What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? West Virginia
Alright, well... I just moved into this place in April. This has been my first time ever renting so I'm pretty clueless as to what's my responsibility or the landlord's. I've read over the lease many times, but it's only a page and a half long and doesn't say a whole lot about anything that is bothering me.
From day one the landlord has promised to fix this or that but not once has he done any of it. The only thing that was ever done was we were missing a mailbox and even then it wasn't the landlord, but instead it was his father, who finally brought one over about two weeks after we moved in.
The kitchen floor has a weak spot that was about the size of my foot when I moved in, but it's caving in more and more and now about the size of three of my feet. There's several bad spots in the floor throughout the house, but that one really bothers me as it's caving in so fast, I'm afraid it'll fall through completely and I pray it's not when my daughter walks across it (she's only 1 year old, though, and probably not heavy enough - more likely I'd forget to step over it and step on it and my foot fall through).
There's a hole in the living room ceiling where there should be a light, but isn't. It's just some cut wires hanging down. We've been in the dark for months as he continues to promise to fix it but only shows up when he's wanting the rent. He says there's not even any power to the wires that are exposed and he'd have to bring in a maintenance guy to do the wiring - but again, no sign of any maintenance guy or anyone attempting to give us light.
The previous renters obviously kept animals in the back bedroom because the urine smell was so horrendous when we first got here. I used all sorts of sprays to eliminate the smell, odor eliminators, urine-be-gone type stuff... shampooed the carpet several times and while the smell weakened considerably, when the heat kicks on it's back in full force... throughout the whole house all you can smell is urine. It's unbearable to me to be in the house when the heat is on so I simply keep it off.
These are the three main things bothering me. There's several other minor issues, most I've been taking care of myself. But I don't know if these are still too minor because for instance, I don't need a light in the living room to live and the carpet I could possibly rip up and replace? So is that my responsibility to take care of them (if I choose to) or should he be fixing these things? And if he is supposed to, but since he's not... what options do I have?
Alright, well... I just moved into this place in April. This has been my first time ever renting so I'm pretty clueless as to what's my responsibility or the landlord's. I've read over the lease many times, but it's only a page and a half long and doesn't say a whole lot about anything that is bothering me.
From day one the landlord has promised to fix this or that but not once has he done any of it. The only thing that was ever done was we were missing a mailbox and even then it wasn't the landlord, but instead it was his father, who finally brought one over about two weeks after we moved in.
The kitchen floor has a weak spot that was about the size of my foot when I moved in, but it's caving in more and more and now about the size of three of my feet. There's several bad spots in the floor throughout the house, but that one really bothers me as it's caving in so fast, I'm afraid it'll fall through completely and I pray it's not when my daughter walks across it (she's only 1 year old, though, and probably not heavy enough - more likely I'd forget to step over it and step on it and my foot fall through).
There's a hole in the living room ceiling where there should be a light, but isn't. It's just some cut wires hanging down. We've been in the dark for months as he continues to promise to fix it but only shows up when he's wanting the rent. He says there's not even any power to the wires that are exposed and he'd have to bring in a maintenance guy to do the wiring - but again, no sign of any maintenance guy or anyone attempting to give us light.
The previous renters obviously kept animals in the back bedroom because the urine smell was so horrendous when we first got here. I used all sorts of sprays to eliminate the smell, odor eliminators, urine-be-gone type stuff... shampooed the carpet several times and while the smell weakened considerably, when the heat kicks on it's back in full force... throughout the whole house all you can smell is urine. It's unbearable to me to be in the house when the heat is on so I simply keep it off.
These are the three main things bothering me. There's several other minor issues, most I've been taking care of myself. But I don't know if these are still too minor because for instance, I don't need a light in the living room to live and the carpet I could possibly rip up and replace? So is that my responsibility to take care of them (if I choose to) or should he be fixing these things? And if he is supposed to, but since he's not... what options do I have?