UKTenantFilter: My heating broke on friday at 2pm. The landlord turned up at 4 but didn't fix it then because he 'wanted daylight to work on it'. Today (saturday) he said it couldn't be fixed because it needed a new fuse and 'nowhere that was open had one' - so we have to wait until Monday.
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posted by fearnothing
on Dec 1, 2012 -
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UK tenancy filter: I'm in a shared house. Our contract is up at the end of the month. Against my advice, a few of my fellow tenants are refusing to pay their rent for the final month - claiming they need the money to afford to move. They claim that the landlord will be able to take the arrears from the security deposit and that we won't be taken to court over it...
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 16, 2012 -
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I'm considering investing in real estate in a major US city as a landlord. What resources/books/blogs/best practices can you recommend before diving in?
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posted by 5845(f)(1)(D)
on Apr 5, 2012 -
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I've been told I will have to leave my apartment for a week while emergency repairs are conducted. I'm in the UK. What are my rights, and what compensation am I entitled to?
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posted by PercussivePaul
on Apr 2, 2012 -
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I rented an apartment owned by a friend (big mistake). She hasn't maintained the apartment and now I'm unsure how I should handle the situation.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 17, 2012 -
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I think I discovered mold on the carpet underneath my luggage while packing. How should I handle this with my landlord?
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posted by fallsauce
on Nov 13, 2010 -
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My partner and I will be moving to Vancouver in August. We found a great place in a lovely neighborhood. The lady that owns the condo seems incredibly kind and down to earth. That said, she says that because of rules with her condo, she can't legally rent the place to us, which means there are some details that might be concerning...
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posted by ndicecco
on Jul 13, 2010 -
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UK (Scotland) tenancy issues. How long should I expect major kitchen repairs to take, and what are my rights as a tenant while the work's being done?
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posted by Catseye
on May 24, 2010 -
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Question about flat rental in England. A friend and I will soon be moving out of our current places and sharing a flat together. I'll need to sign a contract for a flat while he's out of the country. How can we end up in a situation where we're both on the tenancy agreement with equal status, as if he'd been present to sign originally?
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posted by metaBugs
on May 19, 2010 -
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Our apartment was damaged on Friday, and the whole floor needs to come out, possibly some of the drywall too. The property manager needs us to vacate, and remove all of our stuff, for an extended period of time (1-2 months). (Note that we have been dealing with the property manager, and to a lesser extent, the superintendent, and not our landlord.) How much notice is he legally required to give us? We live in Toronto. YANAL.
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posted by mellifluous
on Nov 2, 2009 -
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Does my landlord have to give me advance notice if he's going to shut down the building's water for a few hours? This is in Ontario.
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posted by Beardman
on Oct 2, 2009 -
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Can you recommend a good (and reasonably priced) real estate lawyer in the San Francisco Area?
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posted by crayon
on Sep 25, 2009 -
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I am seven months into my second one-year apartment lease. My boyfriend and I have decided that he is going to move in with me. Am I legally obligated to tell my landlord? Will this put me in any legal issues with my lease, given that I am the sole name on it? I'm in British Columbia.
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posted by just_ducky
on Aug 20, 2009 -
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My wife and I recently had some lead testing done in our apartment which turned up some very high levels. Now we are trying to figure out what to do next. Issues involving lead testing, abatement, leases and tenancy inside.
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posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld
on Jul 31, 2009 -
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Can an Ontario lease stipulate that, once the lease is up and I switch to month-to-month tenancy, I still can't move out between October and April?
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posted by Beardman
on Jul 2, 2009 -
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Question about assigning a lease in Toronto, Ontario: could what I heard about the process, and the timing involved, be true?
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posted by Beardman
on Mar 17, 2009 -
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We rent a shared house in London. There are damp issues in a downstairs room which are known about by the landlord. We have just noticed a severe case of black mould infesting an upstairs wall. What are our legal rights as tenants?
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posted by bollockovnikov
on Jan 11, 2009 -
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LandlordFilter: My landlord is refusing to accept my potential new flatmate as a tenant because she is married. What can I do?
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posted by penguinliz
on Sep 25, 2007 -
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UK tenancy advice. Our landlord lied to us about neighbouring building works. [more inside]
posted by influx
on Jul 20, 2004 -
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