Renters' Rights

[Partial]

I contacted the landlord, they seemed very willing to fix any problems with the place over the phone, however only time will tell if they actually act on that.

[Tony Oday]

Ifthe landlord has a couple of properties he may have hired cleaning crews to do it and if you are in a college house the crew may have not gotten there.

This happened to myself and 3 buddies when we moved in we called the landlord said we wanted one month free and we would clean the house. HE was 100% cool with that and he came and inspected the house and made US take pictures along with him so we werent cahrged for stuff that we didnt do.

[woodbuck27]

Partial:

If you are certain the pad has mold. Why are you even moving into it?

Find a clean place? Your health is at stake as mold is very bad,especially if it's in the ventilation.

Demand your deposit back and if the Landlord balks, threaten to report him/her to "the Public health Inspector", but your next step is to ensure that the Rentalsman knows exactly your complaint and you have his/her support.

Raise bloody hell if you have to, but don't live there Partial as you can only clean on the surface.

I have friends that got into a place with mold, and it nearly killed her. Alot of complications there Partial. Don't move into that place.

[Scott Campbell]

He's in a tough spot. Where's he gonna stay?

[BlueBrewer]

I told you to contact him right away with a list of complaints, what the hell did you wait for? Landlords are tricky son of a bitches you need to mount that fucker right away, to slow and that landlord will cut your balls off and beat you with them.

I am a landlord and I resent that remark, but when I was in college, I got fucked by all but one landlord, college town landlords are bastards.

[BlueBrewer]

[quote="FavreChild"]Oh lordy, are you going to have fun with this battle.

Getting a copy of your lease is only part of the battle - finding out what THE LAW IS will be the rest. Often, it doesn't even matter what you agreed to in your lease - landlords put all sorts of clauses in leases that are legally unenforcable. But they get away with it because many tenants either don't know the law or won't stand up for themselves.

I might recommend putting a call into the Tenant Resource Center of Wisconsin. It's toll-free, and someone there will sit and talk you through everything. I've had to solicit advice from them twice - with two different landlords - and have had very positive experiences. It just helps to go back to your landlord and threaten them with "the law" (which is very pro-tenant in Wisconsin).

If a tenant came to me threatening right off the bat I would give them there deposit back and tell them to get the fuck out. But if they asked if I could take care of something I would gladly do it.

[FavreChild]

Well, first of all, I'm sure you would never be so problematic a landlord.

Secondly, of course you do not want to come out with guns blazing. "Ask and ye shall receive" is the ideal solution. But knowledge is power, and it's definitely a good thing to at least know the law and your rights. And of course there are ways to "mention" or "inquire about" the law without coming off as threatenening to your landlord.

(Unfortunately, I've had to push - or at least prepare to push - the issue with all three landlords I've ever had. So my antenna is raised when it comes to tenant issues.)

The earlier Partial learns all this stuff, though, the better. He'll need it somewhere down the road.

Unless, of course, he becomes a home owner soon.

[BlueBrewer]

Well, first of all, I'm sure you would never be so problematic a landlord.

Secondly, of course you do not want to come out with guns blazing. "Ask and ye shall receive" is the ideal solution. But knowledge is power, and it's definitely a good thing to at least know the law and your rights. And of course there are ways to "mention" or "inquire about" the law without coming off as threatenening to your landlord.

(Unfortunately, I've had to push - or at least prepare to push - the issue with all three landlords I've ever had. So my antenna is raised when it comes to tenant issues.)

The earlier Partial learns all this stuff, though, the better. He'll need it somewhere down the road.

Knowledge is good, there are a lot of slumlords out there.
Unless, of course, he becomes a home owner soon.

[Deputy Nutz]

I told you to contact him right away with a list of complaints, what the hell did you wait for? Landlords are tricky son of a bitches you need to mount that fucker right away, to slow and that landlord will cut your balls off and beat you with them.

I am a landlord and I resent that remark, but when I was in college, I got fucked by all but one landlord, college town landlords are bastards.

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Well, I then probably offended myself as well, since I am also a landlord. Are you a landlord or a slumlord? It sounds more like Partial is dealing with one of those prick ass land lords that has a bunch of property that he rents to college kids, he deals it out, but he probably takes his lumps as well.

Don't be so easily resented.

[BlueBrewer]

I told you to contact him right away with a list of complaints, what the hell did you wait for? Landlords are tricky son of a bitches you need to mount that fucker right away, to slow and that landlord will cut your balls off and beat you with them.

I am a landlord and I resent that remark, but when I was in college, I got fucked by all but one landlord, college town landlords are bastards.

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Well, I then probably offended myself as well, since I am also a landlord. Are you a landlord or a slumlord? It sounds more like Partial is dealing with one of those prick ass land lords that has a bunch of property that he rents to college kids, he deals it out, but he probably takes his lumps as well.

Don't be so easily resented.

I was trying to be sarcastic, I have much thicker skin than that, no real offense taken at all.

[woodbuck27]

He's in a tough spot. Where's he gonna stay?

This is better than any DAM apartment with MOLD.





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