So we've been renting a property for about 7 months now. After only 1 month after we signed the lease, our old landlord announced she was giving away the properties in a raffle. That fell through and she ended up selling the properties to a new lady.
There are several things severely wrong with the unit that I believe made the unit unfit to rent.
The wiring is a fire hazard. Our old landlord said electric and plumbing was updated, but my ceiling fan in my bedroom has begun to arc when turned on so now I have to keep it off 24/7.
The floor in the bathroom and laundry room is collapsing.
There is severe water damage in certain rooms of the house.
There is no smoke alarm installed, and the fire extinguisher is 3 years expired with a broken tamper seal.
There is no working furnace even though the unit was advertised as having a working heating system.
Our basement is not structurally sound and floods regularly.
All of these things along with how quickly my old landlord was trying to get rid of the property after we started renting led me to believe that this property was not fit to have people living in it. It clearly was not properly inspected before being rented out. Do I have grounds to sue my landlord over this? We were in a tough spot when we signed the lease and we took it because this was the only place that would rent to us at our budget at the time. At first we didn't think the house was *too* bad, but as we've been living in here, more and more severe issues keep popping up.