r/Tenant

me and my fiance (both 21) are going to tour a basement apartment tomorrow afternoon, and meeting the landlord for the first time. The home is owned by an older man, is in a great location, and is within our budget. It would be super sucky if we lost out on the opportunity. I am worried about making a good impression and having the landlord think we are a good match for the place. I am especially worried about him turning us down because he thinks we are too young/immature. We plan on dressing professionally and acting very polite etc. but I wonder if bringing him fresh cookies ​would be too much/inappropriate?? maybe win him over since its a very competitive listing ?? does anyone have any advice😂

[US-WA] I brought a small claim case in Washington against my former landlord, regarding a security deposit withholding without itemized receipt/invoice. We had just gone to trial. I won the case, but the judgment amount is significantly lower than what I had expected based on the law.

I had the house cleaned thoroughly when I moved out. My landlord withheld a significant amount of money from my security deposit, stated that it was for cleaning, without providing any receipts or invoices to show such cleaning happened. In my view, this is a direct violation of RCW 59.18.280 ("the landlord shall give a full and specific statement of the basis for retaining any of the deposit, and any documentation required by (b)"). Therefore, the landlord would be "liable to the tenant for the full amount of the deposit."

Additionally, through the entire legal proceeding process, the landlord stated that the cleaning was done through third-party, and that the cleaning cost was determined by third-party invoices. Yet the landlord never showed any such invoices. Several other pieces of evidence strongly suggest that the landlord fabricated the cleaning charge and intentionally refused to provide documentation. Therefore, per RCW 59.18.280 ("The court may in its discretion award up to two times the amount of the deposit for the intentional refusal of the landlord to give the statement, documentation, or refund"), I asked for twice the deposit as damages.

The judge completely ignored the fact that the landlord failed to follow the legal documentation requirement, and without looking at the photographic evidence of the cleaned home taken when I moved out, decided that it would be fair to award me half the cleaning cost that the landlord had withheld from my security deposit, stating that the home needed to be cleaned. He ignored the claim of intentional refusal and said that he didn't award double damages because he believed the landlord acted in good faith.

Should I file an appeal to the Superior Court?

I informed my landlord about the blocked vent in my room on Mar 29. She had it checked by her son a couple days later. He said a technician will have to be called. As of today, no technician has come in, despite being assured last week they will come as soon as possible. I get huge temp swings in my room depending on the weather outside. They only gave me a small fan unit until the technician gets here. I have a temperature sensor in my room and I have sent them pictures of the readings.

My lease ends on 4/30 and i offered to extend it till Aug back in Feb (which i haven't signed yet).

What are my options here? This will be unlivable in July if they don't come and fix it. I have started to look for other places to stay

hi, I need legal advice about a landlord situation. I’ve been spiraling and trying to find out what’d be the next best action here.

In 2022, I signed a lease guaranty for a friend in LA. but I never lived there physically. he then renewed the lease in 2023 and 2024, my name was added as a co-resident without my consent.

I received the DocuSign emails but never signed them, yet both leases show my signature completed. I then found that both leases have the exact same DocuSign signature ID and IP address, which suggests my signature was reused without my consent.

my friend fled the country, I called the apartment & found out that the balance is at $10k. I have NEVER been contacted by the apartment regarding this.

my biggest worry would be they send this to collections and it’ll ruin my good credit. i’ve built this with blood and tears… also i did run my credit reports and they all show as clean atm. I need to know if I'm liable and what my rights are. currently trying to reach out his family members to see if they can pay the balance owed to keep my name clean.

THANKS SO MUCH:,) im literally spiraling…

Husband and I have been renting a basement for a few months from the family that lives upstairs. Home constructed around 2017-18. All the flooring in the basement is "wood" laminate and we started to notice in one of the bedrooms there are a TON of places with gapping between laminate planks and gapping between the wall and flooring. One area is bubbling/cracking now too. Just found out recently, the landlord himself put the flooring in himself (not a professional :/). They have a dehumidifier running in the room because they are aware of some moisture issues and the room smells musty if we leave the door closed. I've already starting talking to them about the issue.

Are they going to have to replace the flooring of the whole basement to thoroughly fix this? I've read online that laminate is a BAD decision for basements, especially without proper preparation to prevent these exact moisture issues. It's just frustrating, we love everything else about where we live. How should we proceed to make sure the landlords do something about it?

I did something stupid. My husband and I just moved into a building I lived in years ago. I had a cat while I lived here before and never had a problem, but I don't know if the landlord knew about it. I haven't had any issues with pets in apartments ever. So of course when it came time to sign the lease I marked NO pets, since my 3 animals are ESAs, and didn't think of it anymore.

Well, the super came in to fix something recently and saw 1 cat (out of 2 cats and a dog) and got pissed and told me he was going to report us, which he did. I got an ESA letter for each of the animals in the meantime.

An hour after I got the ESA letter, they emailed me. I sent them a note for 2 of the animals because from what I've read, they would probably not accept the 3rd. They didn't believe me that these are real ESAs because the letter was dated the same day. After an intense phone call, they agreed to send me an email with what I need to fill out.

They have a lot of requirements. For example, the animal needs to be registered as an ESA with the state. I've never heard of that. Also need rugs all over the floor. And--this part annoys me--you have to sign a "pet" agreement about your responsibilities with a pet and how you have to pay extra security deposit even though they're NOT pets.

I told my husband I think we should move out, but he doesn't want to move again since we just moved (and it costs thousands of dollars). I told him we can't hide the 2nd cat and we need to send it to a family member, but he (and my friends) say that the landlord will never find out about the 3rd cat if we never let the landlord in again.

I told my husband there's a very real possibility that we get evicted, and if we get taken to court it will be a big problem trying to find an apartment. He's suoer confident I'm just freaking out and everything will be OK. My best friend and the guy who lived here before that (who is an old acquaintance) both say the same thing as my husband.

I don't know what to do. I want to know things are fine, but I don't think there's an easy solution here. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Otherwise, thanks for listening.

Like the title says, everyone here has pretty alright credit and consistent jobs but filing the paperwork has a document that has this line "A credit report will be completed on all applicants to verify credit ratings. Income plus verified credit history will be entered into a credit scoring model to determine rental eligibility and security deposit levels. Unfavorable accounts which will negatively influence this score include, but are not limited to: collections, charge-off, repossession, and current recent delinquency; open bankruptcies, or bankruptcies discharged and/or closed within the past 12 months, will result in an automatic denial of the application." mainly the line that says "bankruptcies discharged and/or closed within the past 12 months, will result in an automatic denial of the application". I understand what it says but is there room to negotiate because the other four of us have good history and could that be overlooked due to us all having stable income?