying to me and talking down to me). Now I have several options: stay here while they fix it, leave while they fix it( but I still gotta pay rent), break lease, or legal. Thing is I can’t just stay here around mold 24/7 and it’s 100% not caused by myself or my husband. Had they fix my faucet leak in March and were more on top of my leaky fuse box we could have avoided a lot of these problems. I would love to break my lease and be done with it here, but I won’t get my deposit back and it will negatively affect my status as a renter and my credit. So legal looks like my best bet, but I’m just 21 and have no clue where to even begin or if it’s worth it. Please help me Reddit. Side note: Maintenance said the mold is due to condensation and their fix was for me to put up blackout curtains. It didn’t work.
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2024-25-07
TLDR: I didn’t know my apartment complex was a HUD affordable housing community. It’s becoming increasingly frustrating due to inspections with lengthy requirements and unsafe/inconsiderate neighbors. Shouldn’t landlords disclose this information to lessees in the lease? When I’m able to move out, how can I ensure the new place I find is not an affordable housing community in the most respectful way possible? Any tips on scoping out places and knowing what the neighborhood is like before moving in? Long version: This is mostly just to vent, but… I’ve lived in my apartment complex for 5 years. Many of the neighbors were never great, but there were enough good ones that it was okay overall. Over the past year or so, things seem to be getting increasingly worse. People are loud, inconsiderate of others, speed through the parking lots, leave stuff/trash everywhere, slam doors and stomp around the floors, smoke cigarettes everywhere and throw the butts in the grass, don’t follow community rules or even city rules, etc. For example, there are aggressive dogs let out without leashes and the owners don’t seem to understand why it’s a problem, and recently someone put hot coals in a dumpster and caused a fire that severely damaged the dumpster area and a garage. Charcoal grills are not even allowed. My dog became very ill a little while ago and was taken to the emergency vet after ingesting what they think was marijuana that he must have found on the ground. All this to say, I started wondering if they were leasing to low income renters or something. Recent communications from management have confirmed my suspicions. There is a REAC inspection taking place in about two weeks. They sent out an extensive list of things we need to check for in our units so that they can “pass” and earn less frequent inspections. We were given about a month’s notice. Today, they sent an email saying they’re doing a pre-inspection tomorrow and that an inspector will be entering all units and performing any repairs over the next two days. I work from home as a consultant and I lead video calls that can’t be interrupted. I also have a pet that needs supervision if people are entering and leaving. While I realize the short notice is legal as long as it’s 12-hours in advance, it was very frustrating to get this information when we were told a few weeks ago that we had several weeks until any inspection. Not only that, the inspection really has nothing to do with me because I don’t receive reduced rent and I didn’t knowingly move into a place that offers it to low income individuals. I now had to scramble to prepare my unit as best I can, completely change my plans for tomorrow, and gather my work items and my pet to go work at a friend’s house. I really don’t mean to generalize by insinuating that low income individuals are worse neighbors. I myself had very low income for a while and have experienced similar struggles. However, if I had known that this community was a HUD community, I wouldn’t have moved in. I’m a single woman and I’m also a high-functioning neurodivergent who’s pretty sensitive to things like loud noises, screaming kids, smoke, bad smells, shaking floors, and startling situations. Nothing has ever been mentioned by management, including when I toured the community and moved in, and there is nothing mentioning it in the lease. The community is not listed on the HUD website map, even though others owned by the same management company are. We’ve never had a REAC inspection in the 5 years I’ve been here, and as I understand these are either every year or every 3 years. I’m not sure if they recently became an affordable housing complex or what. I’ve now lived here for several years, becoming increasingly distressed by my environment and worried about both my safety and my pet’s safety. While I had a steady job, I wasn’t in a financial place where I could really afford to move elsewhere. The insane increase in rent in general also priced me out of a lot of places. I’m already planning on moving when my lease is up, but I recently renewed right before I found out I was promoted and got a significant raise. Now I’m stuck here for another year. Shouldn’t landlords disclose this information to lessees in the lease? When I’m able to move out, how can I ensure the new place I find is not an affordable housing community in the most respectful way possible? Any tips on scoping out places and knowing what the neighborhood is like before moving in? I don’t think I will be able to cope long-term with living in a similar situation. I’m saving up to hopefully buy a house, but I won’t have enough saved by the time my lease is up and I’ll need to live in at least one more apartment.
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2024-25-07
Start reporting the violations that you are speaking of directly to HUD and not your management office.
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2024-25-07
What exactly would I report? That people don’t follow their lease agreement? I’m genuinely asking because I guess I don’t see what they would do about it if it relates to the agreement between the landlord and the lessee and not them. The only thing to file a complaint about on the HUD site is for discrimination.
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2024-25-07
Sounds like you live in a Tax Credit apartment. Do you sign a lease every year? Is one of the pages lots of boxes and you just sign at the bottom?
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2024-25-07
It seems like it’s probably multi-family housing based on the HUD site. There’s no page with lots of boxes that I can see, but I renew the lease every year and sign it.
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2024-25-07
They wouldn’t give that page to you, but do you recall signing a piece of paper like that at your most recent signing?
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2024-25-07
No, I didn’t. Everything I sign is online and it’s included in the pdf file I get back, which doesn’t seem to have anything like that
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2024-25-07
Last month, I contacted a landlord on Craigslist about a rental I was interested in. I then toured the house in the area, though the landlord wasn't present that day, and the outgoing tenant, was the one who guided me instead. After narrowing down my choices, I decided to choose that rental. I signed a rental application and paid the fee that was required, though she asked for $40, and according to MD law landlords can only ask for $25 unless they can provide an itemization of the cost, but that's a relatively minor matter for this post. Then, she asked for a security deposit of one month's rent, basically to lock in my commitment to moving in rather than her continuing to showcase the rental to other potential buyers. She did say that it was a refundable amount. I Zelle'd her the money, and she planned on sending the lease later, but she kept stalling on it,. Eventually, I learned that she had been stalling because the outgoing tenant, who was supposed to have moved out by August 8, my move-in date as discussed, changed their mind and said they would move out "August 8-10," so my move-in date was now August 10. This was becoming problematic as I would be starting a new job in the area, on July 29th, and my benefactors/professors were offering to have me stay on a campus dorm for a few days free, up to August 8, but I do not believe they would approve of extending it a few more days. When I asked why she pushed the move-in date forward, she offered to have me stay at a temporary location for the two day gap for just 20$ a day. It was inconvenient, but I agreed. She still didn't offer the lease to me to sign. Now, as of this week. she tells me that she plans on replacing the roof and carpet in the house from August 10-20, and as such the move-in date was AGAIN pushed to August 20 as a result, and she again offered me a temporary place to stay between August 8 to 20, for about $20-25, a place with no Wi-Fi seemingly. She also added that we would sign the lease on August 8. That was the last convo we had as she needed to check with someone about more details. So now she has completely tried my patience. I have been looking at a few other rentals that opened up especially as I have until August 8 to decide, and I want to terminate my relationship with her, which I feel should be easy, as I never signed a lease yet. However, I am worried about the security deposit I paid to have her hold the rental in place, because even though she said it was refundable, I don't entirely trust her at this point to keep her word. An anecdote I heard from the outgoing tenant who guided me in the house was that she is strict on keeping the temperature at a certain number (74 in summer, 68 in winter), which has led to one of the other tenants planning to file a lawsuit against her. I wanted to know, if things come to the worst case, if I have any legal standing. As of now, all I have are text message convos and a application fee I signed for evidence.
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2024-25-07
I'm sorry, but there is so much that is wrong here. I think you've been scammed. Maybe the current tenant is part of the scam. Maybe they weren't even the true tenants. I've offered rentals through Craigslist and I expect people to check the ownership- doesn't offend me when they are just trying to protect themselves in this crazy world. I'd be calling the police at this point!
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2024-25-07
So my roommates and I are moving out of our current unit on July 29th, when the lease ends. In my lease, it states that the tenant must pay for a deep cleaning *"when the rental terminates."* Of course this was fine, and my roommates and I were prepared to schedule it for sometime during the week after we move out, as everything must be moved out before the cleaning. Maybe this is where I'm wrong, but I assumed we'd have to do it after July 29th as my roommate's next lease begins the day ours ends, so he has to move out that day. I also didn't know that we were supposed to schedule it. In my place last year, we had almost the same language in our lease, and the landlord was the one who scheduled it, and she scheduled it for after the lease ended and we all moved out. Again, maybe this misunderstanding is on me. So here's the issue: Our landlord just told me that the new tenants move in on August 1st and that we need to schedule the deep cleaning by then. She said we can't do the 31st, which leaves us with the 30th. Many of the services may not be available on that day as they're quite busy this time of year, so there is a chance that the 30th isn't realistic. The fine for not getting this done is $500. It feels unfair to require the deep cleaning essentially when/before the lease terminates, one specific day being the alternative option. I was hoping to get people's opinions on this; am I in the wrong here? Advice if others have been in a similar situation would also be great. I hope I've articulated my problem well. Let me know if I can clarify anything.
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2024-25-07
For context, two weeks ago I woke up to a leak coming from the upstairs plumbing into the ceiling. It was a slow leak but the dry wall was soaked. The landlord has hemmed and hawed getting a plumber out here and has just resolved to leave the water on and allow the pipe to drip. About a week after the incident, a plumber cut the ceiling and determined he needed to take out the upstairs vanity. Now, two weeks later, the landlords daughter enters the property with her own key, helps herself in with another person to look at the leak, maybe they also did an inspection. I wasn’t notified before hand that they were visiting. I know during an emergency a landlord may enter, but after two weeks, is it really an emergency? I’m pissed about it and I have valuable metals in my room.
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2024-25-07
I am not sure I'd die on that hill. But I would probably mention in passing about the incident -- just to show you're paying attention. As a follow up to a rather serious problem it might -- repeat might -- be excusable. I would take some simple measures to secure any valuables in an apartment or rental. Just because it's a rental property.
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2024-25-07
Given how busy inspectors are I’m not sure I’d bitch too loudly either. Had a softener and new water heater installed, no notice by the inspector side just showed up each time. No I don’t rent, but the same theory applies.
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2024-25-07
I don’t care about the plumbers, and I don’t care about the leak. I care about the LL daughter walking in
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2024-25-07
They will CLAIM emergency. Fight it, and you will lose. Let it go, and buy a safe.
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2024-25-07
Yeah you’re saying the truth. Excited for the lease to end 😑 TY
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2024-25-07
They should still notify you if they need to enter for an emergency. If they didn't call or text within a reasonable time of entering, I'd give them hell.
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2024-25-07
Ll may not be aware daughter did this.
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2024-25-07
That’s frustrating. The landlord's daughter should have given you a heads-up before coming in. Even if it’s been a while, they should still respect your space and give you notice. It's totally reasonable to be upset, especially with valuable stuff in your room.
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2024-25-07
"Dear landlord, On such and such day, your daughter entered my property without prior notice. As your tenant, I have the right to be notified at least 24 hours before any entry to my property for inspections/repairs. In the case of an emergency, I expect to be notified immediately upon entry. Please ensure that any person who has access to my keys is aware of my rights as a tenant, because I expect them to be respected. Thank you. "
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2024-25-07
You should have been given proper notice of the inspection and or if a repair. PERIOD.
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2024-25-07
Because of this?
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2024-25-07
Professional and nice while getting the point across. Love it.
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2024-25-07
Not really sense the incident happened 2 weeks prior.
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2024-25-07
No
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2024-25-07
At the least, post a notice of emergency on the door… or I guess inside.
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2024-26-07
Having a landlord that promptly fixes issues is a godsend.
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2024-26-07
Agree LL appears within right to enter but I would def mention so they are aware that you are watching
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2024-27-07
Emergency doesn’t need any notice in most states
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2024-27-07
I once had a landlord who would randomly enter my apartment without notice. He would not listen to my explanation of the law. He just insisted that he could come in whenever he wanted because he owned the building. Rather than fighting about it, I found another way to put a stop to it. If I was home and saw his car approaching, I’d remove all my clothes and make sure he walked into some sort of awkward/bizarre scene. He soon stopped letting himself in.
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2024-28-07
If the landlord/rental company tells the tenant they are going to choose NOT to renew the lease, and the contract says tenant must give 30 day notice. Do you still have to give the 30 day notice? Even though the landlord is the one choosing to end it? Because in that case wouldn’t you be able to just never give a notice?
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2024-25-07
If anyone has any knowledge in this field it’s be super helpful!!!! Especially as a first time renter!
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2024-25-07
They have to give you a written 30 day notice. So be on top of it if they don’t. Even if you are planning on leaving anyways. I am not a lawyer and some things change city to city but they have to give you a written 30 day notice legally. In most cases I guess if you are planning on leaving anyways because of what they said then you should give them your written 30 day notice to cover your ass. But essentially if you don’t want to and were asking for another years lease, month to month or whatever is on your lease in place for after that first year and you continue to pay them monthly and they continue to take your rent monthly that’s technically the implication that it’s assumed the original lease agreements will continue. BUUUUT exercise your rights and do not let it slide! ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT IS IN WRITING! They are in violation of they do not give a hard copy written document to you at least 30 days prior to the end of your lease. So advice would be to get on them 60-90 days prior to lease ending letting them know they are required to give a written 30 day notice or a new contract signed by all parties regardless of the terms (if staying same, changing/amendments, another year, month to month). To be honest though if they told you that they didn’t want to renew lease and you didn’t want to stay or found something better and just left at the expiration of that lease on your own without giving written notice through email or something at all and both sides were happy, all fair and square, no issues, legally and it never went to court and all moved on and never spoke again, technically yeah no one gave any notice legally, which happens sometimes. Definitely recommended in CA especially right now! lol Hope that helps. Good luck!
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2024-27-07
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2024-25-07
It protects the wall from a doorknob.
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2024-25-07
Is your apt old. This looks like where the hard wired phone line comes out.
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2024-25-07
But it also has one of those spring thingies on the wall, I assume that’s what’s supposed to protect the wall from the doorknob
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2024-25-07
Looks like a "Concave wall protector" or something of the sort. [https://www.homedepot.com/p/Prime-Line-5-in-Rigid-Vinyl-Ivory-Self-Adhesive-Concave-Wall-Protector-U-9140/100546208](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Prime-Line-5-in-Rigid-Vinyl-Ivory-Self-Adhesive-Concave-Wall-Protector-U-9140/100546208)
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2024-25-07
It’s pretty old yeah. Why would they have a hard wired phone line in the bathroom though?
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2024-25-07
Spring stopper was probably added after the stopper on the wall.
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2024-25-07
Oh. The bathroom? That I just don’t know. But I’ll be following comments.
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2024-25-07
Ah, makes sense. Loving the landlord special of just painting over the damn thing 😂
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2024-25-07
Thank you! You might be right on for this
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2024-25-07
Looks like a knob stop or doorstop. If there isn't a door anywhere near it there probably was at one point. I literally have the same thing in my apartment.
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2024-25-07
If it's there while there is also the spring door stop as you mentioned, that means that previously a door knob had put a dent or hole there and they were likely too lazy/unskilled to repair the drywall and just covered it up. Source: I used to do apartment maintenance.
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2024-25-07
Sometimes the spring fails when someone hits it extra hard. So a dent in the wall results. The stopper covers the dent and protects from further damages.
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2024-25-07
I'm a landlord that is a protector for the drywall
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2024-25-07
Lol I have this exact same thing in my bedroom with the same landlord special in the same color!!! But yes it’s a door stop so the handle won’t hit the wall!
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2024-25-07
Do not under any circumstances get it wet
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2024-25-07
Camera.
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2024-25-07
average landlord’s gloryhole, looks like this one accidentally got painted over during the landlord special
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2024-25-07
Yeah it’s most likely covering a hole where the door knob poked a hole through the drywall.
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2024-25-07
Glory 😆 🤣
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2024-25-07
It’s a hidden camera
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2024-25-07
Yeah but not if you paint it
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2024-25-07
Octagon
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2024-25-07
I can just about promise a sub contractor painted over it. They won’t waste time asking questions - they’re already booked for jobs after this one. Gotta hurry.
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2024-25-07
Peep hole. Joking
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2024-25-07
most of these are paintable - package says so.
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2024-25-07
You can put your weenie in it but you won’t get very far
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2024-25-07
House nip.
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2024-25-07
JD Vance's glory hole?
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2024-25-07
He protec
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2024-25-07
Whiner.
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2024-25-07
That’s a built in/original building feature. Oh good Christ you people are something else.
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2024-25-07
Did I say something wrong?
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2024-25-07
Landlord special painted over micro glory hole. The good days are gone in that apartment.
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2024-25-07
Protects the wall from the knob. These were all over our new house. My wife wanted to keep them so she painted them black!
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2024-25-07
A doorway to another dimension and John Malkovich
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2024-25-07
Obv a gloryhole. Drill into it. Then insert into the oraphis
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2024-25-07
A painted over camera😱😲😳
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2024-27-07
Hello, this is my first time posting on reddit for help so please bare with me. So me and 2 other tenants have lived in this home for about 2 years now, including pets. Our property management is called Darwin Homes, and we also have zero information on the property manager. No names, no phone number, just nothing. We live in Georgia, as you can imagine trying to find any information to get help on this or put some kind of pressure on them to do anything has been a wasted effort at this point. I do not have the funds for any legal battles either if it were to come to that. Right now we have two active leaks coming from my bathroom ceiling, I immediately put in an emergency maintenance request. This was Saturday the 20th. It's now the 24th and we still have received zero communication or efforts, I'm at this point worried they will not reach out because we have another maintenance request from the beginning of the month, it was put in on 7/3. It still has not even been addressed. I am genuinely worried about more water damage and mold, since this week it has been raining almost daily. If anyone has any guidance on this or experience with this, I would really appreciate it. I'm just so tired with having to fight for things to be fixed.
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2024-25-07
Can you call your local city code enforcement?
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2024-25-07
In GA I think the folks you are looking for are called the Housing Code Inspector. It's probably a county office so that's where to start the search.
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2024-25-07
In May, I paid deposit for my new apartment. The weekend before I was supposed to move in, my apartment had a pipe burst. I was given a new unit. However, the complex never switched my deposit from the old unit to the new unit. So now they are saying that I still need to pay and gave me a 7 day pay or quit. I am actually 100% paid up. 1) I have the receipts for all payments, and all emails from office manager about old unit. 2) This complex has a manager, but everything is pretty much run by a management company. 3) I have responded to the court about the 7 day pay or quit. 4) Both myself and the office manager have sent dozens of emails and letters to get this fixed. No dice. Is this enough grounds to break my lease?
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
I’m not totally sure if what I’m reading is correct but would this mean I would have to pay my landlord’s legal fees if we went to court? It reads super jargon-y to me.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
This is included in most contracts if YOU breach the lease , THEN you are responsible for the fees that are incurred by the landlord. Or the fees that they have incurred because they had to take you to court for some reason.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
Essentially, if you breach the contract, they are willing to excuse the breach and stop legal proceedings if you remedy the issue/catch up on rent, but they can require you to pay their legal fees. Essentially, if they take you to court for not paying rent, but you come up with the money on the day of the hearing, they want you to also cover the cost of initiating the action.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
My leasing office just sent out an email saying that we are in danger and to lock your home and not keep any valuable things in your vehicle because they found someone breaking in to many residences. am I able to leave before my lease ends and not get feed because I am unsafe?
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
This is probably not sufficient basis to terminate a lease.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
You are correct. Crime can happen anywhere, so unless the LL promises security and safety for residents and their personal belongings, OP is SOL.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
I got notice through an email earlier today, that apartments will be inspected tomorrow, sometime between 8am-4pm. The exact time isn't stated, but whatever it is it says it cannot be rescheduled. NY requires "reasonable" inspection, which has daid to be 24hours. The email was snet out at 3:47pm, so if I'm not mistaken, any time before that it would be illegal for them to enter. Is it worth the trouble to deny them entry? Nothing to hide, but it does piss me off on principle, and I work nights so I'll be asleep. Since I'm asleep I'd be writing a message to stick to my door.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
Hey everyone. I’m new to this sub and wanted some advise. My wife and me just moved into a house and when we arrived the place was disgusting. The bathroom was infested with roaches, big roaches were running around outside the home, the floors were filthy, the AC filter was so dirty that when you turned it on, filth would come shooting out the vent. All the currents are covered in dirt. The kitchen cabinets had mouse poop in them. The appliances had filth and mouse poop under them. Overall very unsanitary living situation. I just noticed today that several windows don’t lock. This is not safe because there are several sex offenders that live within a half mile radius. I messaged the landlord and she said the house was sprayed like two weeks ago. She didn’t even mention the windows not locking. What are my options here? Not pay rent until they get this all fixed? Charge them cleaning fees? Thanks everyone.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
Side note: We were paying rent for the last two months but still living in another state. The landlord didn’t want to hold the house. They had about two months to prepare the home and didn’t do anything.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
It's not the landlords fault they're sex offenders living near you ? 😂
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
*If* the house was recently sprayed it IS normal to see increased activity after. However, roaches to the point that they are in your bag is CRAZY. You can try to get a piece of wood or something to wedge in the windows so they won’t open. You might even be able to find a temporary lock solution at a hardware store. Buuuut, did you not see the house and area before you signed the lease? Not paying rent is the worst possible idea. Please search the thread for discussions on that.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
Sure but at a minimum the windows should lock lmao. That’s pretty low hanging fruit.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
Thanks for the advice. I unfortunately was living like 7 hours away from the house. Couldn’t find anything so I went with this place. It was cheap and close to the university I’ll be at for the next 6 months. /sigh
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
do you have kids?
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
Nope I don’t. I’d hate to expose children to this living environment.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07
As awful as sex offenders are, I doubt you have anything to worry about. Unfortunately in America you are always within a mile or two of *several*. As a single female who lives alone I totally understand the windows not locking thing though. Did the LL respond to that concern at all? I would at least find some wood or something to temporarily shove near the latches so they can’t be opened from the outside.
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r/Renters
2024-25-07