All Forum Posts by: Jeffrey Thomas LaPenna

I don’t know what your problems are....

Our landlord recognized their own fault in these matters and gave us a week off of rent without us asking for anything, problem solved.

What’s the reason for being so nasty to a stranger asking for advice?

@Sant Li, I’ve had a long standing professional job for years...

@Nicky, @Mike Cumbie, thank you for your helpful responses.  I will take these into consideration.  We have not been overly demanding of them, and have told them we understand that not all repairs will be made, some might take time, etc.  That said, we do expect to have the basic necessities we learned were not available once we moved in, and their inaction to this point has been unnerving.  

The leasing company also admitted to me on the phone that they should have properly inspected the house before putting it on the market, and that it is not market ready.

@Everyone else, many of you are missing the detail that we only learned of the major problems (heat, power, water, etc) after move in.  

Seriously not interested in scamming or baiting.... We are young renters who found ourselves in a challenging situation that we did not expect.  

I'm not suing, and simply curious about how much compensation would normally be offered for living in a house with no water, heat and only half power. 

If anyone else is thinking of trashing me for simply wanting advice, please move on.

@JD Martin, it's really not a dump, and many of the issues are minor.  The 100 page document was a thorough report so that we would not be liable upon move out. The home is actually quite nice, which is why we want to stay.

As mentioned above, the items are finally being addressed and we feel more confident we can comfortably live in the space.

@Mike Cumbie, the leasing company is 100% real.  We are not trying to sue them.

So, the question remains:  once all repairs are fixed, once we have hot water, heat and full power, how much compensation can we ask for?

Bon voyage, @Scott Mac!

Thank you for the quick and helpful responses.

To clarify for some of you who are confused -- we were told several times that all of these issues would be fixed before move in, but they were not.  

UPDATE:  The leasing company has hired a legitimate contractor to start making most of the repairs, and we would like to carry out our one year lease.  Can someone help me understand how much compensation we can actually ask for?

Thanks again!

Thank you to anyone who can assist us!

My roommates and I recently moved to a new house that is managed by a leasing company. One month prior to moving in we made a 100 page document with photos and descriptions of things we would like to be fixed before moving in.  The list contained some minor things, like cracked outlet covers, and many major things, like a deck with rotting support beams, broken windows, a half-installed dishwasher, lights that don't work, etc.

The company hired contractors that did not fix any of these issues, yet reported that they were fixed.  The leasing company is not local and does not check that the work is finished. As such, we have left work several times to check that the repairs were made only to find out that they were not.  We have tried for over two weeks to have the company fix these issues and they are not resolved.

In addition to all of this, we have learned that the house was inhabited by squatters for years.  When we showed up to check on repairs, we once found three teenage girls smoking a bong in the kitchen.

Upon moving into the house we learned that the heat does not work, there is no hot water, and only half of the house has electricity.  Plugging anything into some of the outlets causes them to spark.

My father is a building code inspector and he found 10 code violations, which we will also be reporting to them.

I am wondering how much compensation we can ask for.  We have lived in the house for 3 days and still don't have basic necessities.  They have finally hired a contractor he seems to know what he's doing, but it may be several more days before some of these things are fixed.  Some of these bigger projects (making the deck safe) will take longer and inconvenience us with construction, etc.  

How much can we ask for?