Sample letter of a tenant to landlord for default on rent

I have been living in a 2-bed apartment for a year and it was bliss to have an apartment all to myself. I have been dreading my landlord to get another tenant to live in the apartment. I have been able to afford the rent and at the same time just relishing having my own space. I have always been a loner who liked to spend time doing things on my own. I do have the odd friends and I do go to gatherings like weddings and funerals, but it's when the events are over that I feel the bliss and joy of being lonely.
Then my landlord told me that he had found someone to have the second bedroom and I was disappointed but I guess it was going to happen at some point. Then after many days of waiting my landlord came into the apartment and in his hand was a baby boy. It wasn’t his baby and I asked where the parents were as I assumed the second bedroom would be taken by a family. It is actually big enough to fit a married couple and a small baby.
The landlord said that there were no parents and that he was just going to put the baby in the second bedroom. I was not allowed to go in the room and I was just supposed to leave that room. The landlord placed the baby in the second bedroom and closed the door, and he then went on his way home. I was in a flat with a crying baby. It was unusual and the baby was crying and then the baby would be soothed by something and would start laughing.
I was really freaked out by this and on many nights the baby would be making baby noises all by himself. Then one night I heard a deep musky voice in the baby room but I listened to the landlord and kept to my own business. Then something was calling my name from the baby room and its deep voice woke me.
“Rob wake up, I want to give you 3 wishes,” the voice from the baby told me
I tried to go into the room but it was locked now and the voice in the room kept saying that it wanted to give me 3 wishes. Then the voice said “I can grant 3 wishes but I am not sure where those wishes would go. You will also have to pick 2 other people as well who you don’t mind the wishes to go to”
I had wondered why this thing wanted to answer my wishes and it simply told me that answering wishes was its main function in life. The thing in that room was being generous at first and gave away the first 3 wishes for free but they had to be small. This was to prove to me that it wasn’t lying to me.
So I included my mom to be part of this and my manager who I did not like. My first wish was for death, a teapot and a thousand pounds in cash. Death randomly went to my mother, I got a new teapot and my ass hole of a manager had won a thousand pounds which he bragged about at work.
My mother had died and the voice told me that he couldn’t control where the wishes went. The voice then told me “To increase the chances of good wishes going to you, you should do something called good karma collecting. Where you will voluntarily let people do bad things to you so that good karma shall come round to me. So be a pushover and too overly nice that people take advantage so that the good wishes have a higher chance of coming to you”.
So I did just that and I let people at work take advantage of me and I walked around in rough places where I was showing my expensive items so that someone could rob me. For a whole year, I let people just be horrible to me and I even went out with a woman who was a known serial cheater. I would still sometimes hear that baby either crying, laughing or just making baby noises.
Then the voice said “Are you ready to make 3 proper wishes that will choose themselves who they go to”
“yes,” I said confidently
“Have you chosen two more people to be a part of these wishes,” the voice asked me
“yes and I choose my horrid manager and my father” I replied
“the 3 wishes have to be different and one has to be good, one has to be bad and one has to be mediocre” the voice told me
After a moment of silence, I said “First wish for a billion pounds, the second wish for cancer and the third wish for a mini car!”
I then got a text from my dad telling me that a mini car appeared in his garage out of nowhere and on the news it was showing my manager winning a billion pounds on the lottery. I then started coughing blood and started feeling sick and I looked confused.
The voice then told me “Your landlord took his chances with the 3 wishes and he chose you as one of the people. One of his wishes was for bad fortune and that fell on you, which is why collecting good karma wouldn’t have worked for you”
I then fell to the ground and my landlord came in and he went into that room and picked up the baby. He then looked down at me with a smile and said “Now I can sell my flat without the worry of a tenant living here. Landlord and tenancy rules have made it harder for landlords to sell flats with tenants living inside them”

I have been living in a 2-bed apartment for a year and it was bliss to have an apartment all to myself. I have been dreading my landlord to get another tenant to live in the apartment. I have been able to afford the rent and at the same time just relishing having my own space. I have always been a loner who liked to spend time doing things on my own. I do have the odd friends and I do go to gatherings like weddings and funerals, but it's when the events are over that I feel the bliss and joy of being lonely.
Then my landlord told me that he had found someone to have the second bedroom and I was disappointed but I guess it was going to happen at some point. Then after many days of waiting my landlord came into the apartment and in his hand was a baby boy. It wasn’t his baby and I asked where the parents were as I assumed the second bedroom would be taken by a family. It is actually big enough to fit a married couple and a small baby.
The landlord said that there were no parents and that he was just going to put the baby in the second bedroom. I was not allowed to go in the room and I was just supposed to leave that room. The landlord placed the baby in the second bedroom and closed the door, and he then went on his way home. I was in a flat with a crying baby. It was unusual and the baby was crying and then the baby would be soothed by something and would start laughing.
I was really freaked out by this and on many nights the baby would be making baby noises all by himself. Then one night I heard a deep musky voice in the baby room but I listened to the landlord and kept to my own business. Then something was calling my name from the baby room and its deep voice woke me.
“Rob wake up, I want to give you 3 wishes,” the voice from the baby told me
I tried to go into the room but it was locked now and the voice in the room kept saying that it wanted to give me 3 wishes. Then the voice said “I can grant 3 wishes but I am not sure where those wishes would go. You will also have to pick 2 other people as well who you don’t mind the wishes to go to”
I had wondered why this thing wanted to answer my wishes and it simply told me that answering wishes was its main function in life. The thing in that room was being generous at first and gave away the first 3 wishes for free but they had to be small. This was to prove to me that it wasn’t lying to me.
So I included my mom to be part of this and my manager who I did not like. My first wish was for death, a teapot and a thousand pounds in cash. Death randomly went to my mother, I got a new teapot and my ass hole of a manager had won a thousand pounds which he bragged about at work.
My mother had died and the voice told me that he couldn’t control where the wishes went. The voice then told me “To increase the chances of good wishes going to you, you should do something called good karma collecting. Where you will voluntarily let people do bad things to you so that good karma shall come round to me. So be a pushover and too overly nice that people take advantage so that the good wishes have a higher chance of coming to you”.
So I did just that and I let people at work take advantage of me and I walked around in rough places where I was showing my expensive items so that someone could rob me. For a whole year, I let people just be horrible to me and I even went out with a woman who was a known serial cheater. I would still sometimes hear that baby either crying, laughing or just making baby noises.
Then the voice said “Are you ready to make 3 proper wishes that will choose themselves who they go to”
“yes,” I said confidently
“Have you chosen two more people to be a part of these wishes,” the voice asked me
“yes and I choose my horrid manager and my father” I replied
“the 3 wishes have to be different and one has to be good, one has to be bad and one has to be mediocre” the voice told me
After a moment of silence, I said “First wish for a billion pounds, the second wish for cancer and the third wish for a mini car!”
I then got a text from my dad telling me that a mini car appeared in his garage out of nowhere and on the news it was showing my manager winning a billion pounds on the lottery. I then started coughing blood and started feeling sick and I looked confused.
The voice then told me “Your landlord took his chances with the 3 wishes and he chose you as one of the people. One of his wishes was for bad fortune and that fell on you, which is why collecting good karma wouldn’t have worked for you”
I then fell to the ground and my landlord came in and he went into that room and picked up the baby. He then looked down at me with a smile and said “Now I can sell my flat without the worry of a tenant living here. Landlord and tenancy rules have made it harder for landlords to sell flats with tenants living inside them”

ISO a tenant attorney maybe? We were scammed for $19,000 for a mobile home room-rental business in 2020 in pinellas county. The mobile home park threatened to evict us if we didn’t move in and stated they didn’t allow renters, except snowbirds, all homes must be owner occupied. The woman who owns the title is a felon on the run for other similar scams. She had the title put into our name originally but “held” it until we were supposed to pay $19,000 more from operating the business. She then took it to the park and then transferred it back into her name. We never delivered a title to them as we never had possession of it. After 4 years of harassment and discrimination from the mobile home park, dog attacks, etc. We had children, bought a real home, and decided to cut our losses. The park is now trying to wrongfully evict US, knowing 1) the title is not in our name & 2) we moved out already. They only want to talk in person, but refuse to email or be recorded. They sent a certified letter threatening to evict us today and claim we are indefinitely responsible for the lot rent even though the land lease has terms. We have tons of footage and written communication of them threatening and harassing us, and policing their rules on us but not other tenants. Do you think we have a case against them? Can you recommend a tenant lawyer in Florida? Or another kind of attorney who handles this kind of thing.

Hello legaladvice,
First thank you so much for taking the time to read this post. I appreciate your time immensely.
I am looking to leave a lease that expires in November because I recently signed for a townhome which I move into in July. After contacting the leasing office they informed me over email the current early termination policy is as follows:

If you choose to move forward at this time with Early Termination, the current policy is as follows: Should you sign a lease renewal and need to terminate prior to the lease expiration date, you would be required to go through Early Lease Termination.
Per your lease agreement, a minimum 60-day notice of your intent to vacate is required.
There is a $3,746 early termination fee due within 7 days of your notice; the signing of the Early Termination Agreement due within 24 hours of your notice. The early termination fee is equivalent to two months of rent. In addition to the Early Termination Fee, you are responsible for rent and utilities until your vacate date.
When you are ready to move forward with early termination, the 60-day notice is required to be provided in writing and can be done via email. This notice should include your intended move-out date, which must fulfill the minimum 60-day notice. Your move out date is the date you will be scheduled to vacate the unit and return possession.
Please keep in mind this is the current Early Termination Policy and may change in the future.

This was a shock to me since the original conversation about 2.5 years ago with the lease agent was that I could leave my lease. I then pulled up my original lease as well as the Addendum for this year and there is no verbiage in the lease about early termination. The only thing close to it is the following:

End of Term and Automatic Renewal

1. If Tenant wishes to terminate this Lease at the end of its original term, Tenant must give Landlord written notice at least sixty (60) days before the end of the term. This notice must be in writing and must be sent by certified mail or personally delivered to Landlord at the address at the top of this Lease. AN ORAL NOTICE IS NOT SUFFICIENT. If written notice of Tenant's intention to terminate this Lease is not given to Landlord within the time noted above, the Lease shall AUTOMATICALLY RENEW for a one (1) year term, on the same terms and conditions as contained in this Lease.

Landlord may offer a new lease to take affect at the end of the original term of this Lease or any renewal term. The new lease may include reasonable changes including an increase in rent. Notice shall be given by
Landlord to Tenant at least sixty (60) days before the end of the current term.
If Tenant chooses not to accept the new lease, Tenant shall give Landlord written notice of intention to vacate at the end of the then current term, at least thirty (30) days before the end of that term. If Tenant does not give this notice, the new lease shall automatically begin on the date specified in Landlord's notice, under the terms specified.
Landlord reserves the right to refuse to renew this Lease for any of the reasons permitted by law.

There is also mention about any changes to the lease needing to be signed for by both parties:

Entire Agreement

1. This Lease is the entire agreement of Landlord and Tenant. Tenant has read this Lease before signing. Any changes or modifications of this Lease, other than modifications presented by Landlord at the end of the Lease term as provided in Paragraph 5, must be in writing and signed by both parties.

LANDLORD AND TENANT HAVE READ THIS LEASE, FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS PROVISIONS, AND INTEND TO BE BOUND BY IT.

Naturally I emailed the leasing office to explain my situation and was able to setup a meeting with the Assistant Leasing Manager. I explained my story and he said I have one of the original leases before they changed them over (I was one of the first people to move into the apartment complex). He also said that he sees my point that there is no mention about the early termination in the lease or Addendum. The Addendum only stated the new price and term (1 year). The Assistant Leasing Manager said he would email upper management my concerns and let me know what they say. Today he emailed me this:

Thank you for stopping in yesterday expressing your concern on this matter. I was able to speak with upper management they informed me you can complete your lease 11/16/2024 or use our courtesy option of early lease termination policy.
Let me know if you have any questions thanks,

I am looking for advice on what to do here. I've read New Jersey law (Sommer v. Kridel, 378 A.2d 767 (N.J. 1977)), your landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent your unit—no matter what your reason for leaving. This will pose a risk to me if it goes over two months of rent like the courtesy option of early lease termination is saying so in that case maybe its best to just pay. I do however have an issue with the repayment schedule. I needed to make a large deposit on the townhome so ideally i'd like to pay if needed on July 16th when I would vacate the apartment. Hoping someone can lay out my options or give some advice on what to do.
TLDR: Trying to leave my lease early that has no statement of early termination. Lease office says its a policy that is enforced. Would like to know my options or advice.
Thank you again for your time!!

Hello, title kinda says it all. looking for guidance here to see if my roommates and i are getting yanked by our wallets. Building mgmt emailed me the other day asking if we were renewing our lease. I initially said I would convene with the household and asked when to give the building the notice by at the latest. Was told by them that they need to know 60 days prior to the end of the lease and that we were already in that range but they gave us until the end of the week to decide. Anyways, roll around to today when I emailed them back saying our house would like to renew. After saying we wanted to stay another year they then followed up with saying the rent has been increased. Kinda snakey behavior in my opinion, and want to know if they can legally do that? This link right here -https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doh/provdrs/renters/svcs/know-your-rights--fair-notice-ordinance.html#:~:text=If%20Your%20Landlord%20Moves%20to%20Raise%20Your%20Rent,for%20more%20than%20three%20years - states that they need to notify tenants at least 60 days prior to the lease ending of a rent increase, which they didn't (even have them saying its been within 60 days when they asked about renewal). I don't want to have a bad relationship or end up somehow not being allowed to renew, but also don't want to get scammed out of extra money each month. The place isn't bad but for the extra amount not sure if it's worth it. Anybody have knowledge on whether this is allowed, or if I can show them proof they didn't tell us in time or anything that would keep the rent the same? We've been good tenants, paid on time, and haven't had any complaints to top it off. Bogus landlords.

Hello, title kinda says it all. looking for guidance here to see if my roommates and i are getting yanked by our wallets. Building mgmt emailed me the other day asking if we were renewing our lease. I initially said I would convene with the household and asked when to give the building the notice by at the latest. Was told by them that they need to know 60 days prior to the end of the lease and that we were already in that range but they gave us until the end of the week to decide. Anyways, roll around to today when I emailed them back saying our house would like to renew. After saying we wanted to stay another year they then followed up with saying the rent has been increased. Kinda snakey behavior in my opinion, and want to know if they can legally do that? This link right here -https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doh/provdrs/renters/svcs/know-your-rights--fair-notice-ordinance.html#:\~:text=If%20Your%20Landlord%20Moves%20to%20Raise%20Your%20Rent,for%20more%20than%20three%20years - states that they need to notify tenants at least 60 days prior to the lease ending of a rent increase, which they didn't (even have them saying its been within 60 days when they asked about renewal). I don't want to have a bad relationship or end up somehow not being allowed to renew, but also don't want to get scammed out of extra money each month. The place isn't bad but for the extra amount not sure if it's worth it. Anybody have knowledge on whether this is allowed, or if I can show them proof they didn't tell us in time or anything that would keep the rent the same? We've been good tenants, paid on time, and haven't had any complaints to top it off. Bogus landlords.

Me and my roommate moved in together in September of last year. I found us the apartment, went on all the tours, met with the landlord, and all she had to do was sign the lease. She and I are on one lease together for one year, so it’s up at the end of August this year. We’ve gotten along well for the most part, we never spent a ton of time together while living together. If I had a problem, I would come to her about it. We both work and don’t have a ton of money. A couple months ago she let me know she was planning on breaking the lease agreement and finding someone to take her half of the lease over. I said that was fine but that finding someone would be her responsibility since she was breaking the lease. It’s been a few months and so far she’s brought me one person to tour the place to move in. This person is younger than me and doesn’t have a job. Also my roommate failed to list our place as the correct rent amount on Facebook marketplace. She listed it as $800 when the cost is $825 without utilities included. She was expecting the sub-letter to pay her half of the deposit that she paid when she moved in ($825). I recently got a new job that pays a lot more and I didn’t want to stress about finding a new roommate on her short notice. I told her I would just take over the whole lease. She then asked me if I would be paying her the $825 of her deposit back. I said no, I don’t have that money and I’m not moving out anytime soon. She is telling me I’m stealing $1600 from her because she paid rent through May and her half of the deposit. This makes no sense to me since that money goes to our landlord and not me and I won’t be getting a deposit back since I’m not planning to move anytime soon. I’m also pregnant and didn’t want to have to share my space with anyone after my baby comes. If I let a roommate move in and sublet and they want to renew the lease, I can’t say no. I wouldn’t have that option anymore. I told my roommate that since she is breaking her lease, she put herself in this situation. She’s so mad at me and I’m just wondering if I really am doing something wrong. My landlord told me I don’t have to pay her but she’s insisting that I’m the one fucking her over when she made the decision to break the lease agreement.
Am I the asshole?

Hey Redditors, First time poster
If this is in the wrong place, let me know and Ill remove it.
I was hoping some people here might be able to shine some light on my options here since I'm a relatively new renter and not sure what to do in this situation.
I currently rent with a roommate in a downstairs 'apartment' of a house that was crudely turned into a Duplex;

• The house is split in half with pieces of ply wood separating our unit and the one upstairs.
  
• We have our own entrance to the house
  
• We do not have separate meters/hook ups, the utilities are shared with the tenants in the upstairs unit.
  

He has been renting this place to us as a 2 bedroom unit although my room for the lack of a better term would probably be considered a 'storage room' more then an actual bedroom;
Ive looked into what would legally be considered a bedroom. I have a door, the space is probably fine in terms of size, up until very recently it didnt have a ceiling (which we will get into), and there is no windows in the room at all. Not sure if this information matters, but I want to be as thorough as possible.
Here is where the story begins;
The tenants upstairs have been complaining almost weekly very recently about issues with the water pressure upstairs. We have been living here with them for close to 3 years and it hasnt been a problem until around the beginning of 2024.
Our landlord had sent in atleast 5 different contractors/plumbers/etc... to come take a look but none have given a definitive answer or solution. After a few more conversations, they want to expand the pipe coming to the house to see if that can solve the issues for water pressure and that they would be in contact about the work soon. That line runs right through my room so I would need to pull everything out.
A couple weeks goes by, we hear nothing...
Suddenly, the landord emails me and my roommate on Sunday March 28th, 2024 around 5pm that he has scheduled for work to start on Monday March 29th, 2024 in the morning (no forewarning at all). When we asked about timelines he told us he will be putting a ceiling in my room after the other work is done for the pipe and the work would be 3-4days.
So when I get home that evening, I pull all my things out of my room and into the living room. Only things left in my room are things that cant really be moved anywhere else or cant fit through the door. (Dresser, desk, and I put the bed frame up on its side and out of the way.)
They dont show up Monday or Tuesday at all. They finally show up Wednesday May 1st, 2024 to start the work. They are pretty much done work, just waiting on an electrician now (so he says) and I've been keeping track of things as they had been working and this is the sum up of events;

• I'm still in the living room currently if they arent done by tomorrow, that would make is 3 weeks I havent had any access to my bedroom even though we were told 3-4days.
  
• They damaged my property. My dresser is damaged, it looks like they stood on my desk at some point and caused damage to it, theyve been using our dinner table chairs to stand on, they even damaged the floor in multiple places.
  
• There is plaster + plaster dust all over the house, all over counters and the floors to and from the room and all over our kitchen aswell. (This honestly is the least of my problems, Im going to clean it anyways and it wouldnt be that big of a deal if there wasnt so many other problems here)
  
• We asked a few times to see if it was possible to put a window in that room for fire escape and was denied for it.
  
• They built a new bathroom for the guys upstairs on the main floor instead of on the second floor so they could get better water pressure... Right above my where my bed would have to be. We were not told about this until about 2 days ago after they already finished building it
  

As you could probably guess, I'm not too happy about a lot of this so I decided to message my landlord yesterday evening and let him know some of my frustrations. Providing pictures and reasoning behind my concerns and offering to make myself available to speak about this either in person or over the phone, which ever is preferred.
He comes back and messages my roommate (not me directly) and says he will not be contacting me and said that my message was a 'threat' AND he is going to be charging us $150 starting in July because of the new house 'improvements'.
Honestly, I could get into alot of different things. Like the mould thats been all over the bathroom and part of the house since we moved in... or even the state of the house when we did initially move in was absolutely unacceptable. But that is a story for a different time and too much to get into here.
Ive attached pictures here of the message I sent to the landlord (censored to protect identities) and some of the pictures of the damage that I also sent to him.
So I am confused on what my plan of actions should be here. He didnt 'improve' anything in ours unit, he put a ceiling in my room and thats about it. There is still water pressure issues and only the guys upstairs got a new bathroom. I dont even think my room is a 'legal' bedroom but I'm not confident.
Do my messages seem threatening? I tried to be very articulate and firm about what my concerns are and that I am willing to speak about it. Does he have the right to just increase our rent like that? Does anyone have any suggestions? is this even worth pursuing?

I've defaulted on a equipment lease in November 23. However in Jan 24 the finance company asked if I would rent the equipment at a lower price. They said this would avoid court and repossessing the equipment. Allow me to continue to use it for another year at which time i could renew, give it back or start a new lease. I agreed and while finalizing the details over the phone their representative ended the call for no reason. May 24 they sent me letter from a lawyer saying pay full amount and return equipment or they will sue me. I can afford the rent we agreed upon and however I have other debt that I'm doing a consumer proposal for. The trustee says that I have to include the lease as part of the proposal.Is this true?
How can they ask for payment and equipment?
Once they lease or sell it, they will be making double the money. The equipment has not lost value. I was hoping that the lawyer or finance company would void the lease and honor the agreement for rent. If I return the equipment it will cut my business in half.
If i file the proposal with them included can i make a deal after wards to rent the equipment and can a creditor be removed from a consumer proposal at a latter date after the fact?
Can I sue the finance company for not completing the rental agreement as agreed.?
Do I have any other options to keep the equipment?

My family and I have lived in an apartment in NYC for free with permission from the owner of the building for the past 7 years. At that time, I was 18 facing eviction because my parents lost their jobs. My friend and his mom who I'm very close with got us an apartment for us to stay in and get back on track. I got back into college (which I had to drop out from during the eviction) and things were getting better.
Ultimately, time passed, and with COVID I had to drop out of college again as my parents got sick (they're older), I had to take care of them and work at Uber eats for money to feed us. This entire time no rent was paid to the family, but I did and continue to pay the apartment's electric bill, which is in the building company's name not ours due to there being no lease. I thought this might be a paper trail I would need at some point to prove I lived here for so long, so kept paying it even though it's a business "non residential" account.
Of course we weren't the only ones impacted from COVID as people's situations changed, our friends family is no longer as well off as they were. Now my parents live off their social security, and I'm back in college. I was able to save money that whole time to go to school without as much debt so I'm very much appreciative of my situation and the people that helped my family. I don't want any bad blood between us.
In recent years, we have been told by workers of the building and the management that we have to go, to which I speak to my friend about, and was assured everything was fine and not to worry. However today again, we were told to call the management company or my friends mom as "they want the apartment back" Nothing in writing has been given to us about this situation yet.
My questions are: What legal rights do I have in NYC as a tenant/resident in this situation? What legal rights do the Landlord and management company have? Do regular eviction proceedings apply in this situation, or can it all be bypassed since we never paid rent and, if permission would be revoked to stay here, could we be thrown out at any moment?
I am most definitely going to speak to them and see what they say, and what is going on. I am still good friends with their family, and am confident an agreement can be made whether that's now signing a lease or paying something. I am just uneasy with them knocking and saying we have to go, I'd like some legal advice as well.
Thank you for reading all this.
Tldr I have lived with permission of a family friend/landlord to live In a NYC apartment for 7+ years. What are my rights as a tenant if permission is revoked? Could I be thrown out without proper eviction proceedings (legally)?

So as the title suggests, I and 4 others live in a rented apartment in Canary Wharf, for a little more than 7 months now.
As per the councils regulations, a house in multiple occupation (HMO) license is only necessary for homes/flats which house 5 or more tenants.
I and my other flatmates all moved in around the same time, as this flat is completely new and we are the first occupants to live here.
We moved in in November 2023
The landlord has applied for this HMO license in late April and it was granted last week in early May.
According to the council’s letter that we received at the flat, intended for ‘the occupier’ (me + flatmates), if you fail to obtain a HMO license and you do rent a flat to 5 or more people’s, then you have committed a criminal offence, are eligible to pay a £30,000 fine and may have to reimburse the tenants rent.
So the million dollar question is, can you get this license after already renting it and to be given a ‘grace’ period of say 6 months prior to the licence being granted but it still applies?
P.S. I’m terrible with legal proceedings, so any advice on how to approach this and the feasibility of me being compensated would be greatly appreciated. Oh and one last thing, I accept and I am content with the possibility that this may cause me to relocate to a new flat.
Thanks guys in advance!

Hi there, So I had a situation where an old roommate of mine (in NYC) held over in the apartment we were renting together, and although I had a whole new lease at a new apartment, we were both taken to court in a holdover case. I’m not sure of the technical legal jargon, but after we were served papers and we went to court the roommate agreed to leave and it was dismissed - no judgement for rent is in my name at all.
So I know at least nothing is on my credit and I don’t have any outstanding debt with my old landlord. It was an unfortunate situation and now I want to move back to NC and live on my own where I can afford it and avoid roommate mishaps damaging my rental record.
Now, I am unsure if/how it even shows up, but I want to be prepared and make a plan for when I decide to move at the end of this year.
What records should I be checking to see if it pops up? I know typically landlords can see judgements on credit reports but that’s not my case here. I want to pull all my reports before I start applying so I can plan accordingly. Thank you!
EDIT: Look, I know notoriously landlords are lowkey assholes who don’t view tenants as real humans… which is fine, your prerogative and whatever morals/god you answer to has nothing to do with me. BUT, downvoting and giving bullshit answers to take out your weird strifes with bad tenants you may have doesn’t help anybody navigate trying to find somewhere TO LIVE, which is a basic human fucking right. I’m asking these questions in good faith - I messed up with having a bad roommate (that I literally had to get a retraining order on btw!!!!) was in my early 20’s fresh in NYC and have since fucked up my perfect rental history. My income and credit are fantastic, never paid rent late a day in my life and I’ve been renting since I was 18. I’m now in my late 20’s, simply trying to navigate how to find secure housing amidst an eviction on my record that was due to a dangerous, manipulative roommate that threatened my life. I know it may not occur to y’all we are real humans that end up in shitty situations, which is fine. But actual answers and not snarky comments and downvotes would actually help. Have a ducking heart jfc

Hey Guys,
I have a situation I took a new apartment on Fixed term lease 3 months ago and I have an urgent family issue to take care of, I even provided the valid hospital documents to the agent but they just neglected it and threatening me paying the rent for the entire term.
I have plans to come back to Ireland after my current situation is resolved overseas. My question is can landlord agent chase me and force me to pay for entire term ? I tried finding the new tenant but due to high rent didn't find one yet , I am in my last week of notice period of lease termination.
I am having little crunch time on managing the financials, could anyone help me here. ? I am okay if they deduct or keep the deposit. But I really don't want to be in any legal situation, can they sue me or file case against me? What will happen post that ? Thanks looking forward to your advice or if anyone can share real life scenario.
I have this feeling that landlord will not fill the place and can file case for giving the rent for entire term, if they file what next for me ? I will be overseas for some months and than will be back to Dublin. Any help please. ?
Update : I forwarded one candidate to lease transfer they rejected him mentioning that his documents are not suffice and funds problem, however he has enough money

Hey Guys,
I have a situation I took a new apartment on Fixed term lease 3 months ago and I have an urgent family issue to take care of, I even provided the valid hospital documents to the agent but they just neglected it and threatening me paying the rent for the entire term.
I have plans to come back to Ireland after my current situation is resolved overseas. My question is can landlord agent chase me and force me to pay for entire term ? I tried finding the new tenant but due to high rent didn't find one yet , I am in my last week of notice period of lease termination.
I am having little crunch time on managing the financials, could anyone help me here. ? I am okay if they deduct or keep the deposit. But I really don't want to be in any legal situation, can they sue me or file case against me? What will happen post that ? Thanks looking forward to your advice or if anyone can share real life scenario.

Moved into a townhouse I’m renting about 2 and a half months ago. Nowhere in my lease does it state there was a HOA. About a week after moving one of my neighbors informed me I need a parking sticker to park my car there. I contacted the landlord, sent her a picture of the sticker and she told me she didn’t know anything about it. 2 months later I get a notice on my car saying I was in violation and to contact the property manager. I went around asking several neighbors who do I contact and that’s when I found out there is a HOA for the community, now they are trying to make me pay monthly for parking when I didn’t even know there was a HOA and my lease does not state that. Mind you the HOA told me they have no repercussions for the owners only the tenant, but I don’t have a contract with them the owner does.. what can I do

Hi all, from Citizens Advice: You could get back 1 to 3 times the amount you paid if your landlord didn't: give you the 'prescribed information' - this is information landlords must give tenants, including details about the property and your deposit.
Our previous London landlord did not supply us with the prescribed information re our deposit. I won't go into detail, but he was abusive and threatened to beat us up, etc. and was overall a really poor experience.
Predictably, he fabricated evidence and invoices and tried to keep almost all our deposit and we had to fight it for months. That was finally resolved via arbitration, mostly in our favour; and we received most of it back.
We've now read the above information from CA but cannot find clearly online how best to pursue this. The landlord technically failed to give the information twice: first when we moved in - and then again when he increased rent on us and we had to sign a new tenancy agreement with a larger deposit.
From my understanding of the following information, that entitles us to 2-6 times our deposit:
The case of Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues in 20131 , found that any statutory periodic tenancy automatically arising upon the expiry of any fixed-term AST (by virtue of S.5 of the 1988 Act), is in effect a new tenancy, and thus any deposit having been given for its predecessor is found to have been also given in respect of the new periodic tenancy. Accordingly, any non-protection of the deposit after the first 30 days of either the fixed-term tenancy or the new statutory periodic tenancy will entitle the tenant to make a double claim for a penalty award (i.e. in respect of each failure).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. This landlord cost my wife and I a large amount of money throughout the whole tenancy and we'd like to get some of that back.
Thank you so much.

Hi all, just joined this group as I thought maybe someone here can help! So we moved into a rented bungalow 5 months ago. My partner and I are in our 20s and our neighbours are all 60+ years old.
Ever since we moved in it’s been complaint after complaint.
The first complaint was about our modified cars. We don’t drive these cars often (maybe 2 times a month) but when we did the neighbour decided to record it and send it to the landlord stating we drive them at unsociable hours every night, rev them and “drift them around the village” which is of course not true in the slightest. Obviously us not wanting to cause any arguments spoke to this neighbour and said we would no longer drive the cars and they’ve been sat ever since. (Just an fyi, this man drives a very noise 1960s car)
The second complaint, I parked my car in the village parking and was harassed by a lady who followed me back to my house SHOUTING at me that I wasn’t allowed to park there because I’m not a true villager because I rent!! wtf.
The third complaint , the postman (who lives in the village) complained to not only his manager who contacted us but also our landlords. To say our dog was “ biting his hands and almost smashing the glass” when he delivers the mail. Which again - is not true as we have all evidence on video of this. So the complaint that came from the post man’s manager only said the dog was barking at him and that was it however his complaint to the landlords stated completely different.
In all honesty, we want to just leave. It’s obvious why the previous tenants moved out so quickly. The main question is how without massive fees to come with it? From what I can see , if we leave early we still need to pay rent for another 6 months even without living at the property. Is there any way around this if we have neighbours that are harassing us and we feel unsafe? What’s the best cause of action here. We just feel so upset over it all. We’ve tried our best to fit in but it just doesn’t seem to work out for us no matter what we do to resolve issues. I feel we’re on the edge of loosing our deposit because of all these complaints. Obviously we have nothing against the landlords because they’re not our issue. It’s our neighbours. !

i am in a year long contract with private landlord
hello,
i moved into my home on february 24 2024. i moved in with a roommate we paid $2800 in a security deposit and i paid and additional $700 for the prorated rent. we paid all of this through one transaction through venmo. we never received the security deposit written confirmation (which i have a question about later).
i am two month behind in rent due to issues with money transfer app and ach block on my checking (i have bank statements and screenshots proving i attempted multiple time to remedy). all communication about this issue has been through text with my landlords assistance. last week i received a text from my landlord demanding certified funds for rent. which i complied and informed i would be able to do this monday. during this time my landlord sent me several texts being unprofessional, aggressive, insulting and accusatory. although i had never had a text exchange with this man prior he made it clear that if i didn’t take care of this “we would have a problem”. monday comes i am attempting to get to my bank to get certified funds and again he is texting me 20-30 times. during this outting i drop my phone and am unable to receive messages. i purchase a new phone that evening and had several messages from him accusing me of being on drugs (this man has never met me) and i recieve a text saying he met with his lawyer and that i must be out by the weeks end. i know my rights as a tenant and i know this isn’t legal. however he is naive to eviction laws and files a detainer warrant on wednesday. i can see the warrant has been filled online. he didn’t not follow proper procedures and failed to provide me with 14 day written notice informing me of the eviction, which i know has to be delivered and is a legal document. what can i do about this is what he is doing illegal? is he breaching my legal contract by not following legal procedure.
because we weren’t given the required written confirmation of the security deposit. am i able to request that my half be used to cover the balance since i am planning to move out anyways.

i am in a year long contract with a private landlord in tennessee
i moved into my home on february 24 2024. i moved in with a roommate we paid $2800 in a security deposit and i paid and additional $700 for the prorated rent. we paid all of this through one transaction through venmo. we never received the security deposit written confirmation (which i have a question about later).
i am two month behinds in rent due to issues with money transfer app and ach block on my checking (i have bank statements and screenshots proving i attempted multiple time to remedy). all communication about this issue has been through text with my landlords assistance. last week i received a text from my landlord demanding certified funds for rent. which i complied and informed i would be able to do this monday. during this time my landlord sent me several texts being unprofessional, aggressive, insulting and accusatory. although i had never had a text exchange with this man prior he made it clear that if i didn’t take care of this “we would have a problem”. monday comes i am attempting to get to my bank to get certified funds and again he is texting me 20-30 times. during this outting i drop my phone and am unable to receive messages. i purchase a new phone that evening and had several messages from him accusing me of being on drugs (this man has never met me) and i recieve a text saying he met with his lawyer and that i must be out by the weeks end. i know my rights as a tenant and i know this isn’t legal. however he is naive to eviction laws and files a detainer warrant on wednesday. i can see the warrant has been filled online. he didn’t not follow proper procedures and failed to provide me with 14 day written notice informing me of the eviction, which i know has to be delivered and is a legal document. what can i do about this is what he is doing illegal? is he breaching my legal contract by not following legal procedure.
because we weren’t given the required written confirmation of the security deposit. am i able to request that my half be used to cover the balance since i am planning to move out anyways.

So myself and my partner (UK) applied to rent a property weeks ago. We were told on Tuesday that the landlord picked another tenant so we continued to view other properties. They got back to us today and offered it to us since the person who the landlord picked had decided to withdraw. We paid the holding deposit and sent over all of our references and things asked of us for the checks. We have been given no information on when we can move in, but the property advert stated end of May. I called up as I felt a little uncomfortable having lots of communication from agents then paying the holding deposit and having no little to no response. Upon phoning the agent I spoke to stated they weren't sure if we would be able to move in next week, being pretty much the last week of May. We NEED to move before then and we aren't sure of what to do. Is there a way we can get this holding deposit back despite it being non refundable if the date advertised wasn't fulfilled?

Okay so my friend was told the landlord is selling the home they rent, and the landlord would appreciate if they left the rental car early before July 31st when the 1 year term ends by the property management company.
It's hard to find a rental in town, so she starts panicking and finds a new place for June 15th. On May 10th she gave slightly more than 30 days notice to the property management company that she had found a new place for June 15th.
The property management company has told her that her notice isn't acceptable and she needs to pay rent until June 30th, as she must give notice 30 days notice before the first of the month, not 30 days notice before she intends to leave.
She intended to pay 1/2 of her normal rent at the start of the month and is now in a panic because paying 2 month's rent (deposit and first month's rent) + another full month at her current place isn't viable)
So my question: 1) given that her property management company asked her to leave early, was her notice and intention to pay 1/2 month's rent for the time between may 31st and June 15th unreasonable? Would the landlord tenant dispute board rule against her?
2) if she paid half instead of the full, the property management company is saying it will make a black mark on her credit records. How fast can they do this? If she wanted this to go before the landlord tenant board before paying any rent in June since they will not accept a partial payment - is there time for this to go through the dispute process first before she pays this final months rent?