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Attached is some information on the options a tenant who lives in New Jersey has when a landlord fails to address repair issues. The issue becomes whether, by failing to address the repair, the landlord has breached what is known as the warrant of habitability; i.e., if the repair needed was so...

You need to consider what is the safest thing to do about your property. We are nearing the middle of October; even if you begin the process of eviction now it is likely your tenant will not be served until the end of the month...by which time she will already be (hopefully) moving out. If...

The Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) does allow active duty members of the military to terminate a rental lease with 30 days written notice. Often a landlord will require a copy of the orders indicating the deployment is a certain number of miles from the rental property. An oral...

Your roommate has got it a bit wrong. He doesn't get to live there rent free simply because he is on the lease. However, since you are paying his share of the rent, he has no incentive to change anything. Have you discussed this with the landlord? He can be taken off the lease but all...

Ask them if you can also attempt to find a tenant for this apartment (i.e., someone to sublet the apartment). This may be difficult to do long distance but sites like craigslist may help you in terms of advertising this place. Unfortunately like some other types of contracts, real estate...

Because New York...unlike the majority of states....only specifies that a security deposit must be returned within a "reasonable time" there are no laws that specify failure to do so within 30 days automatically forfeits the landlord (in this case the sublessor) from keepng any of these funds...

Why don't you agree to meet her at the house (say you'll have her money) then set it up for the police to arrest her there? Gail

Did the lease allow this tenant to break her lease with just a 30 day notice? If not, she would owe your rent for the months remaining on the lease or until you were able to rerent the unit (unless there were special circumstances; for example, she was active duty military and received...

Is the house in actual foreclosure? Attached in information on the relatively new law protecting tenants in cases of foreclosure: http://www.nlihc.org/doc/701-704-Public-Law-111-22.pdf If this is simply your landlord wishing to terminate your tenancy at will (i.e., month to month tenancy)...

Whether a judge buys any excuse the tenant provides is really up to the individual judge. Keep in mind that most judges are fairly cynical as they're heard just about every excuse "in the book", some of them real whoppers. Gail

Attached is information on what you must do to evict someone in New York State. I think because a weapon was involved, the police were called and someone was hauled off you should have a good case to terminate the lease on these tenants. http://www.rentlaw.com/eviction/newyorkeviction.htm...

Is your old lease still in effect? If so, management is legally bound to follow what is outlined in this lease, including the listed amount of rent. If the old lease has expired, you are now considered to have a "tenancy at will"...in other words, a month to month renter. Management can...

If she never had the floors refinished, she cannot charge you for "damages" because, either there were no damages or they were not severe enough to warrant refinishing. At any rate, no funds came out of her pocket to repair the floor. Gail

Again, for tax purposes, appliances (stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer, etc.) in a residential rental setting have a 5 year "life" span. If you lived there for almost six years and had the washer/dryer there from the beginning, both of these items had "outlived" their lifespan and you would...

If the floors were never refinished, she cannot charge you for work not done, no matter what the estimates were. Her costs of changing the locks is probably not unreasonable if she had a locksmith do this. Same with the $38.18 worth of minor items. You might argue in court that the last...

Carpets are a frequent "bone of contention" between a landlord and a former tenant. A carpet in a rental unit has a certain "life"; typically five to seven years (for tax deduction purposes). If the carpet was, say, five years old it had outlived its useful life and you would owe nothing for...

So...have you discussed this with your landlord? Your initial question was is it legal to have two meters for one house. Yes; since this house was once divided into two units. Unless, of course, the particular area you live in does not allow this due to code restrictions. To find this out...

Why would your bill be double everything if these meters are controlling different parts of the house? If you had just one meter, your bill should be the same as the combination of two meters (including the taxes). It would be up to the landlord to do "something" about this if the electric...

One would suggest that your buddies are trying to "sneak" you into the place without the landlords approval. If unsure, contact the landlord yourself about being added to this lease. Gail

In the absence of a written lease (signed by all parties involved), a renter is considered to be a month to month tenant (sometimes known as having a "tenancy at will"). Such tenancies can typically be terminated with a written notice provided as outlined in a particular states laws. I've...