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I am renting a condo, I have never spoke to the landlord I only have their signature on the lease. I deal exclusively with their property management which is a real estate company. I had to have repairs done to my front door handle in emergency after the management company wouldn’t respond to my phone calls and I had to get in so i could take medication. The locksmith stated that the mechanism in the door was broken, not the lock itself. The management company is claiming the receipt says I broke the key off in the door (it so clearly states this is NOT the case, i can’t beleive how blatant this company is lying). I have gone as far as getting the comptroller of the locksmith company to write a letter stating again that this is a mechanical failure, which under Florida law is the landlords responsibility and not mine.

I have since sent them a registered letter requesting the money be returned in 30 days along with the letter from the comptroller. They have not responded to it. I have called them and they aren’t returning my calls now.

I beleive I have a case and plan to take them to small claims once my lease is up (in case they decide as well to withhold my deposit, and considering how shady they are they probably will).

My question is however, who do i sue? The landlord, who “lives abroad” (they won’t reveal to me any information on the landlord) or do i sue the property management company? Thank you for your insightful input.

My apartment manager, who so happens to be the director of the HOA although no homeowners actually live in the units…recently adopted a no smoking policy. She mentioned this was going to happen as she handed me a lease. Nothing at all in the new lease about this new policy, but she had apparently mailed a letter the very same day with this new rule. Wouldn’t she legally have to give me the letter BEFORE signing? Don’t leases have to expire and be re-newed to make rule changes? No one has been asked to sign the new rule either.

I should note, I assumed the no smoking was for decks, outside stairs, or by windows as she has mentioned she wanted to do many times. This rule even bans having a cigarette in our cars pulling in or out of the driveway. She also stated there would be a “very nice smoking area with tables and chairs”. Welll..this “very nice area” is ten feet from railroad tracks and a major street. The chairs consists of large cement blocks and raw wood, currently there is snow a foot deep in this area.

My question is, can she legally change a lease without agreeing to it in writing? Is this grounds to get out of my lease? And, isn’t it a conflict of interest to be the sole leasing agent, and owner of the property management with no other employees and the director of an HOA which the managers husband has said has one person..the manager.
I should add details, I have never smoked inside, that is in the original lease which I followed as I hate smoke inside and I have children.

The problem is according to the new rule there is no smoking anywhere at all. She claims it is an HOA rule, therefore not a lease change as we agreed to follow HOA rules. It gets trickier. This so called “HOA” hadn’t filed papers with the state for over two years when this was passed. I mentioned this to her as I was trying to find the HOA director, which so happens to be the sole employee/owner of the property management company.

From what I understand if there is a violation it is against the owner, but I don’t have a clue who owns this place and she refused to tell me. Any tax records are listed under the property manager/HOA director. Building permits are under yet another delinquent company with the same person.

I know that they deal with room lettings. I would like to know whether they are a good company, whether they would find suitable people.How efficient are they?

Thanks

I moved into my apartment over three years ago. I am leasing a condo from a property management group.

I have a dog, and I was allowed to have the dog at this property because the carpet was already stained. This was not written on my lease, and the woman that I leased from no longer works for the company. This worries me, after reading some of the questions and answers on here. I wonder if they will try and pin the stains on me. I do have photos of the carpet from when I moved in, but they are not dated. Is this a problem?

The company that I am leasing from seems a little shady—I have long hair and have called twice regarding hair clogs and they told me that from now on, if I call about a hair clog that I will have to pay the plumber. My lease says nothing about maintenance being my responsibility.

Currently I am living there without having a signed lease—I signed for the first year, but have not re-signed in the two years additional years I have been there. #1 I don’t want to get stuck with them if I can find a much better deal, or even purchase. And, #2 I don’t want them to be able to raise my rent, which they tried to do when they sent the second year lease—which I didn’t sign.

I am trying to redecorate because I am planning on staying until I can get most of my finances worked out, but this carpet just looks nasty. I have rented and used a carpet cleaner from the grocery twice, but the large stain keeps reappearing and the carpet itself is starting to look frayed in that spot, because it’s taken so much to get that stain out (but it keeps reappearing!)

Here are my questions:

How can I get a greasy/oily stain up— and keep it gone?
Can I ask them to replace the carpet?
Should I worry that they will try and pin the stains and runs on me?
Will I get my security deposit back? If not, can they actually charge me more?
If I can’t get rid of the carpet, how can I cover it effectively? Just rugs?
If they try and argue with me, would my pictures hold up in court?

Thanks for the help!

i would like to manage property at the company for a rent free apt in nyc…thank you… any help would be appreciated.

I rent a condo from a property management company. My one-year lease expired on January 1, 2010. I contacted my landlord in November 2009, advising him I would like to renew my lease for an additional term. My lease indicated (hand-written into the lease by the landlord at time of signing) that a further one-year lease term was an option at the end of the first term. My landlord did not respond to my email in November 2009. I called him a week after I sent him the email. He said that would be fine and he would send the lease documents over. In January, I still had not received the renewed lease documents. I emailed and called him again. He said that he was on vacation for 4 weeks and would do the lease when he got back into town. I called him 2 weeks ago. He said he had not been in touch with the owners, but would call them. I called him 1 week ago - he said he had spoken with the condo owners and they needed some time to think about it; he said he would let me know in a couple of days.

The owners of the condo have a daughter. In September 2009 the owners (with their daughter) came to look at the unit. They said that the mother and daughter had not seen the unit and simply wanted to see it finally. They said they were in town because their daughter is attending university (a 30 minute drive from the condo). They said the daughter would be residing on campus.

I really want to stay living where I am. I have been a perfect tenant. He has never had to speak to me once, rent is always paid in advance. I have a feeling the daughter may want to live in this condo come this September - as she is continuing her studies.

What should I do? Should I just start looking for a place now?

Thanks!

I rent a condo from a property management company. My one-year lease expired on January 1, 2010. I contacted my landlord in November 2009, advising him I would like to renew my lease for an additional term. My lease indicated (hand-written into the lease by the landlord at time of signing) that a further one-year lease term was an option at the end of the first term. My landlord did not respond to my email in November 2009. I called him a week after I sent him the email. He said that would be fine and he would send the lease documents over. In January, I still had not received the renewed lease documents. I emailed and called him again. He said that he was on vacation for 4 weeks and would do the lease when he got back into town. I called him 2 weeks ago. He said he had not been in touch with the owners, but would call them. I called him 1 week ago - he said he had spoken with the condo owners and they needed some time to think about it; he said he would let me know in a couple of days.

The owners of the condo have a daughter. In September 2009 the owners (with their daughter) came to look at the unit. They said that the mother and daughter had not seen the unit and simply wanted to see it finally. They said they were in town because their daughter is attending university (a 30 minute drive from the condo). They said the daughter would be residing on campus.

I really want to stay living where I am. I have been a perfect tenant. He has never had to speak to me once, rent is always paid in advance. I have a feeling the daughter may want to live in this condo come this September - as she is continuing her studies.

What should I do? Should I just start looking for a place now?

Thanks!