 If you are in a option to buy can the landlord stick a for sale sign in your yard? |
If you are in a option to purchase contract can the land owner put a house for sale sign in the yard?
If someone knows how to get the sign out of my yard please let me know!!! He states he is in ... |
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 If new to an area, would you recommend buying a home immediately? Or, rent for a while? |
| I am wondering if it's a good move to purchase a home (single family, condo or duplex) when first moving to a new area? Should a person rent for a while before buying? Prices do seem very good ... |
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 How am I supposed to deal with this housemate? |
| I've been living in a house I moved into one month ago with a great landlord but I just got a new housemate who just moved in. Now before that, I've gotten along with all of the other ... |
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 Is there a legal way of breaking my lease when I no longer feel safe in my apartment due to multiple break-ins? |
| I have lived in my apartment for almost two years now. In the past 8 months my apartment has been broken into three times. Most recently there were two break-ins in a matter of 52 hours. The burglars ... |
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 Who Can Help. I'm Running Out of Time!!!? |
| I am trying to avoid a foreclosure on the home I have lived in for 16 years. I might have to sell it on a Short Sale. Are there any condos/town-homes in Oakland County that will rent to people with ... |
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 To what agency would I report unsafe living conditions in an apartment complex? |
| I live in West Virginia, and the external stairs which lead up to my 3rd level apartment sway and wobble dangerously, and some nails are coming loose. The gruff bastard of a landlord was dismissive ... |
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 REaltors what is the possibility of the Bank accepting this offer,? |
house was listed april 4th for 179,000
reduced to 171,900
then reduced on 5-21-2010 to 166,900
I offered 150,000 cash.
supposedly there are no other ... |
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 What's the best way for me to find a place to live in this situation? |
I'm 17. In January, I turn 18 and I need to move out of my parent's house then. The thing is that for Fall 2011, I'll be moving to a dorm rooom at university (in the same state).
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 How to kick renters out in Texas when there's no lease in place? |
| Renters have been living in the house for several years, but we're selling our home and wanting to move back into our rent house (as our primary residence). There hasn't been a lease in ... |
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 My grandmother's care home has asked for top-up fees. What are my rights? |
| The local authority have refused to pay the increase requested by the care home. The owners are now trying to pass on this increase to the family in the form of top-up fees. We have previously paid ... |
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 What if i stop paying on my house and...? |
| If i just stop paying my mortgage, then it goes into forclosure, would it be possible to have a relative buy it back for me (presumably a lower price)? Is there any legal issues that i should be ... |
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 Does anyone know if there are any types of first time home buyer loans out there to repair houses? |
| We're looking to buy a home that needs some work. We were wondering if there were any types of loans out there that would allow us extra $ to fix it up. We know about rural housing already, but ... |
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 Verbal rent agreement for lease length? |
Hi,
Basically i am in my first year of uni and applied for accomodation to late and ended up having to find a house at the last minute. I ended up in a house that i hadn't seen, and it'... |
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 Breaking out of our tenancy agreement? |
| My partner and I have lived in a self-contained flat since July 2009. Our landlady, while pleasant and generally cooperative, has been somewhat unreliable - she has often stated she will do things ... |
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 I need help BADLY! Please...won't someone help me? Please? |
| I have brought this question here to Y!A a couple of times before but apparently no one knows any more than I do. So from making at least ten calls per day to anywhere and everywhere (working in the ... |
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 I got a notice to vacate my apartment. Help? |
| I got a notice to vacate my apartment in 30 days. Reason: I violated my lease for wanting to sublet my apartment. Is this an eviction? If so, is there anything I can do so it won't affect my ... |
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 Already moved out and have deposit back? |
| I rented an apartment that was in pretty bad shape last year because I needed a place that would allow my dog. This year once my lease was up I was thrilled to move out. The landlord lives a few ... |
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 should renters be ware if owner is going through loan modification? |
| me and a friend want to rent a house.....all this is being done through the internet via e-mail. he lives out of town and he says hes going through a loan modification. is there any way to know if he ... |
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Tom X | Landlord Stealing our Electricity? |
We live in an apartment complete with about 8 units. For the past several months they have been doing a lot of renovations in the basement. Just today our air conditional tripped the breaker to our unit. Our breaker box and meter are located in a separate room in the basement that is kept locked to the tenants.
We called out public service company (who have keys to the room) and we were both shocked to see that someone had hacked into the breaker box and installed an electrical outlet. He assured us that anything that was plugged into that outlet was being charged to our bill. The room had a bunch of sandin equipmentnt, high powered lights and easy access to all the other rooms in the basement.
Can anyone advise us on what to do next. We have no idea how long this has been going on for and how much electricity they have used. We took pictures and the public service guy said he would document this in his report. The amount of electricity they used might be negligible but just the fact that they would do this to one of their tenants really makes us feel used. |
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Chris
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Hey Tom sounds like you are hosed. Either pay it and don't complain, or complain and plan on moving. I don't know that I would trust the landlord after that. |
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This has happened to someone I know, but it was a neighbor that hooked his power up to their meter and they had a HUGE bill. There isn't anything the power company would do as the landlord owned the meter. |
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Glenn S
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Go file a complaint with your local police and/or district attorney. Also, you are not responsible for any of the electricity that might have been stolen. The utility company can determine how long this has been happening and how much has been stolen by looking at the previous history of the account. When the amount of electricity took a large and continuing jump. |
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Tigg
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You should be able to tell by the increase in your usage from prior months. Ask the Electric company for a 12 month printout. Otherwise use inform the landlord 1k will prevent you from filing Theft of Service Charges. |
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whycantigetagoodnickname
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There are 2 issues here, the first being that your breakers are located in an area where you can't access them. Suppose there was a problem in the apartment - and I mean serious, like you being electrocuted (it can happen where the breakers won't trip), whoever else is in can not turn the power off to save your life. There are other reasons for me to be concerned about this situation where you can't turn the power off, apart from anything, calling out the public service company each time a breaker trips will cost you money for the call out (lights blowing can cause a trip as well - nothing serious but still have to get the guy out). I would ask if the landlord can give you access to the circuit breakers for safety reasons.
Now for the socket in your electricity supply, that is a bit weird again. Now back to the safety aspect, this was either put in when the power was off - maybe before you were a tenant and he could install it safely, or it has been added recently while the electricity supply was still live - again a very dubious practice. Since this is part of your electricity supply you can ask the landlord for a safety certificate for the electrics - it is your life at risk if this causes a fire due to poor installation ("hacked into" suggests a bad installation).
Now if the socket has been there for a while it might be difficult to prove if it has been used, however if it is a recent addition then you might be able to notice an increase in the electricity you have used when you compare it with the previous month and the same month the year before, hard to tell though. One thing you could do if you get access to the room is an old trick but to glue a hair across the holes in the socket - if the hair vanishes then someone has used the socket!
My next step would be to ask the landlord if he has been using the socket, and also check your tenancy agreement to see if it says he can use the power down there |
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