- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
Hi
I live in Gwinnett county GA and I have been renting a house for over a year. The property management was always very prompt to fix any problems however they recently merged with a new company. We had a tree fall on the house and requested repairs of the damages. The rental company kept putting me off telling me that they needed more estimates they had at least 5 the first week.. It has now been over a month and I sent them a letter that basically said put me in another property and pay moving expense, terminate my lease and allow me reasonable time to find a new residence or Fix the damages and reduce my rent for the time and space I was without the use of at the property. I really wanted to stay here so I was extremely happy when I got a call that repairs were approved and going to start.
Now I have received an email that states we are now going to have to pay for trash pickup. I have never been charged this before. I contacted waste management and was advised that the billing is paid a year in advance as part of the property tax and the balance is paid in full for the year. I feel like they are looking to just add charges to recoup expenses.
Is there anything I can do or are they within their rights to suddenly charge me for an expense that is already paid?? (2015 was paid by the previous owner and 2016 was paid by the previous management company in the Annual Property Tax Bill).
Also how do I figure out what how much they should be reducing my rent?
I live in Gwinnett county GA and I have been renting a house for over a year. The property management was always very prompt to fix any problems however they recently merged with a new company. We had a tree fall on the house and requested repairs of the damages. The rental company kept putting me off telling me that they needed more estimates they had at least 5 the first week.. It has now been over a month and I sent them a letter that basically said put me in another property and pay moving expense, terminate my lease and allow me reasonable time to find a new residence or Fix the damages and reduce my rent for the time and space I was without the use of at the property. I really wanted to stay here so I was extremely happy when I got a call that repairs were approved and going to start.
Now I have received an email that states we are now going to have to pay for trash pickup. I have never been charged this before. I contacted waste management and was advised that the billing is paid a year in advance as part of the property tax and the balance is paid in full for the year. I feel like they are looking to just add charges to recoup expenses.
Is there anything I can do or are they within their rights to suddenly charge me for an expense that is already paid?? (2015 was paid by the previous owner and 2016 was paid by the previous management company in the Annual Property Tax Bill).
Also how do I figure out what how much they should be reducing my rent?