HI all!
i just signed a 1 year lease for a 10x9 room @ $750 a month but the other roommate has a 10x10 for $650 -- i think its because shes a student and i had told the landlord that i own a business so she upped it when she showed it to me. My friend says that its false advertising but i say its more like discrimination as well as unfair as my smaller room costs me more.
also, they still havent removed construction debris from outside my room. can i say i dont want to pay the 2nd installment of my deposit until they come through on getting all this wood and tile from out of my way?
besides the contruction mess, i have a dog which i paid a $500 deposit for. she is on the lease but i noticed that the gate doesnt latch into anything so it swings like a saloon door! i have had to block it with big bricks but so far both the landlord and her daughter have slid them out of the way to enter there. if my dog escapes because of this, are they liable? how do i get them to make the gate be able to shut immediately? im afraid to leave and come home to see that my dog was let to run away! or worse, that its gotten into the construction pile and gotten filthy again! ...then they tried to leave their smelly dog here for a week while they are on vacation and i said it has fleas BAD and we cant introduce fleas into the house and my animal!! but they are still planning on leaving it here for some of the trip anyway!!!!!!
-how do i get my rent balanced down to what is comparable to the other (larger and cheaper) room and other rooms in this area?
-how do i tell the landlord their flea-infested dog cant be here (mine is the one on the lease)?
-can i say i am going to pay the rest of the deposit when the gate is able to contain my dog?
-is small claims court my 1st option to address any issues if they are stubborn?
lastly, they are trying to rent a 7x6' room by the kitchen which isnt a bedroom. is that legal?
-who do i tell if someone moves into there?
living in hell,
Ron