What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? WI
My main question is this, but I ll have a few others after this.
I got a bill today for about 250$ to fix a few things in my apartment. I was charged about 100$ to fix a step that had cracked and fallen through. This is the third time in the past 12 months that a step has broken in my house and the SECOND time this exact step has broken. That exact step had been repaired (obviously not well) a few months prior. I called my landlord and complained because I think this should be normal wear and tear, plus it should not break anyway, it is a blatant safety hazard. He won't budge, claiming we have broken three steps, and that there is no way it is from normal traversal of the steps. As a 300 lb man, I assure him I can walk thru his thin unsupported board steps, but he claims we must be abusing them somehow, so the charges stand. Shouldn't this be normal wear and tear? Or a violation of building code?
Also on the bill, we were charged for a damage inspection which was 1.5 hours long. The inspection occurred because when they did a posted carpet inspection they deemed are apartment to be unclean/unsanitary. The stove was dirty and there was calcium build up in the shower (hard water). There was also tac on the wall from posters that we took down. So anyway, they gave us five days to clean...and then if we didn't they were going to evict us. So after five days they came to inspect and charged us 35$/hour for inspecting it. Can they do that? Doesn't 1.5 hours seem lengthy?
Anyway, I was just wondering what my rights are and who I should contact to file a complaint if my rights have been violated.
Thanks much for reading my lengthy post and your information is valued.
My main question is this, but I ll have a few others after this.
I got a bill today for about 250$ to fix a few things in my apartment. I was charged about 100$ to fix a step that had cracked and fallen through. This is the third time in the past 12 months that a step has broken in my house and the SECOND time this exact step has broken. That exact step had been repaired (obviously not well) a few months prior. I called my landlord and complained because I think this should be normal wear and tear, plus it should not break anyway, it is a blatant safety hazard. He won't budge, claiming we have broken three steps, and that there is no way it is from normal traversal of the steps. As a 300 lb man, I assure him I can walk thru his thin unsupported board steps, but he claims we must be abusing them somehow, so the charges stand. Shouldn't this be normal wear and tear? Or a violation of building code?
Also on the bill, we were charged for a damage inspection which was 1.5 hours long. The inspection occurred because when they did a posted carpet inspection they deemed are apartment to be unclean/unsanitary. The stove was dirty and there was calcium build up in the shower (hard water). There was also tac on the wall from posters that we took down. So anyway, they gave us five days to clean...and then if we didn't they were going to evict us. So after five days they came to inspect and charged us 35$/hour for inspecting it. Can they do that? Doesn't 1.5 hours seem lengthy?
Anyway, I was just wondering what my rights are and who I should contact to file a complaint if my rights have been violated.
Thanks much for reading my lengthy post and your information is valued.