My jurisdiction is: Frederica, DE
We moved into a house on the 28th of August 2008. At that time we noticed some problems with the home.
1. The oven door would not open 2. The refridgerator leaks water and has duct tape in the freezer holding parts together and makes a loud thumping sound every 30 minutes 3. The garage smells like a dog has lived there for years with feces all over the garage floor and the garage door 4. The threshold of the front door and sliding glass door are rotting 5. Buzzing noise when turning on the light switches 6. water leaking from bathroom toilet off of the hallway 7. Infestation of bugs, just to name some of the problems, these do not include the fact that the house was not cleaned prior to us moving in. Dog hair was everywhere!!!! The carpets were filthy, and the bathrooms smelled of mildew. The owners basically moved out and left it up to us to clean up after them. I have notified the realtor who is managing the rental for the owners of all the problems verbally and in writting and was assured verbally that the problems would be fixed. Nothing still has been done to date. We want to know if we are within our rights to terminate the lease with a 15 day notice without the fear of being sued for the additional months that we have left on our lease. We want to leave ASAP!!!!!!! Thank you for your advice.
We moved into a house on the 28th of August 2008. At that time we noticed some problems with the home.
1. The oven door would not open 2. The refridgerator leaks water and has duct tape in the freezer holding parts together and makes a loud thumping sound every 30 minutes 3. The garage smells like a dog has lived there for years with feces all over the garage floor and the garage door 4. The threshold of the front door and sliding glass door are rotting 5. Buzzing noise when turning on the light switches 6. water leaking from bathroom toilet off of the hallway 7. Infestation of bugs, just to name some of the problems, these do not include the fact that the house was not cleaned prior to us moving in. Dog hair was everywhere!!!! The carpets were filthy, and the bathrooms smelled of mildew. The owners basically moved out and left it up to us to clean up after them. I have notified the realtor who is managing the rental for the owners of all the problems verbally and in writting and was assured verbally that the problems would be fixed. Nothing still has been done to date. We want to know if we are within our rights to terminate the lease with a 15 day notice without the fear of being sued for the additional months that we have left on our lease. We want to leave ASAP!!!!!!! Thank you for your advice.
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