Comments on: Contents http://ohiorentersrights.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rsmoore89 http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-10943 rsmoore89 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:41:45 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-10943 We moved into an apartment in December. We had looked at a one bedroom apartment before we moved in there, but it was not the same one we would be renting out. When we moved in I immediately noticed that all the cupboards in the kitchen reeked of cigarette smoke. I've always had a sensitivity to cigarette smoke (I get congested, sore throats, sometimes I even break out on my hands) but I didn't think it would be a problem. Now, I've had a sore throat, and feel stuffed up in my head for about two weeks now. My fiance is sneezing alot (he's also had a sensitivity to smoke when he was younger) and the only thing I can think of that is causing it is the smoke smell. The tenant in the apartment below us smokes like a chimney and when their door opens, we can get a strong whiff of the nasty smell. Is there anything we can do? We moved into an apartment in December. We had looked at a one bedroom apartment before we moved in there, but it was not the same one we would be renting out. When we moved in I immediately noticed that all the cupboards in the kitchen reeked of cigarette smoke. I’ve always had a sensitivity to cigarette smoke (I get congested, sore throats, sometimes I even break out on my hands) but I didn’t think it would be a problem. Now, I’ve had a sore throat, and feel stuffed up in my head for about two weeks now. My fiance is sneezing alot (he’s also had a sensitivity to smoke when he was younger) and the only thing I can think of that is causing it is the smoke smell. The tenant in the apartment below us smokes like a chimney and when their door opens, we can get a strong whiff of the nasty smell. Is there anything we can do?

]]> By: beautiful442 http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-10515 beautiful442 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:20:02 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-10515 Hi ,, i am in na lease option contract and for almost a month now my Bathroon has been leakin in my kitchen , well i woke up to find my part Of my kitchen tiles in the floor , when u flush the toilet it leaks in the kitchen All over the bar, floor and every where , i told them about it a month ago Is there anything i can do to get them to fix it ,,,, it cant be too safe having toilet Water in the kitchen.. i have talked to nthem recently and they keep tellin Me that parts are on order. About three months ago my bathroom was saturated when u would Walk on the floor u could see water bubbleing up and hey never fixed that Problem and i believe thats y my ceiling fell down .. Is there anyway u could guide me in the right direction Thank u beautiful442 A. You must provide the landlord with written notice of the problem. If after doing so, the landlord fails to fix the problem within a reasonable amount of time or 30 days, whichever comes first, you can escrow your rent with the county municipal court. Hi ,, i am in na lease option contract and for almost a month now my
Bathroon has been leakin in my kitchen , well i woke up to find my part
Of my kitchen tiles in the floor , when u flush the toilet it leaks in the kitchen
All over the bar, floor and every where , i told them about it a month ago
Is there anything i can do to get them to fix it ,,,, it cant be too safe having toilet
Water in the kitchen.. i have talked to nthem recently and they keep tellin
Me that parts are on order.
About three months ago my bathroom was saturated when u would
Walk on the floor u could see water bubbleing up and hey never fixed that
Problem and i believe thats y my ceiling fell down ..
Is there anyway u could guide me in the right direction
Thank u beautiful442

A. You must provide the landlord with written notice of the problem. If after doing so, the landlord fails to fix the problem within a reasonable amount of time or 30 days, whichever comes first, you can escrow your rent with the county municipal court.

]]> By: jason high http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-8852 jason high Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:17:40 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-8852 hi,my name is jason i stay with my fiance and are 3 kid's we is reanting a house from a man and he don't want to give us are deposit back and i want to know what can i do to get it back. A. After you move out, you need to give the landlord written notice of your new address. Once the landlord gets this, he has 30 days to provide you with your deposit or a list of charges against your security deposit. If you question his charges as resulting from ordinary wear and tear, you should files a complaint in your county small claims court. hi,my name is jason i stay with my fiance and are 3 kid’s we is reanting a house from a man and he don’t want to give us are deposit back and i want to know what can i do to get it back.

A. After you move out, you need to give the landlord written notice of your new address. Once the landlord gets this, he has 30 days to provide you with your deposit or a list of charges against your security deposit. If you question his charges as resulting from ordinary wear and tear, you should files a complaint in your county small claims court.

]]> By: DEOGHI http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-6066 DEOGHI Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:59:04 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-6066 Wondering if cleaning up weeds in the yard is normal wear & tear as we were charged close to $400 for leaving weeds in the yard and they took that out of our deposit. A. If the lease required you to take care of the yard and you failed to do so, then you could be charged for the weeding. Wondering if cleaning up weeds in the yard is normal wear & tear as we were charged close to $400 for leaving weeds in the yard and they took that out of our deposit.

A. If the lease required you to take care of the yard and you failed to do so, then you could be charged for the weeding.

]]> By: rentohome http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-6059 rentohome Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:35:09 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-6059 My building went into receivership after my 1 year lease was up. For the next 6 months, I was month to month with no valid lease. In May, I received a new lease agreement to sign, but had just made the decision to move into my mom's house which was empty since my sis passed away. I paid my final month's rent and sent my letter to the company right away saying that I would be moving out before the new lease agreement was due. The building manager told me all I had to do was clean out the place and leave the keys on the kitchen counter. I offered to let him do an inspection, but since he gave me the option, I just left the keys. We communicated by voice messages several times. I moved out the end of June. In the meantime, the building manager has failed to let the gas man in to turn off my gas meter and I am still getting the bill. In addition, it's been over a month and I have not received my deposit back. Do I have a right to my deposit? Do I have a right not to pay this gas bill? A. You need to talk to the gas company about terminating your account. You need to give written notice of your new address to the landlord - only then does the clock start ticking on his duty to return your deposit or provide you with an itemization of charges against your deposit. My building went into receivership after my 1 year lease was up. For the next 6 months, I was month to month with no valid lease. In May, I received a new lease agreement to sign, but had just made the decision to move into my mom’s house which was empty since my sis passed away. I paid my final month’s rent and sent my letter to the company right away saying that I would be moving out before the new lease agreement was due. The building manager told me all I had to do was clean out the place and leave the keys on the kitchen counter. I offered to let him do an inspection, but since he gave me the option, I just left the keys. We communicated by voice messages several times. I moved out the end of June. In the meantime, the building manager has failed to let the gas man in to turn off my gas meter and I am still getting the bill. In addition, it’s been over a month and I have not received my deposit back.

Do I have a right to my deposit? Do I have a right not to pay this gas bill?

A. You need to talk to the gas company about terminating your account. You need to give written notice of your new address to the landlord – only then does the clock start ticking on his duty to return your deposit or provide you with an itemization of charges against your deposit.

]]> By: JrMorgan5 http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-5743 JrMorgan5 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:40:09 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-5743 Hello my name is James and my fiancee and our 2 daughters have been living in this upstairs unit of a 2 family. We rent the second and third floors as part of our lease and recently weve had a very bad infestation of bed bugs theyve gotten allinto our furniture of which weve only had about 3 months brand new. They somehow originated upstairs i believe and horribly bit my daughters up. Ive went to the health department and they cited my landlord. I called him today and asked what was his plan of action towards getting rid of him, and he just acted as if the health department didnt contact him, neither cite him. I actually have a copy of the citation that was mailed to his personal adress the health department has his contact information. During our conversation he asked me did i still have the infestation at which time i told him yes, and he continued to give me the run around about keeping clean linens and clothes, i feel that thats irrelevant to the infestation because they harbor into furniture crevices and anything else that works to their advantage. I provided him with the inspectors name who cited him and he said that he'd contact him tomorrow. I feel i should be on my best game and contact the inspector also tomorrow. My landlord has 15 days from the date of the citation to handle the problem and its already been 5 days. Ive read the many different cases with waiting proper time before just moving out of a property. But with something as annoying as a bed bug infestation, and with the power of a signed letter from the pediatrician i feel the 15 days that the city has given him is way more than enough due to the fact that i first informed him of the infestation way back on the first of the month. Its sad though that i have no way to prove that he's known since the first of the month, but i also feel that the date of the pediatricians letter of diagnoses will definitely help to cover me in the case that the court would ever ssay i didnt provide sufficient time for the landlord to solve the problem. I just wanted to know what is the best plan of action because now im going to end up throwing out brand new furniture that ive barely sat on. Is 15 days enough of a notice to be able to just find a new place of residence and move out? Or do i have to stick it out for an extended amount of time. I have proof of rent, as do i also have a paid in full receipt for my furniture to prove that its barely old. Also should i directly contact the court now because i feel that he should not receive augusts rental payment. Please get back to me asap as i need to know what is the best course of action. A. You should have given your landlord written notice of the problem when it first occurred. You still need to give written notice and if nothing is done within a reasonable amount of time, you can escrow your rent, sue to compel the landlord to fix the problem or terminate your lease if the problem is serious enough under the law. Hello my name is James and my fiancee and our 2 daughters have been living in this upstairs unit of a 2 family. We rent the second and third floors as part of our lease and recently weve had a very bad infestation of bed bugs theyve gotten allinto our furniture of which weve only had about 3 months brand new. They somehow originated upstairs i believe and horribly bit my daughters up. Ive went to the health department and they cited my landlord. I called him today and asked what was his plan of action towards getting rid of him, and he just acted as if the health department didnt contact him, neither cite him. I actually have a copy of the citation that was mailed to his personal adress the health department has his contact information. During our conversation he asked me did i still have the infestation at which time i told him yes, and he continued to give me the run around about keeping clean linens and clothes, i feel that thats irrelevant to the infestation because they harbor into furniture crevices and anything else that works to their advantage. I provided him with the inspectors name who cited him and he said that he’d contact him tomorrow. I feel i should be on my best game and contact the inspector also tomorrow. My landlord has 15 days from the date of the citation to handle the problem and its already been 5 days. Ive read the many different cases with waiting proper time before just moving out of a property. But with something as annoying as a bed bug infestation, and with the power of a signed letter from the pediatrician i feel the 15 days that the city has given him is way more than enough due to the fact that i first informed him of the infestation way back on the first of the month. Its sad though that i have no way to prove that he’s known since the first of the month, but i also feel that the date of the pediatricians letter of diagnoses will definitely help to cover me in the case that the court would ever ssay i didnt provide sufficient time for the landlord to solve the problem. I just wanted to know what is the best plan of action because now im going to end up throwing out brand new furniture that ive barely sat on. Is 15 days enough of a notice to be able to just find a new place of residence and move out? Or do i have to stick it out for an extended amount of time. I have proof of rent, as do i also have a paid in full receipt for my furniture to prove that its barely old. Also should i directly contact the court now because i feel that he should not receive augusts rental payment. Please get back to me asap as i need to know what is the best course of action.

A. You should have given your landlord written notice of the problem when it first occurred. You still need to give written notice and if nothing is done within a reasonable amount of time, you can escrow your rent, sue to compel the landlord to fix the problem or terminate your lease if the problem is serious enough under the law.

]]> By: BNOhio51 http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-5243 BNOhio51 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:53:50 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-5243 Our 9 yr old lease states we are to take care of mowing the lawn. We live in a twin single home and up until this summer our neighbors on the other side shared in this duty. Recently our landlady called and told us she wanted us to take care of the lawn since the neighbors living on the other side work and we don’t. We are on social security disability. She said we are the only ones she hasn’t raised the rent on cause she knew we couldn’t afford it. So the duty of mowing the lawn is left up to us. Can she legally make us or hint that she will raise our rent if we don’t take over the neighbors duty of sharing the mowing? Response: I would go with what the lease says. You may want to let me know what the exact language on the lease is. If your lease has expired and you are on a month to month tenancy as a result, then the landlady can raise your rent with 30 days written notice. It just says : Will keep the yard mowed and trimmed. The lease ended on 8-31-2005 so I guess this is a month to month....does that mean the lease is not longer enforceable if its expired? Doesn't that make the lease null and void? Our 9 yr old lease states we are to take care of mowing the lawn. We live in a twin single home and up until this summer our neighbors on the other side shared in this duty. Recently our landlady called and told us she wanted us to take care of the lawn since the neighbors living on the other side work and we don’t. We are on social security disability. She said we are the only ones she hasn’t raised the rent on cause she knew we couldn’t afford it. So the duty of mowing the lawn is left up to us. Can she legally make us or hint that she will raise our rent if we don’t take over the neighbors duty of sharing the mowing?

Response: I would go with what the lease says. You may want to let me know what the exact language on the lease is. If your lease has expired and you are on a month to month tenancy as a result, then the landlady can raise your rent with 30 days written notice.

It just says : Will keep the yard mowed and trimmed.

The lease ended on 8-31-2005
so I guess this is a month to month….does that mean the lease is not longer enforceable if its expired? Doesn’t that make the lease null and void?

]]> By: Kerplunk http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-5124 Kerplunk Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:11:27 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-5124 I have been living in my garden apartment for about 6 months, and on estimation (by the property manager) had approximately 20 visits from maintenance, including 2 visits for the water heater, 1 for a broken kitchen sink, 2 for the refrigerator going bad, and 2 for AC failure (both in summer, once taking 2 weeks to repair). I have asthma so being without AC was a medical emergency and I had to find other places to stay. After speaking with my property manager, they are 'willing' to move me to a town home, if I renew my lease and pay the full amount for the town home. I am willing to stay within the complex because several close friends live there and haven't had any issues, but I see their offer as something that is very beneficial to them, and not so much for me. I would like to demand monetary compensation, but they are usually able to take care of the issues in a somewhat timely manner, its just the large number of issues, and the frequency. Would I be able to get compensation and if so how much would be appropriate to ask for? I have been living in my garden apartment for about 6 months, and on estimation (by the property manager) had approximately 20 visits from maintenance, including 2 visits for the water heater, 1 for a broken kitchen sink, 2 for the refrigerator going bad, and 2 for AC failure (both in summer, once taking 2 weeks to repair). I have asthma so being without AC was a medical emergency and I had to find other places to stay. After speaking with my property manager, they are ‘willing’ to move me to a town home, if I renew my lease and pay the full amount for the town home. I am willing to stay within the complex because several close friends live there and haven’t had any issues, but I see their offer as something that is very beneficial to them, and not so much for me. I would like to demand monetary compensation, but they are usually able to take care of the issues in a somewhat timely manner, its just the large number of issues, and the frequency. Would I be able to get compensation and if so how much would be appropriate to ask for?

]]> By: Toao http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-4344 Toao Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:44:08 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-4344 I live in a duplex, have had and continue to deal with a strange management company and their antics. The latest issue, are the tall trees that are above the duplex. I informed management...they do not spot check the duplex unless I call. I called about the branches that are clogging the gutters of the roof. I called after a "tree pruning" group cut branches while leaving many huge branches barely hanging there. One of those branches fell and damaged the roof of my car. I had my car fixed but management denies everything, even though when I returned home after calling them again there were two men quickly gathering up the remaining branches. They work for the management company. There are branches remaining. If nothing continues about the branches my car will be damaged again. What can I do? Don't want to move..can not afford it either. Just been through a nasty divorce..VERY BAD dealings with the court system/attorneys don't want to have to go to court. Response: You might be able to contact your insurance company and use your comprehensive coverage to cover the damage to your car. I live in a duplex, have had and continue to deal with a strange management company and their antics. The latest issue, are the tall trees that are above the duplex. I informed management…they do not spot check the duplex unless I call. I called about the branches that are clogging the gutters of the roof. I called after a “tree pruning” group cut branches while leaving many huge branches barely hanging there. One of those branches fell and damaged the roof of my car. I had my car fixed but management denies everything, even though when I returned home after calling them again there were two men quickly gathering up the remaining branches. They work for the management company. There are branches remaining. If nothing continues about the branches my car will be damaged again. What can I do? Don’t want to move..can not afford it either. Just been through a nasty divorce..VERY BAD dealings with the court system/attorneys don’t want to have to go to court.

Response: You might be able to contact your insurance company and use your comprehensive coverage to cover the damage to your car.

]]> By: BNOhio51 http://ohiorentersrights.com/comment-page-1/#comment-4320 BNOhio51 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:54:21 +0000 http://ohiorentersrights.com/contents/#comment-4320 Our 9 yr old lease states we are to take care of mowing the lawn. We live in a twin single home and up until this summer our neighbors on the other side shared in this duty. Recently our landlady called and told us she wanted us to take care of the lawn since the neighbors living on the other side work and we don't. We are on social security disability. She said we are the only ones she hasn't raised the rent on cause she knew we couldn't afford it. So the duty of mowing the lawn is left up to us. Can she legally make us or hint that she will raise our rent if we don't take over the neighbors duty of sharing the mowing? Response: I would go with what the lease says. You may want to let me know what the exact language on the lease is. If your lease has expired and you are on a month to month tenancy as a result, then the landlady can raise your rent with 30 days written notice. Our 9 yr old lease states we are to take care of mowing the lawn. We live in a twin single home and up until this summer our neighbors on the other side shared in this duty. Recently our landlady called and told us she wanted us to take care of the lawn since the neighbors living on the other side work and we don’t. We are on social security disability. She said we are the only ones she hasn’t raised the rent on cause she knew we couldn’t afford it. So the duty of mowing the lawn is left up to us. Can she legally make us or hint that she will raise our rent if we don’t take over the neighbors duty of sharing the mowing?

Response: I would go with what the lease says. You may want to let me know what the exact language on the lease is. If your lease has expired and you are on a month to month tenancy as a result, then the landlady can raise your rent with 30 days written notice.

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