everready73
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? PA
I have a situation where my landlord wants to come in and paint my place over a month before my roomates and i move out. If they are getting the apartment ready for the people who are moving in in august, can they make it a hassle for us to paint the place before we move out. They sent all residents a letter saying they would be doing this, but did not give dates. Today, they left a note on our door saying they were going to do it in two days. Keep in mind I live in a college town and landlords are notorious for taking advantage of students who don't know their rights.
My issues:
1. They said all belongings in apartment must be moved three feet from the wall, including taking all the clothes out of closets etc. and they would charge if they had to move it. One of my roomates is away for at least another week and cant move his stuff.
2. They are not giving us any time to make repairs to the apartment ourselves that they said we would be charged for (small holes, nail holes ect)
3. The reason they gave in the letter for doing this early is because they have a lot of apartments to get ready, but why should it effect my living situation.
4. Everything must be taken off the walls (posters, mirrors, paintings) and if we make more holes when we hang them back up, we will be charged to fix them again.
The lease states that the landlord may enter the leased property to inspect, make repairs, do maintenance, read water meters, and show leased property to others. I interpret doing repairs and maintenance in the context of things that need to be done to the apartment to keep it in working order while WE live there, not so they can do repairs to make it easier on them to get the place ready when new people move in. They are essentially making us move out of our place twice. Thank you for any responses.
I have a situation where my landlord wants to come in and paint my place over a month before my roomates and i move out. If they are getting the apartment ready for the people who are moving in in august, can they make it a hassle for us to paint the place before we move out. They sent all residents a letter saying they would be doing this, but did not give dates. Today, they left a note on our door saying they were going to do it in two days. Keep in mind I live in a college town and landlords are notorious for taking advantage of students who don't know their rights.
My issues:
1. They said all belongings in apartment must be moved three feet from the wall, including taking all the clothes out of closets etc. and they would charge if they had to move it. One of my roomates is away for at least another week and cant move his stuff.
2. They are not giving us any time to make repairs to the apartment ourselves that they said we would be charged for (small holes, nail holes ect)
3. The reason they gave in the letter for doing this early is because they have a lot of apartments to get ready, but why should it effect my living situation.
4. Everything must be taken off the walls (posters, mirrors, paintings) and if we make more holes when we hang them back up, we will be charged to fix them again.
The lease states that the landlord may enter the leased property to inspect, make repairs, do maintenance, read water meters, and show leased property to others. I interpret doing repairs and maintenance in the context of things that need to be done to the apartment to keep it in working order while WE live there, not so they can do repairs to make it easier on them to get the place ready when new people move in. They are essentially making us move out of our place twice. Thank you for any responses.
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