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I’m currently on day 3 with no AC, it’s been 80°-100°f outside every day. I’ve tried contacting the building managers for a portable unit and they have not provided one. I live in a 12 story building in San Diego where they advertised central ac cooling and heating (https://arrivebroadwayloftsapts.prospectportal.com/san-diego/arrive-broadway-lofts/amenities/) I’ve asked them when it would be fixed and their answer was that the repair persons had to order parts or couldn’t come repair during the weekend. I had to spend $700 on a portable AC unit that sadly isn’t strong enough to cool the entire apartment just the area directly in front of it. Am I entitled to compensation of some kind?

I told the landlords I would have to be late. They said that's fine but they would have to send a "pay or quit" email notice. They sent that today.

I usually get paid on Wednesday's except once a year when I get a bonus on that check. It makes my bank need two more days processing. That check is this weeks check and I forgot.. I told landlord the 7th because I thought that was the day I would get paid but it'll actually be the 9th.

I told my landlord the miscalculation of pay check date today via a messaging portal. I probably won't get any communication until tomorrow.

Do you think they would change the "pay or quit" date? That only made the "pay or quit" date the 7th because it was the date I gave them that I could pay them.

I've been renting here for 5 years this month. I've been late like this once before two years ago, but that's it.

Is there any benefit for them to just try to evict me when I can just pay on Friday?

Where I live the rent I'm paying is probably a little over the current prices in the area ( by maybe 100$ ), so it's not like I'm locked into a "deal" and a benefit for them to find someone new and up the rent.

When I toured the home, I felt something off immediately. I asked the landlord about the previous tenant and they mentioned they passed so that’s why the unit was vacant after 28 years. I asked them directly about the passing later on that day and that’s when I found out they died in the room and remained there for 3 days before being found through a wellness check.

I’m terrified the “energy” I felt when I walked in was the previous tenant, as crazy as that sounds. And I’m also not sure how to even handle this situation.
Before you suggest it, getting a different place isn’t in the cards for me right now.

I feel like I’m walking right into a horror movie. Please help.

Have rented a decent rowhouse for 2 years. Landlord owns the ones on either side of me. When I moved in they were very focused on having quiet professionals, talked about how nice the neighborhood is, etc. Place has been ok, people on either side respectful and no big issues.

Now a few months ago, neighbors left and landlord's kids/family moved in on either side. Much younger crowd. Big issue for a bit was just more noise. Hear loud swearing randomly when one is watching a game. Heavy stomping and door slamming. They don't have jobs I think so keep weirder hours and are active at weird times.

Now it's getting worse. One has a dog (I was told on move in no pets...) and it will bark/whine for hours when they are away. Last night threw a rager in the shared yard til 1 AM that you could hear 1/2 a mile away. The one is smoking weed in the yard all the time (my lease had a no smoking policy). Individual things that on their own are annoying but could be maybe worked around, but collectively it's turning into a pretty terrible place to live.

I had planned to look for new places at the start of the year anyways, but I can't move immediately. Are these things I should be asking the kids to be mindful of? Should I be going to the landlords/parents as they are violating the lease in ways? AITA? My sense is this is just a shit move by the parents to let this happen while still renting/expecting someone to pay them money to live there.

My wife and I had been searching for a while when we finally found a house we really liked. I’m from the city, and we were excited to leave the noise and craziness behind and move somewhere quieter. When we viewed the house, it was quiet and we didn’t hear the neighbor’s TV at all.

After we moved in, the first thing we noticed was the TV coming through our shared wall. I didn’t think much of it at first, but it kept playing all night, even with our white noise machines and fan on. We can hear it in the living room, both upstairs bedrooms, and a little in the basement. We can even hear it over our own TV.

The next morning, we rang the neighbor’s bell and left a polite note asking them to lower it. We waited, then noticed the note was gone, but the sound hadn’t changed and no one had responded. We panicked a bit. We were exhausted, had just moved, and didn’t know what to do. We called the non-emergency line for advice because we were stressed and didn’t feel we were getting a direct answer from the landlord about whether anything could be done. At that point, we didn’t know the TV was mounted on the other side of our shared wall. This was our first big move into a home like this.

An officer came by and said the TV itself didn’t seem unusually loud. He thought the old wall and limited insulation could be letting the sound carry. He also said decorative wood panels probably wouldn’t fix it.

During the walkthrough after we moved in, while we were signing the final papers, the landlord told us the TV was mounted directly on the other side of our shared wall. We hadn’t been told that before. We had asked how the neighbors were and were told they were nice. We also asked whether the landlord had dealt with this while living here, but didn’t feel we got a clear answer.

During that walkthrough, the landlord told us the neighbor has a disability, has two children in elementary school, and stays home watching TV while her husband works. He later texted her about the noise, but she hasn’t responded. We’ve also heard her yelling and swearing at the kids through the wall. It was muffled, so we couldn’t tell what was happening. I don’t want to judge her or assume anything, but this makes us nervous about approaching her. We haven’t met, and we worry her only impression of us may be that we left a note and called the police to check the noise.

The landlord’s response has felt a bit dismissive. He said this is just how older attached houses are and suggested more white noise or panels. He also mentioned using a noise machine in a previous home. It feels unfair to expect us to run a noise machine all day or buy things to mask the sound, especially since we weren’t told before signing the lease that the TV was mounted on the other side of our shared wall. We only learned that during the walkthrough after we moved in.

We’ve already put down a rug, moved in most of our furniture, set up our own TV, and have a decent white noise machine. We can still hear the neighbor’s TV throughout the house. I used a phone app to measure the sound and got readings around 40 to 50 dB, but I know a phone isn’t a reliable sound meter.

The noise is affecting our sleep and making it hard to relax at home. We both have ADHD, and I’ll be working from home, so focusing is a concern too. We’re starting to feel overwhelmed and worry about how much this is affecting our mental health. We honestly don’t know what to do next. We want to make the house work and aren’t looking to move. We just want help finding a practical solution.

Has anyone dealt with TV noise traveling through an old shared wall? What actually helped? Is an acoustic contractor or sound transmission assessment the right next step? Are there realistic fixes the landlord could look into, like addressing the TV mount or improving the wall? And how would you approach the neighbor without making things awkward?

My husband and I have been living here since 2013. My roommate's mom owns the house. We are behind on rent and have missed several payments over the last 2 years for several health related reasons. However, over the last 2 years, our floor drain has backed up almost every other day. We have paid to rent augers with 75 to 100 ft lines to snake it out every few months Every time we'd pull out more and more tree roots. We have had to deal with this disgusting human waste sewer water, on us and on our things, for 2 years. I don't want to stay anywhere I'm not wanted, but I need more time. I was told I would have until 11/1, but the hearing is 10/13. Do I have any room to ask for at least that much time? What makes it more difficult is no one wants to rent to you if you have an eviction. Any actual legal advice would be more than appreciated. I don't know how to write a legal response to the court notice.

This multi-family has 4 apartments. I’ve lived in this apartment for about 6 months now & had no idea that there were cameras in the flood lights with not only video recording but audio as well. The worst part is the other tenants have had access the whole time. I only found out because of a slip-up and then got a “ sorry I forgot to let you know, I’ll give you access now”. These cameras are all around both sides of the building, front, back, porch, driveway etc. I feel violated that everyone has had access to my conversations on record all this time without me knowing. I told the landlord I don’t consent to audio recording and he said it’s “common areas” so it’s staying as is and the audio is staying on. Yes, I understand I shouldn’t assume privacy outdoors but this is supposed to be my home as well, I can’t sit on my porch with a friend and have a convo without every other tenant getting a recording of the whole thing ? Am I wrong to be bothered and is there any legal wrong-doing here since Massachusetts has pretty strict audio recording laws?

I've rented my whole life and I'm tired of going in blind. Every house I've moved into had something the walkthrough didn't show me — weak AC, pests, bad neighbors. The previous tenant always knew. I never had a way to find out.

I'm building an app where renters can review specific houses by address, including the running costs and stuff you can't find on Zillow, so future renters can look a place up before signing. Anonymous option included.

Would you actually check something like this before signing? Would you post about a place you lived? What's the one thing you'd want to know about a house before moving in?