I'm looking to rent a house in a different city in Texas. Maybe a city near Houston, I'm checking on this website; Simplyrent.com. ls it a credible website that I can use to research houses for rent?

First update, with link to original: https://www.reddit.com/r/LandlordLove/s/1Q7lHE99Fj

Today the letting agency rang saying he's coming tomorrow morning, giving about 17 hours' notice. He was told it's illegal and he can't, and reminded his wife, not him, is the landlord. He replied that him not being the landlord means he can do what he wants and said he's coming even if he's told not to because he's already booked the builder. So now we're forced to deal with him tomorrow, but it will all be filmed and will open with him being told he's breaking the law and is only being let in under duress, because the mould and plumbing need sorting. Footage will be sent to Rent Smart Wales.

not satire sadly

Does this seem typical/normal? Also is this allowed with him being an ESA prescribed by my doctor?

I pay $700 /month for a 2 bed trailer and lot rent, and had to get my own appliances. I have a cat and 4 reptiles he "waived" a pet fee for. That pet fee was never mentioned or in the lease. Trailer had tons of problems immediately after move in and thats my fault as I didn't look good enough before signing lease/its my first place on my own.

I honestly don't know of a better place to ask this.

My husband and I moved out of our apartment for 3 years. They replied by saying they would be keeping our deposit PLUS charging us another $2000 for "damages". This includes a "major infestation" (not true, and our new apartment was surveyed by pest control after we moved in so I have documentation to prove it), $300 for a regular pair of blinds, and a charge for bathtub staining from when we moved in. Infuriating.

The letter they sent said we had 7 days to set up a payment plan with the office. We reached out MULTIPLE times and they refused to return our calls over 2 weeks. Today after a call, they finally emailed us and said it was already sent to collections. We asked for their receipts, they said they don't have any.

So...what happens now? Has anyone been in this situation? I don't have lawyer money if I'm honest but I sure don't have an extra $2000 to pay for false charges either.

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Stamp Duty (tax when buying a house) is jumping up for second homes. The UK landlord sub is losing their minds. It's glorious.

I just asked if she accepted cats...feels like I'm dodging a bullet with this insane response. Why are landlords so annoying?

I love my apartment. It has no windows in any of my rooms, I was charged $520 for my toilets overflowing last January because I used the "wrong" toilet paper and it was my fault, I've had to wait about a month for one of my sinks to be fixed (it was leaking again), and I was considered responsible for fixing a broken drawer that was hot glued together because I "didn't report it upon move in." Despite not knowing it was damaged until it broke on me one day. I reported this back in June, only to be told it was my fault about two or three months later. Thankfully, the handyman hired by the landlords fixed it anyway, but hopefully I won't be charged for it. I did my due diligence by telling him the situation though, but whatever. 🤷‍♀️ Now, I'm seeing water damage on my bedroom cieling. My landlord popped the bubble, (the picture was taken prior to that) but she and her son who is a plumber have yet to check out what is causing the issue. They were here for a few minutes a few days ago, telling me that they'd be here with a dry wall specialist for further investigation. They were supposed to come over yesterday, but nope! 🙃 Not to mention, I live in a mildew-infested building and I've gotten so used to the stench while my girlfriend and parents can smell it right away. I love it here!

I have been unable to find answers that apply to my situation: I rent a room in a house from a married couple.

First Issue: When I moved in, the ceiling fan had been installed incorrectly. The landlord offered to fix it. I said "We will need to schedule a time when you can do that." He agreed.

Then he waited until I was away at work and went into my room to fix it.

When my smoke alarm died, I told him and he said he had a replacement. I said we would need to schedule a time when he could fix it. He agreed and then did it when I was out of the house for a few hours.

When I expressed my dismay he just waved his hand and said "whatever."

Second Issue: I was storing a prescription in the communal refrigerator. It was in a brown paper bag marked by a pharmacy logo with my name on the bag. The meds were in a box inside the closed-up bag. My landlady opened the brown paper bag to see the med inside. Then she researched the med to determine what my health condition is--presumably. It's not a common medicine.

I only learned about this because she announced my medical condition unprovoked to mutual visiting friends. I immediately became upset and said that she shouldn't have done that. She said I was wrong because "I have a right to know what's in my house." One of our friends told her that she was absolutely in the wrong and shouldn't have revealed my info. Landlady laughed and said "It's fine. It's fine." Friend told her it wasn't and landlady defended herself by saying it was no big deal.

I was so mad I stormed away.

First, am I correct in my belief that my landlord cannot enter my room without my permission--whether I am there or not? I got this info from living with previous landlords.

Second, can my landlady go through my things in the communal refrigerator?

Third, how much of an asshole is she for revealing my medical problems to people?

For reference, I cannot simply move out immediately. Said health conditions caused me to lose my job. I am currently unable to work. I also have nowhere else to live. I have known these people for over 20 years and consider them friends. They have owned houses for most of their adult lives and had perhaps a dozen tenants over the years, some strangers and some friends.

Saw this on a Zillow listing when looking at new places. Description reads “Brand new washer and dryer”

Shes been there a year lease is up thank god, its been hell but ya when she moved in we were told where to park the rv for storage in the backyard then a couple days later the ownersaid he wanted to put up a fence and asked if we could move it over 3-5ft as I was moving it the right front side fell into what looked like solid ground. got out and a single piece of rebar was the only thing stopping the motorhome from doing a nosedive into a 6ftx6ft hole in the cieling of some weird ass room with concrete walls and multiple steel doors going in different directions. the owner was on the property when it happened and with steel plates and hella jacks wegot it out however it broke a steering knuckle which is going to cost $2300 for the part and $600 for the labor. I was told do not drive it have it towed to mechanic. Owner is saying hes not responsible what do I do? is he right?

Long list of problems over 22 months. Genuinely seeking suggestions to make sure and prepare for court.

Currently received a notice to quit, Nov 22nd or face eviction. Was filed Oct 16th, rents paid at the very least through October.

• 2 weeks after I sent notice to withhold novembers rent until the house was repaired and my families tenants rights are honored.

• Have had mice since move in. Weve done traps and bait, landlord initially had exterminator summer 2023, tell her to patch holes in foundation or an exterminator is pointless. Patched holes but never called exterminator again. - Two upstairs tenants in a row trash the yard leaving things to attract more wildlife and have sent months of notifications to landlord of these issues with no resolution. Weve had 30% usability to our cabinets for 2 years.

-8 months into our lease a tenant moved upstairs that worked with the property manager. 1st week I allow them to use our wifi for the kids to watch movies upon request under the promise they'd have theirs in a week. I explicitly said my step kids and us have alot of devices already. A week goes by and they've got 5 devices connected to mine, I kicked all but the apparent children's named devices and magically they had a Hotspot on in 5 minutes.

• 1 month in they get a dog they tried hiding against the lease causing additional noise beyond the running and jumping off furniture from the children or parents aggravated jumping around after we asked to quiet down.

Tried talking to them, made the effort multiple times to ask politely before taking the discrepancies to the landlord before I started getting texts from upstairs that I didn't have to go to the landlord and they don't want problems they weren't trying to hide the dog (had it for 5 months before they moved)

• After 3 months of driving through the yard instead of the driveway and doing whatever they pleased bringing down the roof, taking away my autistic child's ability to be in the yard even with a parent present and infringing on our right to any quiet enjoyment for my autistic child to nap when needed or unwind at night to go to sleep.

Landlord laid down the law requesting them keep it quiet after curfew and where each unit is required to park.

• Continued on for 3 more months and them banging on my children's bedroom window at 1am on new years to "come outside f*in psy" then him telling a police officer that I'm being a Karen, he's on parole and if he lives here when he's off parole he'd brutally assault me. Magically around December, the cameras on the house quit working when upstairs started getting brazen.

• I filed a ppo and the property manager showed unannounced claiming it was feuding personalities while I never made any threats or banged on their door. Was first ppo I've ever filed and apparently I can't speak for my autistic child and only had proof of 1 direct threat at me (apparently banging on my nonverbal autistic sons bedroom didnt count) and need atleast 2 to be granted a ppo.

This is important for our final month. During winter of 2023 the basement also flooded, with 25-30% of our laundry getting soggy and nasty from sour water. We never threw it out because throughout 2023 the 5 loads we maybe did, the appliances left in the unit would break down. We didn't have both a working washer and dryer until april of 2024.

January 2024

• They move out shortly before the ppo court date. At this point I'm on anxiety meds trying to cope. The same day new tenants are moving in, IN CROSSING with the other tenants moving property out. In Court the previous tenant said he was giving rides to the new tenant upstairs because he got him a job at a factory (also with the property manager) landlord tells us new tenant is a woman and 2 kids escaping a bad situation hence the haste.

• Day after they move in, their child at 11:30pm walks straight into our two front doors into our house with shorts and nothing else on.

• A week after this, we're woke up at 8am without any forewarning to the sound of them sanding and sealing the HARDWOOD floors upstairs from the dog that was previously hidden 3 months then allowed to be kept an additional 3 months. The machine was shaking the entire house at 8am in the morning.

Later we realized the tenants had been friends but property manager thought they just met. After calling the cops worried for the woman hearing two different instances of a 30min bout of rage from the new tenant upstairs telling the mother of his child "I'll bust you in your shit if you don't get out" watching her leave with the 2 kids crying.

• The worst time even their parents rushed over to seperate them and the cops got here while they were trying to leave and they said nothing happened. While talking to the cops on my porch with upstairs leaving, he's yelling out the vehicle at me that the previous tenant was right im just a Karen.

Come march 2024:

• upstairs refuse to follow landlords request of where to park, not to trash the yard and driving through the yard again just like previous tenants, our outside water spigot was replaced (didn't even know after asking summer 2023) and find upstairs using a hose on the spigot that's on my water bill using it to detail vehicles in the back yard. I worked throughout the day every Wednesday through Sundays so I was never home until then to also see where the trash littered through the backyard was coming from. A dozen diapers tied in grocery bags throughout 3 months just thrown in the yard but property manager said we should just pick it up because that's what she does for her mom.

• I explained my autistic child does not poop in his diapers and has not since he was 2. He would rather drop that diaper and poop on the floor if he can't get to the bathroom we've also never tied them in grocery bags for that reason.

2nd week of April

• a diaper was ripped up by animals in the yard showing it was full of poop, left for 2 whole weeks after I told the landlord and she responds sending out a letter to us and upstairs about using one side of the driveway, the noise after curfew, and the trash in the yard.

June/July cieling over shower starts leaking. Landlord threatens monthly unannounced inspections and saying if things aren't followed she'd change locks on doors and give us notice to remove our stuff.

• Gradually grew worse for a week before the drywall was soggy enough for a piece the size of a dollar bill to fall and hit me in the head while showering and my autistic son got pink eye bathing before we couldn't use our shower for a week because the leak grew strong enough it was filling my autistic childs tub overnight. They finally tore the cieling out 2 weeks after first sign of the problem but left us unable to shower another 2 1/2-3weeks "waiting for the wood to dry"

We found out the leaking was from their toilet running down the pipes onto us while bathing.

• In this time my girlfriend also tripped over an extension cord taking laundry downstairs that upstairs had ran down to the furnace.

Early august 2024

• Noise and trash hasn't stopped,
• still cut across the yard,
• landlord put a makeshift fence up provided by my parents at no cost after them not adhering for 7-8 months and to stop trash from blowing in the yard (upstairs blames the trash in the backyard on that)
• Extension cord still ran to the basement from upstairs.

Fast forward September 28th

• maintenance man calls asking if we have a sewage smell too. Confirmed we do have a sewer smell but upstairs was alot worse.
• Maintenance man claims the woman upstairs said last week her toilet was clogged so bad she didn't think it was poop but she still flushed/forced it.

He rushed over within the hour to help her.

We notify landlord 2 days later our kitchen sink is not draining, and backing up every time they run water.

First week of october

• I call the city to file code complaints, they tell me my unit hasn't been inspected in 10 years!!! And they'd be giving her a call to schedule one. I simultaneously notified the landlord we'd be withholding November rent.

2nd week of October

• landlord shows up unannounced,
• changes the locks to the basement locking us from our washer and dryer saying we're the problem because of all the lint down the drain with no lint sock on the washer (at this point we've done maybe 2 dozen loads of laundry in nearing 2 years with all the problems.)
• Kitchen sink is still backing up every time upstairs uses it while the basement drain and our bathroom drains work perfectly.

Following day she came back while we were asleep to mix/combine the freshly dirtied laundry with the ruined nasty laundry and piled them at the bottom of the stairs creating a fire hazard and ruining 75% of my families wardrobes.

She hasn't addressed the sink backing up for 10 days since the time she refused to pay for a plumber and threatened eviction if she did have to pay for it.

• My final text was a YouTube link of our sink pouring out water because it was too long to send directly so I privately uploaded it and can only be viewed with the YouTube link.
• She stopped texting me but texted my girlfriend "omg I'm so done he posted that to youtube"

Finally Sept 30th through Oct 10th after arriving home from shopping twice & nearly 3 times, we had to leave for the suffocating odor of bleach being dumped down the drain from upstairs. Landlord comes with a plumber after 2 weeks suffering to end up siphoning out buckets of grease from the drains and the plumbers telling us the sinks are connected. which explains why my water bill is 3x upstairs. Property manager still wanted to request we split the bill 3 ways insisting the lint played part in the upstairs drains backing up while the downstairs drained fine.

Oct 10th after the plumbers leave This is when property manager tells me she's just going to go ahead and start the eviction process because I'm clearly not happy and I stopped her saying - "that's fine I'll just see you in court. The youtube link I sent you was a private link only viewable with the link but you didnt ask that and just assumed. I called the city to find out this place hasn't been inspected in 10 years and I gave notice a week ago to withhold novembers rent."

Her and maintenance man were quick to snap back what hasn't been fixed but I have texts of them refusing to repair, take beyond timely to repair, or threaten eviction if they do repair. Then she texted my mother the following playing victim over the youtube video that I'm cyber bullying her.

"Hi Just to keep you updated… after having all needed pipes rodded out today, I informed redacted that we’re going to begin the eviction process. Not just because of the clogged pipes. As a possible compromise I was planning on proposing to him today that the cost be split three way but Sunday he posted a video on YouTube and sent me a copy. I took that as an attempt at cyber bullying. I’ve fixed everything that they brought to my attention but I can’t make him happy or even content. So I’m only going to ask the court for the property back. He has called the city for an inspection to make it messy which I don’t understand. He complains weekly mostly about the neighbors. I thought you should know."

Thank any of yall that read all of this TREMENDOUSLY!! I have a flash drive from the last 14 months of screenshots to property manager, videos, photos, emails to the owner out of state, and recordings of the stomping and banging around after curfew. I want to be prepared for court.

Forgot to add - notified property manager first week of october I was jobless and job searching.

October 16th after throwing 4 mattresses away 2 weeks prior and only 2 getting picked up, code came and red tagged the mattresses with the landlord right behind to take picturess.

I called first week in october to find they need to be bagged and it's $30/mattress or 1 free per week. I informed the landlord my plans for said mattresses but still got em tagged and then was threatened with my broke down vehicle being red tagged also for no plates (sat 2 months) while a truck has sat in back yard since before we moved in and current tenants have a vehicle backed in with no plate for 6 months too but we're singled out.

Hello everyone,

I’ve been living month-to-month in a challenging apartment situation here in California. Over the past year, I’ve endured some extremely unsanitary and unsafe conditions, including infestations of roaches, moldy AC vents, and even human waste left by homeless individuals outside my window. With rent due on November 1st, I’m wondering if I have the legal right to move out immediately without providing 30 days’ notice. The management has stated that I’d still be charged for the notice period regardless of the reason, but given the uninhabitable conditions I’ve experienced, could I lawfully leave without penalty?

I’d greatly appreciate any advice. Thank you!

Due to my mother being cut off with social security, she owes them money back, and because of this she was 2 months behind on rent. In early September, our landlord (my grandfather's sister) told my mother via a phone-call that me and her had until October 15th to leave.

From what we got from attorneys from Maryland legal advice & Maryland Courthouse Center, the landlord needs a court order and until then, we don't need to leave. We don't have a lease (my mother tried to get a lease signed, but our landlord refused, and my mother didn't have any alternatives.). We've been there for almost five years (for reference, I was in high school until I graduated in 2022, and then went to college for a year before dropping out in spring of 2023 as I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life). Our only proof of being Tennants is mail and receipts of my mother sending money to both my grandfather and the Landlord. She first payed my grandfather for rent for a couple of years, but then had to give the rent money to the landlord.

I'm mainly afraid because from what I know, an eviction on your record ruins any chances of you renting a place. I joined a program that starts on the 30th that'll give me training to get a job (that way, I can help my mother money-wise), but it lasts for 2 months, and I'm not sure if we'll even have that long.

We're just trying to leave before it escalates to court, but my mother doesn't currently have the money for a security deposit. She works a part-time job due to having a chronic disability.

I'm just trying to figure out what to do from here and onwards. I feel useless, and I don't know what to do or how to help.

It's been 6 months. I called the Attorney General and he told me to stop paying rent 😂

I'm at an impasse. My rent was raised by a realtor who had control over the property I'm in and then the current landleach again raised my rent despite me letting them know the law had been broken - they are all about money so they had no care. And now im thinking about confronting them about it and maybe taking them to court if necessary before it's too late, but honestly i don't have many options when it comes to moving. I'm also pretty sure they are going to raise my rent next year too so I'm probably just going to be priced out anyway.

I also suspect they want me out to remodel and may try to weasel that in. The other day out of the blue they came too look in my backyard (with notice) and not my neighbors; we are a duplex so i thought that was off. Paranoid i know, but i think somethings up.

I'm in a state with rent increase laws as well as eviction protections, and i really don't like getting screwed so I'm thinking about it, but it's a tough decision. Has anyone done the ballsy act of taking their landleach to court while staying put? How'd it play out?

P.S: I went after the realtor and got the money HE took from me. Yipee! i got MY money back. Ehh... victory i guess?

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/LandlordLove/s/JtZ4aaWjlk

So today my partner got a phone call from the letting agency. The (legal) landlady hasn't been answering any emails for WEEKS from the agent. Her less legal husband has been ignoring all attempts to contact him since he was told he has to follow the law. So now we're stuck in limbo with ever decreasing functionality in the plumbing, an increasing mould problem that seems to be coming from the attic we have no access to, and an extremely upset landlord whose thought process we have no way to predict. And then there'll be the Rent Smart Wales investigation, which I'm sure will make the landlords look on us way more favourably...

Further updates will be posted as and when stuff happens. I'd advise buying popcorn, because oh boy this is getting fun.

Hi, I’m a 22F in California. Looking for some advice regarding my landlord installing a Ring outside camera above my balcony that’s facing the parking lot. I was not informed that they were going to put a camera up. I contacted the broker and they refused to relocate it so I asked if they’ve switched off the audio recording because it is extremely close and would clearly pick up any sound in my balcony and my nextdoor neighbor. Additionally, they have put up other Ring cameras across from other apartments but off to the very edge/end whereas mine is directly in the middle. I prefer to communicate with them via email but I feel like they’re getting annoyed with me and purposefully not responding after I asked for clarification on audio recording. While they’re in their right to install security cameras to protect their property, they do not get my consent to record any audio. I know I have a right to peace including privacy but this just feels like an invasion of privacy. I feel like I’m being spied on.