I live in AR. We recently signed a 2-year lease for a new home. It was in the middle of construction when we signed the lease. The floors were not inserted when the lease was signed and nothing is said about them in the lease. Before signing the lease, we were told that it would be the same ceramic tiles as all the other houses built by the same rental company on the same street. The floors were only laid the day before we moved in. We only had two days to get out of our old house, so we couldn`t refuse to move in at the time. The problem is that they laid the cheapest floors they could have. They`re basically just a huge sticker that looks like wood.
The real problem that comes into play is that if they just step on it or take your chair off the table, they`ll scratch all the paint off the floor because it`s so cheap. It will never stand up to our 2 dogs and 3 children. In two days, it will look terrible. We pay an incredibly high rent for a beautiful home. And we were the only ones to receive this floor, and I feel like it`s because we signed the lease before it was ready, so they tried to make as many price reductions as possible on the house because they weren`t worried about finding a tenant for it. I recently signed a lease for an apartment that says I can use a 1 pound can to make a barbecue. A few days later, I get a note on my door that BBQ is not allowed now. What are my options? It states: « This Rental Agreement, which includes the Terms sheet, these terms and conditions, the Resident Manual and Community Policies, the Move/Move Inspection Form and any rental supplement or other agreement that may be referenced or attached to the Condition Sheet, contains the entirety of our Agreement. We both acknowledge that there is no verbal agreement between us, and neither of us has relied on any express or implied representations not contained in this Rental Agreement. « No information on the modification of the rental agreement. My lease is until June 30th, I have my renewal and also a section that says that the apartment complex will be open from June 1st. April will start collecting water and wastewater charges, how is that accurate? While there are dozens of things a landlord wants to change, it`s important for tenants and landlords to know the right way to introduce a new policy or rule.
This can be done, just do it correctly and not in the middle of an ongoing lease. A landlord can always initiate the policy change if the lease indicates that the policies can change or be introduced without ever indicating that the policy relates to smoking. Torrence, it looks like you need a new lease. In the meantime, talk to the owner and see what can be done to return to a « current » state. Let them know that you plan to stay and pay on time, but don`t want to pay the rest of your lease for late fees. As for the rights he has to charge the late fee if it was on the original lease and your wife is still the principal applicant living in the unit, you will likely pay a late fee because it is due. Remember, this has nothing to do with you personally, the owner tries to make up for the losses and make sure it doesn`t happen again. I ask the owner to constantly apply late fess for this reason. Read this to see it from a different perspective than the guy who has to pay off his new wife`s debts.
www.rentprep.com/collecting-rent/rationale-for-collecting-late-rent/ Have a conversation and check the lease with the landlord. He is responsible for respecting the lease just like you. I am a tenant and my lease states that I am responsible for heating, electricity, cables and telephone. Which I agree with. We have oil-fired heat. Without my knowledge or consent, my landlord went behind my back and filled our tank with oil and now wants us to pay 200.00 more per month for the oil, and they also called the oil company and added a service contract on their behalf for my apartment and if I call the oil company, they will not give me any information. Can the landlord do that? Go behind my back, fill my tank with oil and then ask for the money if the lease clearly states that I am responsible for my own oil If you are in an HOA and the hoa rules change, tenants must comply. This may be an exception. If it`s part of your lease, the landlord can`t take it away from you! You need to have a conversation with him and find out what his intentions are and explain that you are not willing to pay for something you do not get. Jennifer, of course, you can`t say pets in your lease. But it seems that you have authorized them and requested an additional deposit, as can be seen in the letter of the lease. So at this point, you`re stuck following the lease, just like the tenants.
If you have not specified the amount of the additional deposit, you must ensure that it is specified in an addendum. If you really don`t feel comfortable allowing pets, I`d say « no pets » instead of using a ridiculously high pet deposit. In the meantime, if they are under the lease that allows pets, deterrence is all you really have left. Hi, I live in Taylorsville Utah and I have a lease with this company and then I`m still in that lease and they want to change the rules and I read that in order for them to do that, they need a lease addendum to make the changes and I asked them if it was and they said they don`t need it because the note on the door was correct, but something tells me that they just can`t ignore the laws that protect us because I tried to talk to them and they tell them is fine and I`m wrong, please advise if there are two tenants on the lease (California) and one gives legal advice, that they leave, is the property management obligated to notify the other tenant and/or have him sign a new lease? My roommate moved out and stopped paying the rent without informing me. .
